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CITY OF .... LA A OFFICE OF INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS 800 CITY HALL Atlanta, Georgia 30303 September 12, 1968 • WILLIAM R. WOFFORD, P.E., R.A. INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS ELMER H. MOON, E . E ., P.E. ASST. INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS ? Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. City of Atlanta Mayor Atlanta, Georgia Dear Sir: Re: Report Concerning Cooper-Glenn Area The Building, Department Housing Code Division is making every effort to eliminat e hazardous and unsafe conditions in the above area by making inspections and notifying the owners of requirements necessary to make structures safe and sanitary or to demolish the building . We have not insisted upon full comp liance with the Housing Code in the above area inasmuchas most of the prope rty is slated for acquisition and demolition under the Model Cities Program . , To date, the Department has sent out notices effecting one hundred and seventy-seven structures consisting of approximately four hundred living units. Forty-seven buildings have been comp lied by rehabi litation and thirty-five have been demolished. Thirteen owners have been in court and eighty-one buildings are current ly being repaired. Housing Code enforcement in the above area has been most difficult because: (a) Delay in approval of funds for the acquisition of properties by the Housing Authority for the purchase of a school and park site located east of Whitehall Terrace, S. W. (b) Property owners and residents of the area are aware of future Model Cities plan and feel that their property may be acquired and that rehabilitation might cause them an undue expenditu re which they may not later recover if the property is acquired. �II ~· , ' . " . ,- ! Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. - 2 - September 12, 1968 (c) Lending institutions are reluctant to lend money in the above disadvantaged area for home improvement purposes. (d) Insurance policies have been canceled on structures because of the possibility of civil disturbances. We _.are continuing to make every effort to improve the above area. By riding through this section many vacant lots where buildings have been demolished can be seen and improvements in housing is progressing under the handicaps mentioned above. Some bad housing is being demolished to make way for future connnercial projects. Very truly yours, W.R. Wofford Building Official WRW:gs . �