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!. HOUSING SUB-COMM ITTEE RECOM!\ffiNDATIONS The_Housing sub-committee of the Central Citizens Advisory Council is concerned about the problems of welfare recipients in public housing and public housing conditions in general. This committee has studied these problems, met with welfare and housing officials to discuss them and still has found no relief. The minimum standards for welfare grants and the allowance for shelter must e increas ed . - - b-I. The Department of Family and Children Services is called upon to adjust welfare grants so as to r emove inequities in housing and maintenance. This adjustment will require legislative action: A. The Ge orgia State Legislature is c alled upon to increas e the standard budget allowance for shelter in Department of Family and Children Services grants throughout t he state, and to allocqte the money nec essary to f und these grants. . We request and inve stiga tion bv the Le gisl ature o f the present system of p ayments to d e termine basi,s for adjustment. . B. II. The state laws should be ame nded to provide : A. Tenant participation in: 1. We recommend that Tenants serve on policy-making boards. Also we recomme nd the reduction o f the terms of office of the housing authority membe rs fr om ten to three y e ars . 2. Management a. Developme nt of respe ct for tenant organizarions in an advisory c a p a city ; prohibition o f turning o ff utilitie s f or non-payme nt of r e nt. b. Establishme nt of t e nant-review board to 'hear and investigate complaints, recomme nding di s ciplina r y a ction in r e p e titious c ases ; disc iplina r y act ion aga i ns t ma n agement u pon 10 or more wr itten comp l ain ts f il e d wi t h th e ten ant a ss ociat i on. c. Appointmen t o f t e n a n ts to the . n ext v acancies on boar d s from a d emocrati cally se l ected �-2- list of nominees. d. III. Appointment of resident from tenants as project managers. B. Requirement s for health and sanitation to meet the original goals of public housing for tenant families at the expense of the housing authority and no increas e in rents. -C. Reorganization of eviction procedures to: 1. Allow six days instead of present four 2. Removal of requirement for double indemnity bonds where dispossessory warrants are contested in court. 3. Require that r e ceipts be frunished tenants for all charges including: warrantees , utility bills, repairs, etc . 4. Removal of Section 9-A and like provision~ making evictions purely discr etionary with managers. The o fficials and staff o f p ublic housing authorities are called upon to work for th e social goals r e comme nde d by the Housing Assistance Administration March 22, 1968, including also: A. Respect for t enant s . as individua l s and human b eings . B. Same regulations and codes for public housing as exist for private housing. C. Uniform requirements in regard to rul es and e limination of dues except as e s tablished by tenant associations. D. Arrangement of of fice hours and facilities to suit convenience of most tenant s . E. Public announcements and adve rtis i ng in r egard to vacancies , cha n ges and possibilities for transfer s , as we ll as , itemiz e d fi n a n c ial r epor ts by h ousing authorities. �-3- F. Raising minimlli~ income requirements for youth family members to $600 before inclusion as family income for rent adjustments. G. Rents not to be increased on the basis of a child's income for one year after high school graduation on the assumption that he will be saving for future educational expenses. �