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MINUTES - HOUSING RESOURCES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE APR IL 6, 1967 Members of the Housing Resource s Committee Executive Group met on Thursday, April 6 , 1967, at 10:00 a . m . in City Hcl;ll. The following members were present: Mr . Cecil A . Alexander , Chairman Mr . Lee Burge , F inance Panel Mrs . Sujette Crank, Socia l Problems Panel Mr . Virgil Milton, Business Participation Panel Mr . Ray Moore , Public Information Panel Mr . Morel and Smith, Construction and Design Panel Mr . Charles L . Weltner , Legal Panel Mr . John Wilson, Non- Profit Funds Panel The following panels were not represented at the meeting: Land Acquisition Panel Public Housing Panel Mr . Alexander reviewed the general functions of the Housing Resources Committee and informed the participants of the Housing Resources Committee Office that had been establish d in the City Hall. He also advised that Col. M lcolm Jon s h s been assigned to coordinate the housing program and Mr . William Gates , s consult nt on FHA matters , is assisting in the office one day each week. He nnounced that the City has also just pproved a secretarial position for this office to be filled as soon as possibl . Mr. Alex nder then introduc d Mr . M . B.Satt rfi l d , Executive Director of the Atl~nta Hou lng Authority, who beiefed th housing program. group on the public Mr. Satterfield report d on the number of public housing units at the present time: pr sently 8 ,874 units with virtually no vac ncies. 1. There al' 2. 650 units a.re under construction at the McDaniel Street Proj ct. 3. A bid ha Project. been ace pt d for 140 units eatension to the Perry Homes · �Page Two 4. 350 units in the design stage have been submitted to the Federal Housing Administration for review. The Housing Authority expects to let bids on these units this summer . 5. 140 units are under lease under the leasing pr9gram. He pointed out these different projects on a city mape to give the Committee members an idea of the location of this housing. He stated that some concern has been expressed for the need of public -housing in the eastern quadrant of the city and explained that the main difficulty is in securing any open land in this a,:ea that would be useable . Developers are being encouraged to consider this section of the city. He explained that the Atlanta Housing Authority presently has 4, 200 units reserved (allocated) by the Federal Government. He then l'eviewed the different programs available in providing this low income housing . These include : 1. Direct construction by the Housing Authority and the Turnkey Program. 2. Purchase and rehabilitation of older and existing houses . 3. Leasing by the Housing Authority of standard dwellings . At this point Mayor Ivan Allen; Jr. spoke to the group briefly regarding the housing progr m . He said th t he was greatly impressed with the intere t being shown in efforts to g t more low-income housing underway in the city. He pointed out, as Mr. Satterfield did , that the main problem he has encount red is in s curing suitable and available locations for these units. He xpr ssed a desir to see more non-profit sponsors willing to carry through on a project to construct such housing unite. Col. Malcolm Jon s th n reviewed with the members of the C ommitte th various pieces of informational material made availabl to them today and bi-ought thes reports up to d te on changes th t hav taken place. He lao point d out the differ nt propos d projects on a map of the dty so th memb rs might aee th di tribution of the unit • The following revision w r Yeported in the February 20 , 1967, report: �Page Three CategoriY N o . Units 1967 3092 ( 1226) Probable 4685 Total. 7777 Under Consideration 3405 Doubtful 2968 Total (1226) Estimate When Available 1968 1969 1970 1971 (1550) (316) (2,573 ) (912) (500) (700) _ (412 3) (1228) (500) (700) 14,150 Col . Jones also distributed a report concerning the problem areas of the program. Currently there are 4 , 900 units in all categories which are f cing serious difficulties for various reasons. Thi s report was to advise the C ommittee of the s ituations exibirting. The Chairman next recommend ed and requested the following to the Committee : 1. A monthly meeting date . the month at 10:00 a . m . 2. He requested all panel s to submit the names of their Chairmen and Vice Chairmen s soon as poss ible. 3. He request d the Legal Panel to investigate the f asibility of amending and b,:oadening Fed ral legislation concerning financial assistanc to home owners in urban r · n wal and code enforcement areas whoa . home are condemned . At present, home owners in urban renewal areas and F de ral approved code enforcement are s r the only persons Ugibl for such assi tanee. He feels that such assistance should b city•wid . 4. Mr. Alex nder asked th t encou:r gement b given to neighboring communities to have good Workable P rogr m • A tlanta's prog r m is in good order but this doe not apply to all oth r communities in It was established for the first Thursday of Metropolitan Atl nta. 5. He asked the Leg 1 Pan 1 to investigate the St t tax 1 ws . He £ l pre nt tax laws ar favorable to ret ntion and creation of slums. th �Page Four 6. He announc ed that the F inance and Non - Profit P a nels have been combined. 7. He advised that he and Mr . Lee Burge are looking i nto the nee d fo:r formation of a Housing Development Corporation. Suggestion was made that the Chamber of Commerce be asked to look into the matter and to assis t . 8. A t the present time he i s trying to get some information from the City Planning Department regarding the available land in the city. H owever , it w ill be some time before thi s informati on is complete . 9. He expressed his con cern over the difficulties that are be i ng encountered in se curing approval of s ites . This is cause d by various reasons , as indicated in the spe cial report d i str ibuted by Col. J ones . He fee ls that this is becoming a v e ry se rious p roble m and that something must be done as soon as poss ible to try to p rovide solutions to the se problems . 10. Th Committee and office staff have been approached many times by developers requesting that they refer them to l awye rs and ar chitects familiar w ith the housing programs . The p rofe ssional organizations of these groups have been asked to s upply the Hous i ng Resources Offi ce with a list of those p rson familiar w ith nd interested in this fiel d and the se lists will be furnished the developers upon reque s t. 11. He recommended t o the Cons truction Panel that they take under advi m nt the various cod s of. the City of Atlanta and other agencies to det ermine if such codes are p ractic a l and feasibl . 12 . He requ · sted assistance from the Socia l Pr oblem Panel in providing solutions to the many proble ms being created in the location of th se housing units . 13 . There are sever 1 area of the city that hav not been touched for additional low cost housing and Ile feel much more agg:ressiv pro• gr mis n ed d . He referr d to such are s as Vine City and Mechanicsville . 14. H ask d the member to con ider the problem of reloc tion of peopl diapl ced while unite a•e under construction a.nd to com up with ome �Page Five workable way to build these units without completely disrupting the neighborhood. 15. He proposed that a task force be set up in the areas of prime consideration to improve c ommunications with the residents. After a short discussion period the meeting was adjourned at 11 :45 a . m . Respectfully s ubmitted, Malcolm D . J on s Supervi sor of Inspection Services Director MDJ :fy �