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DEPARTMENT OF HOU SI NG ANO UR8/\N DEV!'.:LOP~1 ENT HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR Room 645, Peachtree-Seventh Building Atlanta, Georgia 30323 REGION III November 29, 1965 Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of the City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: ·J The results of the first nine mqnths activity under the City's current Housing Code Compliance Program, forwarded by letter of November 1, 1965, has been received by this Agency. From the periodic evaluation submitted, it would appear that the CHy has made inspections in all areas designated in the Program submitted by the City, with the exception of areas designated as Cl and C3. The two ilrM§ reiporteq as iMpeeted during this report period known as "Blue Heaven" and "Vine City" would appear to equal the inspectiona l workload estimated for said areas Cl and C3. The int erim report indicates more units were inspected than were projec ted but compliances reported f ~r the period ~s compared to the City's schedule f or the s ame time ) indicates that the City has not met the goa ls established by the Program. The results obtained indicate that the City has fallen behind its scheduled compliances f or the re riod by a t ota l of 478 structures containing some 2,347 dwelling units. In the initial Rousing Code Comp liance Program, which accompanied the 1965 request f or recertification, the City reported a shortage of two (2) sector inspectors. With the utilization of inspectional persor.nel in areas not scheduled for inspection in the Program, it seems obv j ous that other areas scheduled are wi thout adequate inspectors . From t he initial inception of the Housing Code Program, this Agency has fel t that the goals established were beyond the means of the projected staff, and again, the nine month report holds this to be true. The present 12 f ield inspectors appear i n~dequate to meet the expre s sed goals of the fr ogram . The new specially selected areas be ing added to the workload and the fact that the City is falling behind in its propos ed compliance schedule would appea r to require that the City shc,uld · consider immediate steps to fill the present inspector· vacancies, to ~_ . ....

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,JI"• .·I;. �.,,. , --2 provide additional staff to fully implement the Systematic Housing 1~ode Pr ogram, and to provide staff over and above this for inspection and compliance in the areas established by the "Crash Program. 11 With the addition of staff and budget to carry out the Program, the City should be able to achieve a meaningful degree of progress and a cred itable record by the time of your next recertification request. /i ,_//_r · __________ Sincerely yours, 1 ~: ~ 1't/M~I,' / r;. Edwa a H. Baxte Regzonal Administrator cc: . Mr. M. B. Satterfield - L !. I ... _ ~.,.' ,· �