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l CENTRAL CI TY NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTER i2]._dz~pL.,, 840 Msriottn St:reet, 11, w. ' ~ Atlanta, Georgia

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August 11, 1969 c. TO: Mr. FROM: Mr. Milton R. Lincoln, Social Service Couns(!lor RE: · Tommy Hess, Center Director . Progress during second .week of operation of Mill Village Office and recommendaticns •. Mr. Golden, Mill repreeantstive, had notices sent to the remaining , resid~nts of the villaga to let them know that beginning Monday, August 11, 1969, the Mi.11 Village r£ferral office will be open from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in ordE:lr for the working people to have a chance to· come by and let us know if we can be of any aervic~ to them. t.· Several residents ~ame in during the p~st week to see if we could tell them when they would hear £~om the Atlanta Housing Authority. In check• ing we found that -some of the residents hAJ n:,t filled out an application even thougq thay had been to the referral center previously. 1nis was due to the f ~~ t ·that Mr. McGill from the Atlanta Housing Authcrity did not process .::iny app1.ica tions during the twc. d,'!,ys ha was pr.esent l'.t the center. A re~esenta::ive £rout F.H.A. did come on Thur eday, August 7~ 19€9. Several resi~ents aid conl'~ in to talk with this r epr~senta tiva, however, · ·the consen.s~s ~as t h~t nost residents pref erred to rent with the option to buy later, if they so choose. It is f P. lt that the informa tion given by this rep:".'e~e ntative wa s recoived favorably '0y th'3 residents. '. .. Mr. Sid Newl:urger c f i d B;:ir"1um Realty Company ca lle d in to let us know a bout s om~ ~ und 3 bedroom ap~r tments a t 877 Cha rles Allen Dr ive. Mt. Hal Cooper f5 t he person· to contact at 876- 3635. The 2 bedroom apar t ments r en~ f~r $110.00 per mont h a nd the 3 bedr ooms for $130.00 per month. This i ncludes stove , 1·e f rige rator , wn cer and ca rpe t . Mr, Lee Evans Jr. of Berri Rea lty--Buckhead, offered to te l l us about a 3 bedroom alJ. brick house at 2417 Swallow Circle, S,E ... that is for sale for $12,000.00. Down payment would be $400.00--payments, $86.00 per month. '11lis property can be bought with a F.H.A. loan. The telephone . number is 237-3541. Mr. Bob Gamble of McKee-Gamble Realty and Insurance Company, 1279 84nkhead Avenue, N.W~, advised us of several houses in the northwest section for sale at moderate prices. His telephone number is: 876·40784 ' - Berry Realty Company supplied us with a listing of available homes in the moderate price range for sale in the Southeast section. Also, he was able to supply us with a contact for latest rent listings. phone number for the rent listinas 18: 872°6694. 'l1le �i: ·E~OQRES~: 9r7 '1.- ~ 1. I -~I ~~ Out of the 48 families, we have been dealing with, 27 have fourtd housing for themselves. ·0n Fridey, August 8, 196~, Mr . Golden produced a list of 21 families that still needed plAcing. dut of the 2l families, 6 have either been approvad for public housing or have located housing and will be ~cving by August 31, 1969. This leaves the referral center with a total of 15 families who have not been placed. It is felt that since the referral center's hours have been extended, it will enable those who have not been in to the center a better chance to get there and it will enable center referral workers to get out into the community in .t he evenings and contact working heads of households. cc: Mr, William Allison Mr. Malcolm D. Jones Mr. William A. Fowlkes Mr. Lester Pursells Mr. John H. Calhoun Mrs. Madeline Locus Mr1 _Willi,am Golden �