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_;:~i.:.ture F.0'1cri11;,,:1tal action. I3e : o:'c ,"..tl;:,~.-ita ca:1 proceed ·,::. ~:--. e:\.--pa:-ic e d code e:11~0:::-ce;";1ent and urb.:m renewal acti vi t ics i t nust i ncr c2. s e its J.o~.;i n co~e housi:1 ~ stoc~. In addition, an a f f irr.iati ve relocati on progra:n for Atlanta must i nclude cha.Dee s in orGanization, pr oce dure s , and poli cies appropr i at e to the f i ndi n 6s of Section 0:ie of this reporto Se cti on One s hows t he ne ed f or a def inite sys t 2..i of l ow-to-:-noder ate i ncome housiDG planning wi1ich will provide r epla ceil",ent hoi.1s ing at the time of clis;)l a ce;;-:ent . I t als o r eveals the need for ove r all c oorciinat::.on of CO!i',.-nuni ty developmen t e f forts; b~t t e r record ke epirig and data u s e; irnpro-.,ed t iming of relo ca t i on_ couns elin 0 s ervic e s and survey; ~~pr oved u se of EXisti ng r elocati on re sour ce s ; and an impr ove d p olicy of local i ni t iative i n provi di ng l ocal assistan ce t o clispl a ce es when such a id i s no t available thr ough ex:istine progra..-r.s . The f ollowina re commendations ha ve b een devised t o me et t he nee ds outlir',ed.· . t:> Yney are pr esent e d in two cate gor ies: (1) . recommendati on s of a n . :i,nte r~-n nature f or ~-nr.-:edia te action to al leviat e the pre sent low-income hou s inG s hor ta~e , and (2) ! e co~..meDdations on orc nnizati on, pr oc edure , and p ol icies c onsi de r ed ne ces s a.7/ for effective l ong r anee r el ocation an d r el ocation housiDg .plan.~i ne.

Re co;r;~cnrlat::i.on 3 That a Hous i ng Itesour ces Bureau b e es t ablished as a maj or divisi on withir. the pr opo sed Comrr,uni t y .:.Jevelop;;ient Depar tment re co:nmen ded as a part o.f' the rcoreanization pl an of the 11 Govcrnment of t he City of Atlanta - A Survey Rcp01·t 11 by t he Public Aci:n:i.nistra tion Ser vi ce. .. �- .- 2 It is tto intent of this :rcco,.,nendation that 11 Hou[;:inG Plnnr.ir,[.; 11 be clc·1.:;tcd t o a po.si tion never bc.:.'ol'c .:ichicvcd in A tl.:rn~,a a::; a hi;;hly tcchr.::.ra l cnti ty ;;:;_ t,h its 0\,'11 st.:iff. Rccpon::;ibili ty ,-:ould be broadly based .:.r.d not nv.r:.:.-o,rly confir,e;d to Ul'b.'.ln r enewal objectives. The m::i.j or activity woulC.:. 00 the pli:Lr..:-,inc o: h ousir:J rcsot:.rccs throuch research for all types of displacer.:cnt and relocati on n c c d3; thcreforeJ this new technical divi sion could be cal led - for l a ck of a better name - 11 Hot.sing Resources Bureau" . The proposed Housir.g Res om·ccs Bureau shm;ld have as its heu.d a n as .sis t ~t It should b e stci.i.'fe d wit h to the Co;;-.,--:iun.i t y .i.Jevelo:;xn.:;nt Depo..rtmcnt Director. capabl e , i nformed e c onor.iic analys t s a.nd planners wi t h dcr:ionstr nteci %no·.-1leciee of the housing i ndustry~ the communit y, and t he lo cal housini; mar:<et. This new 13overr..-:iental aeency would have the f ol lo·..;ing re s po.i~;ibilitics : Ao Research Xaintain a c o~1tinuou s inven t ory of housi r,e i n the City o~ Atlanta by size of unit, w11et h er :::or s ale or r en t , conditi on of: un.it, t ype o.f unit c o.:-.par ed to signifi car,t rent/cos t ranges, a.."1d spe ci:'ic lo ca tion Q In additi on , the Housine Resources Bureau woulc. r e tain suff ici ent d;:i.t a on the ch &..racteristic s of t h e low-inco;:-,e to moderat e-income populatio:1 a..,d t heir housing l ocat ions o..r,d needs a s ne ce s sary for a continual ass essment of marxet p otential . Although costly, the r etenti on of such housing and pop ulation data would b e an ex tre;nely valuable pl anning t ool f or both public and private i nte r ests. i s se en as the only prac tical way definitive 11 Futhermore, this funct i o.1 cli ent analys e s " ca n be achie v ed to obt ai n t he best pos sible housi."1G balance i n t he area or t o pl a."1 f or maintai ning tha t balance wi th t he cr iteria a ttached to the variou s existi n e a nd proposed housir.J a ssistance proer ams. The HousinG Resourc e s Burea u would i dent ify the potenti al of use of tous i ~..g assi sto. nce proGr ams in a dvance of all g overnrr,ental c o~ununity-r edevelopment proj ec ts. 'fnroi...gh c ooperati on m th t h e appropri ate a i cnc1es the 11 ·:aur eau11 won.lei p roc ra..71 ar.d i nitiat e loan, grant , or unit r es erva tions for · hous :i.ng ass istance at a ti.r.,e su.f.ficient t o a s s ur e su c h hou sing f a ciJ..i ti E:S are 11 011 the grou n d" at the ti;;;e people arc di splticcd by eovern.~e nt al pr oj e cts . ~- Public I nfor.na tion Periodically, r eports would be issue d and distribut ed to realto:::-s, devel= opcrs, bar.ks , .:t.'1cl concerned publi c or privat e uc;encies. 'i'he se rep orts would ir.dic.1tc exis t inc housinc imbalQr.cc s dc tcr ::uncd by co::-.p.:irinc t:-: e ch::i.ractc:ri s t ics of th(; c:d::; tir,~j hou.s:i n~ .stock to tho chc..n,:ini; chnractcr o.:.' .1rcn c cor:iO:T"O' u;;d �- -- ,,.: c. The Burc:iu ,_.oul d be r e sp onsibl e f (;·· provi.ciir.g cic cir;n.'.l t c d c:i.ty ar.;c nci cs with infor;;:3.t,:i.on on ho-..ic; ine and population cha r r1 ct cri0t.ic.s n c c c Ll .s.-:i r y t o tho ma jor report for::-.s requi ::.· ed i n t he ad:-ainistration of. t heir proerarns ,:i th the Feder al Goverr...'Tlen t ('h 0~·:c:1.ble ?rocrarr, forms , Survey a r.d Planni ne Appb .c~t.ions 1 for urbo.n renew2.l , public hous i ng r ~scrvat ion in~~ormation , etc.) . Such inforrr,n.tion would be of a de siena t e d forn;at con fin ed. to housing an d tenant characteri s tics and provi ded a t des igna t ed int ervals. This respons i bility '1-.ould pr ovide i mportant consistency and, h opefully, i mprove understandinG and accuracy of such data . The Housing rl.esoi.:r ces Bureau wocld pui·po.sefull:r solicit and encourage assistance o.nd support f r o~ area rcaltors, developers, and the like, Oj' offering special services in definine and describing ~pecictl housing market n e eds , and, where appropriate, applying information on the potential use of governmental assistance progra..,.11s for low-to mode:::-ate-inco:ne housing marxe tso

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