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August 3, 1967 HOUSING R.Esmmcss COMMITTEE General Functions 1. To promote low-cost housing and facilitate its construction in Atlanta on an accelerated basis. 2o To bring together the various interests needed to produce housing . 3o To insure that the human factors in housing are given full play. 4. To inform the ·puolic of the housing problem in Atlanta. ( The Housing Resources Committ~e office is l ocated in City Hall, Room 1204. It maintains liaison with builders and developers , acts as a clearing house f or information per taining t o low-cost housing, to include listing of available sites and i nterested developers, coordinates ·committee a ctivities and keeps the Mayor in.formed as to progress of tile program . ) Functions of Housing Resources Committee Panels Suggested Functions for the Committee Panels (Not necessarily limited to the following). Panels are encouraged to use own i nitiative. Legal a. b. c. d. To i nvesti gate and make available information on l aws governing Federal, State and City, related to housing. To review exis ting local laws governing housing and make recommendations for improvements. To make specific recommendations regarding code enforcement. To act as legal r esour ce to the Committee as a whole. Construction and Design a. b. Co d~ To review pres€nt codes and constuction practices in order to reconrne..d improvernents in terms of exped.i ting and making housing more economical. To investigate new methods of producing housing with special attention to prefabrication. To seek out and encourage contractors and architests interested in low-cost housing design. To reco::mnend methods of making rehabilitation of existing housing feasible ar..d profitable. �Page 2. Finance and Non-profit Punds a. b. Co d. e. f. g. h. To seek out and make avai lable pertinent information relative to financing of housing. To encourage money sources to make funds avail able for financing low-cost housing. To seek and recommend new ways to finance l ow cost housing .. To compile information regarding 1:.or:-;,:-of:it fun ds o To compile information relative t o Federal participation in non-profit f'unds o To aid in the establishment of non-profit . funds for low cost housing and t o promote and i nterest spons ors in the programo To counsel ~ri.th those contr olli ng existing and or new funds. To promote creation of a non-profi t Housing Development Corporation in Atlanta., Public Housi ng a ., b. c. d. e. To aid the Housing Authority in the completion of i ts Public Housing program. To seek out and r eport on new methods of f inan cing and producing public housing across the country. To farr~l i arize themselves with the Atlanta public housing program and to visit all existing proje cts. To encourage provision f or adequate soci al services activities in public housing. To make recommendations regarding future publi c housingo Land au b. c. d. To determine available ~ nd res ources f or low-cost housing and make recommendations there .•• To seek out and catalogue land available fo r low-cos t housing . To keep in touch with realtors concerning available land. To recommend neighborhoods for concentrated r ehabilitation efforts. Social Probl ems a. b. c d. eQ f. To provide for temporary housing as neeQed, f or people being displaced either for rehabilitation or resettlemento To coordinate housinJ with agencies involved in the depressed areas, such as the Co~.rr.unity Chest, Comrr.unity Council and EOA . To enlist assistance groups such as churches, garden clubs , and civic clubs i n proolems related to housing. To look for gaps in t he housing program whicn are not being met by ari.y existing er projected programs To seek means of providing positive assistance to home owners in Housing Code enforcement cases, on a city-wide basis, where dire tardship is involved. To se,sk ways of involving residents of depressed areas in sel:'help programs. �Page J ., Business Parti cipati on a. b. Co To seek out and i nterest l arge local and national cor por a~ions i n demonstration housing project s and or building low- cost housing or rehabilitating existing housing in the Atlanta areao To encourage local business fir ..s t o actively participate in and as sist the low-cost housing progra'Tl e To encourage business participation i n education of low- cost housing residents in assuming occupant responsibiliti es for maintaining in good condition the dwell i ngs and premeses in which they reside . Public Inforrr.ation a. bo To diss eminate through the public medias as a Public Service, talks . written material, and information relating to the low-cost housing pr oblems in Atlanta. Thru articles , editorals, panel discussions and spot announcements to emphasize special fea tures and problems of the program, as determined by the Executive Group of the HRC, and to suggest solutions. • �