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CITY OF A LA TA DEPARTMENT OF BUILDI NGS 800 CITY HALL ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 HOUSI NG RESOURCES COMMITTEE Room 1204, City Hall WILL I AM R. WOFFORD , P.E., R. A. BU I LD I NG OFF I C I A L July 6, 1967 E L MER H. MOON, E . E., P.E. MA L CO LM D. JONES SUPERV I SOR OF I NSPECT I ON SERV I C E S ASS T. BU IL D I NG OFFIC I A L The Executive Group of the Housing Resources CommittEe of the City of Atl anta, Georgia this date unanimously adopted a motion that the Committee prepare a memorial for use by Mayor I van Allen Jr. in connection with his scheduled testimony, Thursday, July 13, before the Senate Appropriations Committee, pointing out t he need f or, and this Committee's support of, reinstatement of the Rent Supplement progr am. Atlanta is now promoting an accelerated five-year program for constructi on of 16 , 800 low-cos t hous ing units by the end of 1971, in order to provide decent, safe and sanitary housing for all of its citi zens ~ Of this amount, 9, 800 units are needed during 1967 and 1968. The City has planned strongly on t he Rent Supplement progr am to supplement Publ ic Housing for families in the lowest income brackets. Without it our Public Housing requirements will have to be substantially increased. The Rent Supplement program s timulates Private Enterprise in producing the needed housing units , provides a wider field in both desi gn and location, as well as a broader economic mix, than convent i onal Public Housing developments. At the same time it keeps the property on the t ax digest at full tax value. Although several Rent Supplement projects were in planning in At lanta at the time the funds were recently cut off by Congress, only t wo projects had actually received final approval; one of 108 units for Wheat St . Gardens and one of 150 units f or the Catholic Archdiocese of At lanta. This Committee sincerely hopes and strongly urges that the Senate Appropriations Committee will see i ts way clear to reinstate the Rent Supplement program which is so essential in meeting the needs of t he l owest-income families in Atlanta, as well as in most of the larger cities t hroughout this nation. ~~b~·'""'~d:.-,143.215.248.55 16:36, 29 December 2017 (EST)li,,,., Cecil A. Alexander, Chairman Housing Resources Committee AT L A N TA T l-I E DOG W OOD C I TY �