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MINUTES HOUS ING RESOURCES EXEC UTIVE COMMITTEE AND MEETING LOW-liiJCOME HOUSING COORDINATING GROUP J uly 0, 1968 The r egu lar monthly mee tin g of the Housing Resourc es Execut ive Committ ee and the Low - inc ome Ho u sing Coordinating Gr ou p was held in Committee Room 2 , C i ty :-i!all, J ul y 9 , 19()8 , at 10 : 00 a .m.

Nine ( 9 ) membe r s o f the HouGing Res ourc es Executive Committ ee

Group, ten (10) members of the Low-income Housing Coordinating Group, four ( 4 ) othe r invited guests and memb e rs of the Press attend ed the meeting . Li s t of those invi ted, with attendance ind i cated, is attached to the file copy of t hese minutes. Also attached to the file copy o f these minutes are copies of the invitational noti ces sent out for the meeting, agenda, and reference documents~ Chairma n Cec il A. Al exande r pres id ed. Mr . Alexander opened the meeting by stating that the Ad Hoc Committee is still worki ng with the Pl anning Department o n specific sites for low-income hous ing . The Ad Hoc Committee and the Planning Department have already had · two ·meetings since the Committee was appointed. Mr . Alexander anno unc ed the August 2 meeti ng with the Zoning Committee and Planning and Development Committee o f the Board o f Alderme n to present the "package zoning" pr oposal and empha s i zed the importance of the meet ing . Mr . Moreland Smith stated that on the location of specific sites . the Committee about the location of that there was property that needed sites. more time is needed to work He asked f or suggestions fr om specific sites. He s aid to be discussed for specific Mr. Alexander added Jim E . Land t o the Ad Hoc ~ites Selection Committee. He :3!lso stated that more land is needed for ·the multifamily housing program. He said that the Housing Authority could build multi-family housing itself and obtain the land. Mr. Alexander had previously asked Mr. George Kennedy to serve as Acting Chairman of the ltd Hoc Committee to support Package Zoning. He also asked Mr. Kennedy if he had a meeting of the committee Co-Chairmen? He alS> as ked if Mr . Kennedy had gotten a run down on the different organizations for their resolutions on support of the "package zoning 91 and mentioned that follow up with the organizations which have not submitted their Resolutions is an important function of the Ad Hoc Committee. / ' �2 Mr . Alexander referr e d to an item in "!lous e and Urban Affa irs Daily" ( June 28, 1963) which announced that t h e House Ba n king and Currency Comm ittee has f ol l owe d the recommendations o f its Hous i ng sub comm ittee , h ea d e d by Congressman Wright Patman o f Texas as Chairm~n , appr ov ing an increas e fr om $1,500 t o $3,000 maximum grant for l o w-inc ome home ow ners , comp ared to the increase to $2 ,500 as pr o p osed by the Administrati on and approved b y the Senate. The Commi ttee also o k a yed t wo related amendments which would pr ov i de rehabilitation loans and grants to home owners in areas o f substantial blight outs ide Urban Renewal and Code Enf orcement areas and wou ld aut h o rize r eha bilitation as sistance und er pr oposed riot insurance legisl a tion. Mr . Alexander suggested that the Ho using Res o urce s Committ ee should follow up. A motion was made by Mr . Wat k ins , s econded , and unamiously ado p ted that the Committ ee should send mes s ages t o Congressman Wright Patman and F l etcher Thomp son urging their support o f the above indicated p ortions o f the Bous• Banking 2nd Currency Committee Report on the Housing Act of 196C . Mr . ? e rsel ls suggested that the motion include recommendati o n that the Act not on ly be approved but also funded . The Committee agreed. Mr . Alexander pr oposed that in the meeting o f August 2 , the should al so ask t o have the Building Co de amended t o permit the use of new materials and techniques; that Mr . Wofford is in favor of perf o rmance stand~rd s. Mr . Al exander stated that in New York the Building Code has recently been amended . Mr . Moreland Smith agree d that the Committee should stress the p o int o f the Building Code at the meeting of August 2 . Mr . Da le Cla r k said that any amendments to the Bu ilding Code should make it more flex ibl e tet h e r than increase it . ~me Mr. Jone s read an extract fr om the House and Ur ban hffairs Daily of J une 27 , 1 968 , on Comput erized Low-Cost Housing ¥I an sponsored by United States Gy p sum Co . and John Ha ncock Mutual Life Insurance Co . These two co~pan ie s are p lanning to build ur to about 30 pr o jec t s a year t o provide an annual volume of some 10 , 000 units o f housing which would be available mainly for l ow income h o me ownershi p . They are putting up b oth work capit al and risk c apital for the undertaking by the Allied Mortgage and Develop ment Co ., o f Memphis , Tenn ., a publ icly held corp oration . Pa~t of the process will inv olve u s e of a Swedis h made drafti ng m~chine which wor k s off e computer and draws up the plans from basic des igns which are competed b y selec ted s pecifica tio ns . The pric e range of this type h ousi ng is g ene rally fro m $12,500 to $17 , 500 . Within two months , wor k wi l l begin in East St . Louis a nd in Knoxville . With this type o f housing actual construction will involve a large degree of on-site prefabrication which will be done by contrac tors of the ghetto areas , utilizing unemployed residents who will be trained as they work. Mr. Alexander commented on the tour with CACUR in the slum areas. He said that they rode buses and then walked on through the areas. He stated that he still wanted Mr. Jones and Mr . Parham to plan their trip to the different slum area$.• �3 Mr. Alexa nder stated that the Zoning Manu al, as it r e lates to the Building Code, needs to be changed to permit struc tura l changes in r e sidential b uildings c l as s ified as non-confor mi n g use, in order tha t such d wellings may be improved to meet full req uirement s o f the Housing Code. At p resent , improvements requiring structural c h anges are not permitted on resident i a l buildings wh i ch are non-confor ming. Mr. flexander said t h ~ Cammi ttee should try to get t h e Board of Alder men to change t b:·

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1 Mr . Archer Smith was as k e d b y t h e Chairman to t alk to Collier Gladin to find o u t what the P l anning Department has already done toward accompl i s hi ng t his. Mr . J o hnny J ohnson, Di r e ctor o f Mode l Cities, gave a repo~t on Model Cities . He repo r ted t hat t h e new Model Ci t i es o ffi c e b roke g r o u nd t od ay o n t h e corner o f Georg i a Avenue a nd Ca pita l Avenue. The Warren Comp any is build i ng the new Model Ci t i es offic e . Mr . Cary S . Hooks commented o n compa rioon of c a rry i ng c ha r g es f o r co- op houses and r e n ta l h ous i ng under the 22 1 d ( 3 } progr am. Mr . Hooks st a ted that the max imum ter m mort g age f o r Co- o p a nd r ental h o us i ng i s 40 y e ars and that below ma r! ~st r at f' loa ns are avai l ab le f o r both types. (Carrying Charge rates a r ~ the same for b oth t ypes.) Mr . Archer Smit h o f the Legal Pa nel h a s talked to the Sc~c~ Department r e l easing schoo l f a c i li t ies which might be c o ns t r~~, b y develo per s w~ile c onstructing h o us ing . Mr . Smi th re porte~ t h e Sc h o ol Bo a rd rec e ntly p assed Re s o l utions favor i ng s uc h act i and req u es ted ~r . Pete Lat t imer to draw up the neces s a ry legislatio n . The Cha i rma n. mad e a c omment o n the New Yor 1~ ' · A· ··Sc h ools , stat ing tha t the s choo ls were b e ing b u ilt undergrouLd b enea th t all busine ss a nd a pa rtment bu ilding s . Mr . William How l and st ated t hat f ive houses to be rehabi 1 b y CACUR under t h e 221 ( h) pro gram are b ehind Og l e t horpe Un iversi ty in De Kalb Count y . ~ Mr . Alexande r r efe rred to t he need fo r a c l e rical parson t ~ help out on keeping and p reparing the Low-inc ome Hous ing Inv entory and Summary Reports . l'!Ir . Alexander suggested c:. Committee to consider setting up a budget for the HRC . Mr . Jones comment ed on a site in Cobb County recent ly proposed for 1 0 -.. ·income housir.:-.3 . Mr . Jones stated that the site in Cobb County is½ mile south of Ba nkhead Highway, about 1 mil e west of the River ; that it is on a paved road , lays well and~~ water; sewer will soon be avail~ble and the price of land is reasona ble . The owners propos e that this land t , used for Turnkey program; 152 units on 17 acresn The land is already zoned for a pa rtments. �4 Mr. Persells stated that the City of Atlanta's low-income housing program calls for 16,800 housing units and that it is contended by some that more people are coming in from rural areas, rather than the people already in Atlanta using the housing and that thus, we are not taking care of our own people in the slum areas; that priority should go to the people of Atlanta first. Mr. Persells stated that the number of people who come to Atlanta f or low-income housing is very low; that of those applications rejected since November 1967 1 141 did not meet the residential requirements; that the time of application applies to priority for public housing; that it is on a first come first served basis (other considerations permitting). Mr. Jones commented that ~lthough the percentage of rejections may be low f or those who do not meet residential requirements, however, that 141 rejections since November 1967, that did not meet residential requirements, is significant and should be made known to the Aldermen. Mr. Jim Parhm said that the Committee should start buildi~g up the area outside the City Limits in the big Metropolitan Area to meet this problem of people coming fr om the rural areas who need to live in low-income housing. As there was no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:05 a .m. Respectfully submitted, .._ rJi ..~ .-... ....~ _ . . , Malcolm D. Joney Housing Coordinator Encls: I As stated (with file copy only) �