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HOUSING RESOURCES COMM ITTEE May 31 , 1 96 7 White Paper }1ission : The Hous ing Resources Committee is charged wi th : (a) Promoting low cos t housing and facilitating i ts construction i n l~lanta a~ 2~ accelerated basis . (b) Br ing ing together the vari ous interests needed to produce low cos~ housi ng . (c) Insuring that t e human factors i n housi~g are given ~ull play . (d) Informing the publ ic of the· housing problem in Atlanta . G,'.)21S : The City!s goals in the low cost housing new construction program, base~ on f ~ndinzs of tje recently completed CIP study and as announced by the Mayor i n Housing Confe~e~ca on November 15, 1 966 are : 9,800 units during calendar years 1 96 7 and 1 968 . 2,333 units each year during the nexT succeecing 3 year period . nits tot al by end of 1971 . 16,800 Accomplishments to Date : 72 separat e proje cts have been proposed, totaling 15,391 units in t he follo~ing cat egori es : Firm 4,286 units Probabl e 2,57 8 units Total."- 7 , 264 Under Cons iderat i on 4 , 464 Doubtful 3,663 Total Propos ed unit s In Sight 15 , 391 of which 6 , 149 units, pPe viou::;Jy .;. --· . • are currently in jeopardy due to objections f rom vari ous sources as to .1.o,:,'.Ti. :):,:, .

Inc l udes 1 ,140 units of Publ ic Housing + 144 units l eased for ? ublic ~o~si~; .

~la j or ?roblems : (a ) See (b) Also see attached : 11 Problem Ar eas 11 attac hed dated April 20 , 1 967, revi sed . l. Memorandums dated April 25, 1967 and Nay 24, 1S67 p21°tc=-~·. n:~r: ;:; ·'·· ... . . , .. :·,. of land i n the City appropriat ely zo ned for construction of l<:>\•I c,:,;~: h-.:-.::,..:.:·:~: :, and , 2. " Statement of Necess i t y 11 undated, extract ed froi'.1 a -cypi.c...,l proposed zoning application . l ' L1:(' t .tJ·, ,. I I �3. Letter to the Mayor fro1 EUD, dat ed May 5, 1967, attached . 4. Two news clippings dated My 8 and 9 , re spectively . Discuss ion : The above factual data and attached papers cle rly illustrat e wh re th ~ d~fficlie and suggest so e obvious indicat ed solutions . T .e program cannot be s uccessfully carried out , unless these prob lems are resolv~d . ~~ In t he initial Hous ing Conference last November the City called on pri vat e enter~ris2 assist i n a large measure in this program . While initial efforts r,ave : :uc.c2e:.u1 i 1. r.,::··.:, -· ducing the 7, 264 uni ts i n s i ght listed above , t·.. ',, is little re a son -co assu:·~e d n c, ... timistic attitude toward futur e effo rts . At this time combina t i ons of Federal pcl~cias, zo ing pro.o:ems , land costs, code requirements and general uncerta inty per-: · .:.nirJ,'i; to t t.2 ?rogram have severe l y curtailed future prospects . Many developers and bui leers Kho tave attempted to part icipate in the program are confronted with i nsurmounta~le obstacle s 2Ld are withdrawi ng . Several aevelopers are holding up on subQitting zoning pet~tions beca~~ ~f t~e discouragement as to ~avorab_e action . In order for the Housing Resources Cammi ttee to perform its ass.:.g:i.ed :·:!i ~~si.cn , ;::::::~ ~e probl ems should be placed before the elected city officials and the ou~l ~c. (a) ?8r a 143.215.248.55n: e : Zoning throughout the City is now being analyzed to insure that the cu~rant needs of the entire city are be ing met . (b) Citizens should be encouraged to realize and accept the fact that i . a larg e a:1d rap i dly growing city, such as Atlanta , single fami ly houses cannot be :-r,2d,, 2.v2.i.la!:ile for all citize ns and that many must of necessity reside in multi-fami ly housing un ~~s ( e ither rental or co- op . ) (c) In zoning matters , pertaining to an overall community proDlet:, ..'., l.de::.·,;:,er1 ~, h ,::,u~.cl a ct on . eeds of t he City as a whole , as opposed to loca l ne i ghborhood uress·.a 1;,E; . 0 (d ) Provis i ons f or decent and adequate hous ing is the nuo.ber one priority :fo::' th-s City and is a ne c essary prerequi sit e fo r solving many other oroblems . (e ) Compliance wi th HUD I s anr.ounced policy of discourag i ng pu:Olic nou~;i::s; j_n areas of rac i a l concentration has severely limited the availa bility of s~~2s . (:::') Land in adequate quantitit es , and at prices wh ich make lm,, cc: !,t :~ot.,si:::;:; econom ically feas i ble , are apparently not avai l a· le in all seg·7errts o,-- ·:::::,! C::·::,.- . (g ) More local churches a nd civic groups should be encouraged t o ~ss~sc -- program as non- profit sponsors . (h ) An ovcr - 2.ll non-p,'.'ofit hou sing f und si1ould be cPectteci to ::,;:,.:):!:-::it,:i .-1.L ... .. , . of the program . �Recommended Action : (a) Submission by the !:-iRC to t e Mayor a nd Board of P.l dc;_~rr:en a

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.:,:··:.t,: ,:.,·1 . port on current status of the low cost housin: progr am . (b) The Hous ing Resou~ces Com ittce to act ively support re - zon i~g 0~tit~0n~ wh ich are reasonable and in intere st of f urther ing t he nous i ng program . ( C) Conduct promptly a hard- hitt i ng Publ i c Information c ar:ipa i gn l. r ·"n·r,··1_. per t~:1 (:: pu::.L c .Li._ .L . I ~ ~ le:., of the current di fficult i es encounter~d and offerin~ concrete pos i t i ve suggestic1s fer the i r sol ution . As listeci. �