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HOUSI1G RESOURCES COMM ITTEE May 31, 1967 White Paper Mission : The Housing Resources Committee is charged with : (a) Promoting low cost housi, g and facilitating its construction in At l antn o~ 2~ accelerated basis. (b) Bringing together the various interests needed to produce low cos~ h0us i n1 . (c) Insuring that t he human factors in housing are given i'ull p l ay . (d) Informing the public of the· housing problem in Atlanta .. Goals : The City 's goals i n toe low cost hous i ng new construction program, :Oased on .i':'.;1ciir:~;s of the recently completed CIP study and as announced by the Mayor in Housing Confe ~e~ce on Nove .ber 15, 1966 are : 9,800 units duri ng calendar years 1967 and 1968 . 2,333 units each year during the next succeeding 3 year period . 16,800 units total by end of 1971 . Accomplishments to Dat e : 72 separate projects have been proposed , totali ng 15,391 units ir. the follo:,:'. ng cat egorie s : Firm 4,286 units Probable 2,578 unit s 7,264 Unde r Cons ideration 4, 46 4 Doubtful 3,663 Total Proposed unit s In Sight . . . 15 ,391 of which 6 ,14 9 units, p1~e viou:;;Jy ,::.o [1'..:) :i. i:H:\·:~ 11: : ~:. .. .!. -~. •' are currently in jeopardy due to ob jections from vari ous sources as to .1.oc::.t :i. ::,:,:, . ~Includes 1,140 units of Public Hous ing+ 144 units l eased for ? ublic ~o~si~; . Maj or· ?roblerns : (a ) See (b ) Also see attached : 11 Problem Areas 11 attached dated April 20 , 1967, :eevi.sed . l. ,1e;norandu 1s dated April 25 , 1967 and May 24, 1S67 p ,~:cta.~>1:'. r.,:; ·c:.::, .. . of land in the City appropriately zoned f or construction of low c~s ~ hous~ni; and , 2. 11 Statement of Hecessi ty" undate , extract ed fror.: a typ::.cc1l :,'u:.0.-.·t. J ::· proposed zoning application . �3. Letter to the Mayor f r om HUD, dat ed May 5 , 1 967, at t a ch ed . 4. Two news clipp ing s dated May 8 and 9 , r espe ctively . Discu ss ion : The a bove f ac t ua l data and a t tach ed paper s cle rly illus tr - t c w,c~c t h~ di:f ~c~ ~· lie and suggest some obvious indicated solut i ons . The program cannot be successfu~ly carrie d out, unless these prob lem s are r a solv~ a . In the initial Ho using Conference last November t he City called on private enter~ris~ ~o assist in a large meas ure in t h is program . While initial efforts have .:::ucc ecc.ed ic. ducing the 7, 264 units in s i ght list e d above, t timistic attitude toward future efforts .
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AT t his time combinations of ?ede:cal pcli.c:i.,:: ~: ,
zoning pronlems , land costs, code r equirements a nd general uncertainty per·:ainir,g to tLe
program have severely curtaile d future prospects .
Many developers and builder-s who 1-zv,;,
attempted to participate in the program are confronted with i nsurmountable obstacles
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are withdrawi ng .
Several deve lopers are holding up on submitt i ng zoning petitions bec a u~- of t ~0
discouragement as to f avorable a ction .
In order for the Hous i ng Resources Cammi ttee to perform its assi gned r.: iss i c;-i ,
problems should be placed before the e l ected city officials and the outl~ c .
(a)
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Zoning throughout the City is now being analyzed to i nsure t hat the cu~rent
needs of the ent i re city are being met .
(b)
Citizens should be encouraged to r eal ize and ac cept t he fac t t hat in a larg e
and rapidly growing city, such as Atlanta, single family houses cannot be ,n2 de 2v2. i l able
for all cit izens and t hat many must of ne cessity reside in multi - fam ily housing
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( e it her rental or co - op . )
(c)
In zoning matters, pertaining to an overall community problem, Alder~e n shou~d
a ct on needs of t he City as a whole , as opposed to local ne i ghborhood press1.11°E,E; .
(d )
Provis ions for decent and adequate hous ing is the nuir.b er one prio~i ty i'o:'.' t h.;,.
City and is a necessary pr erequisite for solv i ng many other probleDs .
(e)
Compliance with HUD 's announced policy of di scouraging public housi~ ~ i n
areas of racial concentration has s everely limited the availab ility of s i tes .
(f)
Lan d i n adequate quan titit es , and at prices which make low cc :,;t 1 ,orn;i::;L
e conomical l y feas i ble , are apparently not available in a ll segments 0 £' ·:::: t,i C:iT'./ ,.
(g)
More local churche s and civic groups should be encouraged t o 2ss~st
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program as non - profit sponsors .
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An over - a ll non- ?rofit
of the program.
ousir.g f und should be cre ated to -::::-0:::::, t ,,i d:'. .:.
�Recomm ended Action :
(a )
Submi ss ion by the HRC to t he Mayor and Doard o f P. l de:.~me n a b:c·i. ,.::: ·.:::,·:.t t,,: r1 • , .
port on cur r ent st at u s of the low c os t housing prog ram .
(b)
The Housing Res our c e s Comm i ttee to act i ve l y s upport r e - zoni ng i:, -,. t:i.t :> •1L
which are rea s on ab l e a n d i n i m:ere st o f f u r t h e:i."ing ti1e nou s ing p rog r am.
(c )
Conduct prompt l y a hard - n i t ting Publi c Informati on c a r.1pa. i gn i n:fo :c·:.i i ng t;:;,,, pl,:::L:c
of t he c urr e nt d i ff ic ulti es enc ount er~d and offerin~ concrete pos itiv e sugges t ic n2 ~~r
t he ir solut i on . _
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