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HOUS I NG RESOURCES CONMITTEE Room 1 204 City Hall Te l, 5 22-4463 Ext. 430 1. Ce cit A. Al exander , Chairman of t he City 's newly formed Housing Re s ources Committ ee, announc e d t oduy that 59 separate low and medium cost projects ha ve be en proposed, are in development or recently completed in Atlanta . These include 337 2 units in the Reasonably Firm category 4 2 37 units , Probable 2489 unit s, Be ing Considered 13 92 units, Doubtf ul Total

11,4 9 0 units Proposed

This includes 1140 Public Housing units under construction and i n planning, plu~ 144 units which are be ing leased as Public Hous ing , In addi tion, 1654 existing units have been re habilitat ed since Oc ~ober, 1966, ,',Qf this number, 1322 units are estimated to be availabl e during 1967 (357 8 s hort of goal ), a nd 51 33 uni ts a r e est i mated t o be available during 1 968 ( 233 above goal). Total 2. 6455 unit s in sight ( 3345 short of combi ned goals for both years ) . The Housing Resour ces Committ ee , c onstitut ed for the purpos e of promoting and ass i st ing in development of l ow and medium cos t housing , held it s organi za tional mee tmng at City Hall , on February 14 a nd is now funct ioning wit h 4 5 of it s 4 8 members assi gned to panel s s pec ializing i n t he following f i elds : Legal Construct i on and Desggn Financing Non Profi t funds Public Housing 3. Land Acquisit i on and Rehabilit at i on Soc i al Problems Bus iness Parti cipat i on Publ ic Informat ion I n addition t o Mr. Alexander as Chairman , Dr. Sanford S, Atwood , President of Emory University, and Dr, Benjamin E. Mays, President of Morehouse College, are Co-Chairmen. 4. Mr, Wm, W, Gat es , former Chief Unde rwrit er for FHA in At lanta, serves as Special Adviser to the Hoi1sing Resources Committee and will be a vailable, by appointment, in the Committee off ice, Room 1204 City Hall, to advise and assist Developers and Builders interested in FHA programs, 5. Malcolm D. Jones, Supervisor of Inspection Services , Building Department, is as City staff member and Director of the Committee, He acquaints Developers and Builders with the program and assists them by coordinating with City Departments and other agencies when needed. Mr. Jones would like to keep in touch with tne status of development in all proposed projects under this accelerated program; his telephone number is § 22-4463, Ext. 430, �