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70 }).R-AFT - . ~ Minutes - Housing Resources Executive Committee - April 6, 1967 Members of the Housing Resources Committee Executive Group met on Thursday, April 6, 1967, at 10:00 a. m. in City Hall. The following members were present: ' Mr. Cecil A. Alexander, Chairman Mr. Lee Burge, Finance Panel Mrs. Sujette Crank, Social Problems Panel Mr. Virgil Milton, Business Participation Panel Mr. Ray Moore, Public Information Panel Mr. Moreland 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 Hou~ing Resources 7ha jDOY'h'-ipu,-/, . ,(/e,u,.,u,np )S"°c:4~ G s , - . - ~ C ommittee and informed ~ oi the~ ic e that had been established in the City f/4:o-ls.lJJ o d .. ; ;.&J -n4 Hall-'} C ol. Malc olm Jones has be e n assi gned to coordinate the housing program M- "'r>neunce.:I 'IM .> •-' C,e,v,r<J f/cn-1 en f=HA -rV11Jtfuu , and Mr . William Gate s,{is as sis ting in the offic e one day each w eek."' The City has also just approv e d a secr e tarial position for this office to be filled as soon as possible. M r. Al exand e r the n introduc e d M r. M . B . Satterfi e ld , E xec utive , Di rector o f th e A t l anta Housi ng Authority, w h o b r i efe d the g roup on th~

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program. Mr. Satterfiel d report ed on the numb er of p ubl ic hous ing units at t h e pre s ent time: 1. There are presentl y 8,874 units with v i rtuall y no v a cancies . 2. 650 units are under construction at the Mc D anie l S t reet Project. �Page Two ex 1e-n u &-~ i 3. A bid has been accepted for 140 units .a-t the Perry Homes Project. 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. /eo s,;,,, 5. 140 units are under lease under the tnrnke,y- program. ,PV"o/ufJ, He pointed out these different ~ s on a city map to give the Committee location ~ ;/t,fiul 7'/2ol members an idea of the kooxtxE.E of this housing. "I ~ome concern has been expressed for the need of public housing in the eastern quadrant of the city nd • /S ~h t ~ explained that the main difficulty~ in securing any open land in this area that would be useable. Developers are being encouraged to consider this section of the city. He explained that the Atlanta Housing ( o//oui/eJ ) Authority presently has 4, 200 units reserved'lby the Federal Government. He then reviewed the different programs available in providing this lowincome housing. 1. These include: 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 program. He said that he was greatly impressed with the interest being shown in efforts to get more low-income housing underway in the city. He pointed out1 as Mr. Satterfield did, that the main problem he has encountered is in securing suitable and available locations for these units. He expressed n•n. ,lfkrr1lii a desire to see more~sponsors willing to carry through on a project to construct such housing units. �Page Three tJe-n Col. Malcolm Jones reviewed with the members of the commfrtee the " i/e.ruJ various pieces of informatiori41:ade available to them today and brought these reports up to date o n ~ changes that have taken place. He also pointed out the di'f ferent proposed projects on a map of the city so the members might see re1r,;"~le-J the distribution _o f the units. The following revisions were ~ e in the February 20, 1967 report: No. Units Category Firm 3092 Probable 4685 Total 7777 Under Consideration 3405 Doubtful 2968 Total 14, 150 Estimate When Available 1967 1968 1969 (1226) (1226) (155 0) (316) (2573) (912) (4123) (1228) 1970 (500) 1971 (700) (500) (10a) Col. Jones also distributed a report concerning the problem areas of the program. Currently there are 4, 900 units in all categories which are facing serious difficulties for various reasons. This report was to advise the Committee of the situations existing. The Chairman next recommended and requested the following to the Committee: $1 1. A monthly meeting date. was established for the first Thursday of the month '\ at 10:00 a. m . 2. He requested all panels to submit the names of their Chairmen and Vice Chairmen as soon as possible. �Page F o ur 3. ~3 ~ He requested the Legal Panel to investigate the .feasibility of a~ending( ~~ @,..&;,; ~~ i} Q..nA) legi slation concerning financial assistance to home owners in~code enforce- '* ment areas whose homes are condemned. At present, home owners in 4,-.rJ ru/4A"oJ ~~"~,:t/ ,Ce;-4/e, ~ t&,.-ec.-vn .ir . , . ~ urban r~newal areasl\.are the o~,2; persons,. eligible for .such assistance. /): ,,J'u,&J, 0-/fd lcrlc-4 s.-h ~ulJ k. c,,1., w, .e. • n~;1,J;e,,nn1 4. ~el., Mr. Alexander asked that encouragement be given to .,a,31. communities to have good Workable Programs. Atlanta's pr·ogram is in good order but 811 a7h¢4" .,,, ' this does not apply to_,.1.l;i,e communities in M e tropolitan Atlanta. 5. He asked the Legal Panel to investigate the State tax laws. He feels the the present tax laws ar e favorable to retention and creation of slums. 6. He announced that the Finance and Non _- Profit Panels have been combined. 7. H e advised that he and Mr. L ee Burge are looking into the need for . formation t - ,N4J of a Housing D e velopment Corporation. fu1; 44 .,OH 7 /2~1 7.41: c..,l.,ayy,~ ~7 C.C,-vv,-n-;,~ be.- a ~f u) it: ~ ,';,~ -/)14. ,n.a:tfe.y' 8. ,n,de. • .J J a-v,d IC .. t1-S.JIJ 1 • At th e pr esent time h e i s trying to get some i n formation from the City Plannin g D e partment r e gardin g the av a ilabl e land ip the city. ~ 'j i~ H owe ve r , it will be some time before this information is comple te . )\ 9. H e expr esse d h is conc ern ov e r the difficultie s that are being e nc o ~te r E;d in ,a s e curin g a pp r oval of site s . /nch'ul~ This is c aused by various reas ~nsA lfl .I-JP-' 'oJ A H e fee ls that t his i s b e comin g a ve ry s e rious probl e m and that some thing must b e done as s oon as po ss i ble to tr y t o p r o v i d e solutions to the s e proble ms . 10 . Th e C o mmit te e an d offic e sta ff have b een app r oache d many time s by d eveloper s ,h~,1,1'»,~HIMA requesting th at they refer th e m t o l awy ers a nd ar chite ct s fa miliar with t hese · ;;..r-4& s . The professional organiz a t i on s of these groups h ave b een a sked t o sup p l y the H o using 4 nd /nit,fCOkJ /~ R e sources offic e with a list of t h ose person s famili a r withl\this field and the s e lists �Page Five will be furnished the developers upon request. 11. He recommended to the Construction Panel that they take under advisement the various codes of the City of Atlanta and other agencies to determine if such codes are practical and feasible. 12. He requested assistance from the Social Problems Panel in providing solutions to the many problems being created in the l9cation of these housing .units. , 7e-P' add,/K>?d ~w ~-J ku.Jmt; 13. There are several areas of the city that have not been touched4and he feels a much more aggressive program is needed. He referred to such areas as Vine City and Mechanicsville. 14. He asked the members to consider the problem of relocation of people d,nd displaced while units are under constructio1½to come up with some workable way to build these units without disrupting the neighborhood completely. 15. He proposed that a task force be set up in the areas of prime consideration to improve communications with the residents. After a short discussion period the meeting was adjourned at 11:45 a. m. �