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~ -; I' • General Functions of Housing Resources Committee 1, To promote low cost housing and facilitate its const~uction in Atlanta on an accelerated basis, 2, To .bring together the various interests needed to produce housing, 3, To see to it that the human factors in housing are given full •.play, 4, To inform the public of the housing problem in Atlanta, . . "-odr:ficer-. esta bl.is h e d _in ' City . ( A Housing Resources Committee,uasoeen Ha l 1 (Room 1204)to maintain liaison with builders and developers, to act as a clearing house for all information regarding low cost housing and to coordinate committee activities,) · I,, Panels for Housine Resources Suggested Functions for the Committee Panels · (Not necessarily limited to the following, Panels are encouraged to use -own initiative,) Legal a. _b, c, d, To investigate and make available information on laws governing Federal, State and City, related to housing, To review existing local laws governing housing and make recommendations for improvements, To make specific recommendations regarding code enforcement, To act as legal resource to the Committee as a whole, Construction and Design a, b, c, d, To review present codes and construction .practices in order to recommend improvements in terms of expediting and making _housing mor e economical, · To investigate new methods of producing housing with ' special attenti on to prefabrication. To seek out contractors and architects interested in low cost housing design. To recommend methods of making rehabilitation of existing housing feasible and profitable, Finance a, To seek out and make available information relative to housing and financing, · b, To encourage money sources to make funds available f9r financing, c, To seek and recommend new ways to finance low cost housing. �Page 2. Non Profit Funds a. To compile information regarding nonprofit funds, b, To cP,mpile information relative to Federal participation in nonprofit funds, c, To aid in the establishment of nonprofit funds for low cost housing and to promote and interest sponsors in the program •. d, To counsel with existing or new funds, Public Housing a, To aid the Housing Authority in the completion of their program • .b, To seek out and report on new m~thods of financing and producing public housing across the country, c, To familiarize themselves with the Atlanta program and visit all existing projects. d, To make recommendations regarding future public housing, Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation Opportunities a, To seek out and catalogue land available for low cost housing, b, To keep in touch with realtors concerning available land , c, To recommend neighborhoods for concentrated rehabilitation, ' V Social Problems a, To arrange for temporary housing as needed, for people being displaced either for rehabilitation or resettlement, b, . To coordinate housing with agencies involved in the depressed areas such as the Community Chest, Community Council and EOA, c, To enlist groups such as church,. garden clubs, civic clubs in problems related to housing , d, To look for gaps in the housing picture which are not being met by any existing or projected programs, e, To seek means of providing positiv~ assistance to home owners in Housin g Code enforcement cases, on a city-wide basis, where dire hardship is involved, f, To seek ways of involving residents of depressed areas in selfhelp programs , Business Participat i on To s eek out and i nterest large local and national corporat i ons i n d emonstration pr ojects and or building low cost housing or rehab i l i tat ing existing hous i ng i n th e Atlanta area, Public Inf ormation To disseminate through the publi c media, t al ks and written material, i nfor mation relati_n g to the housing problems a nd solutions in Atlanta. . - . �