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JOB Founder and president of the Consumer-Farmer Foundation, honored recently for his 50 years of serving the changing needs of lowand moderateincome New Yorkers; founded in 1937, as a milk cooperative FAMILY FACTS Married, 82, born in Poland, reared in London and Lower East Side, came to city at age 10; daughter and grandaughter RESIDENCE A converted 1862 stable in Brooklyn Heights BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT `The foundation is very unusual. It started as a self-help organization . . . and we grew to be a national organization.' BEST THING ABOUT BROOKLYN `The people, a lot of them are poor, but they are competent and they are hard working.' BIGGEST PROBLEM `Very few people can pay what it costs to be adequately housed and it's a problem nobody is tackling.' CURRENT FOCUS `Supplying housing to people who are ill-housed, we help them help themselves.' SECRET TO GOOD HEALTH `If I knew that I'd get rich instead of beautiful. But, it is important to be useful . . . if you're creative you're useful.'