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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PEACHTREE SEVENTH BUILDING , ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30323 Room 645 REGION Ill Office of the Regional Administrator February 27, 1968 IN REPLY REFER TO: 3H Honorable S. Fle tcher Thompson House of Repr esent tives Washington, D. C. 20515 Dear Mr . Thompson : 'l'his is t o acknowledge your letter dated Febru.:!ry 23 requesting information concerning the Summary of Lo~~Rent Rousing forwarded you earlier this month . The 800 units authorized for le sing by the Atlanta Rousing Authority will be locoted wherever such housing is availabl~ throughout the Atlanta area . Currently, the Atlanta Housing Authority has leased 2J.7 units for lo - rent houoing purposes 3nd 17 of these units are located ,ithin the Fifth Congressional District . The Atlant Hou ing Authority also is negotiating for additional leases ~md some of theso will be ·within the Fifth Congressional District . In College Park, only one unit of low- rent housing is being cancelled . The College Park Housing Authority was given authorization to con · truct 174 units of lowprent housing and 173 of these unlt hsv been compl ted nd are occupied . llawever, during conotruotion it wa found th.at en outcropping of rock extended over the site _,mere one unit as proposed . Therefore, g9ing ahead ~ith construction of this unit uould have been extremely co tly, and it w s decided to cancel this one unit . Should we be able to ~osist you further, please let me kn-ow . i2"r ly~~,f;Ed~ ! .xter ~ egion 1 Administr tor �