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HOUSING RESOURCES COMMITTEE Topic s for di scus s i on wi t h the iayor May 8, 1967 Su:rn, ary of . 1. pril 20, Housin 0 Resources Cammi ttee report shows: Estimate when available Categor y Jo. Units . 3556 Firm

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1967 1968 1969 (1312) (1928) (316) (1681) 3553 1970 1971 (672 ) (_500) (700) (988 ) (500) (700) --- ' ·--- 7109 In Sight ( 1312) Total ( 3'609 ) Being Consi de r ed 3065 Doubtfu l Total Proposed 14, 766 units Of the 71 proposals cont aine d i n this r eport, 19 of the test ones ar:ci those which unt il r ecently were cons i dered aJnong t he most pr omising (comprising 6,.504 units) have either een turned down or are in jeopardy . The pri ncipal reasons for t his, together with some suggestions to improve the situati on,we re i nclude d i n letter of April 12 , to the Chain ar, of t he Hous i ng Resourc e s Committee . The proble , areas of gr eat est concern ai.e indicat e d in t he accompaning list. Effe cts of the problen encountered with t he NAACP and the I nter - gr oup Re l ations Section of h'DD is be gir.ning to be fe lt locally i n FHA also " It is appar ent that t he pos ition t aken by the Inter-group Rel ations Section of HUD has been brewing f or s ome t ime and now has t he support of !ftJD i2 Washingt on . Thus far we have depended primaril y on private developers t o come i n with proposed sites . Unl ess the current situation can be materiallJ i mproved s oon, it nay behoove the Ci t y to go i nt o t he business of systemic ally determining sit es f or low cost housing and acquiring t he l and nee ded for s uch use , by condemnation i f nece ssary, i n much t he same manr1er as is done by t he Scnool Board f or needed s chool site s . 3. Of the 9800 unit goal for the first two years of t he l ow cost housL. · p::·c gr c., , allocation breakdown specif i ed by the riJayor in the Housint'. Confe:.~-.)nce <-Ye as follows : �- 2 - Public Housing 57%

5586 units ( 561.rO alloc ated) Pri va1.,e Develo)ers ( conventional 30;~

2 940 units 22ld(3) I"on-profit 13% == 1274 units Tota l t C}l \~ Q~Q

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9800 t seems that the 22ld(3), co-op is the mot p opular approach to the nonrofi t development and is best for both the City and the p urchaser - occ upant . he prospective home oi-mer gets more for his money in this type of ho:ne The failure and rate nationally on the s e de velopments is negligible. ~ ~~ (l f~ ~ This ye development should be able to account for a greater proportionate share of the overall requi rement t han the 13% previously i ndicated; it should be wi dely encouraged. 4. An article by Al ex Coffin in t he Atl anta Constitution, April 17, stated that 25% of t lanta is in vac&nt lots . If this be true, our most available resource for low- cos t housing, both public and privat e, is on scatte red sites . Incidentally such procedure would create a miniJnurr. of neighborhood objec t ion and p olitical difficulty. Both private developers and the Housing Authority shou.ld be called upon to purs ue thi s principle to the maximum . ~ ~ 5 The Housing Code i nspec t ions on Boulevard have p roduced off ers for s:le by owners of at l east 103 units . ~ 6. ~fo ad.:iitional sites under the Public Housing l easing p rogram h ave bee n acquired since previ01;.s \\.~ '\}Y, j ousing Resources Cor.m1j_tt ee report of February 20 . It appears to.at most of the tii--ne of the Housin g Authorj_ty repr e sentative ~ assigr.ed to leasing is taken un in p rocessing individual tenant lease s for ~ occupaccy of t he l eased units r ather than devoting the main effort to ~ ~sec8.ring leases for additional units . The leasing of additional projects '\:§.· for Pub lic Housing should be pushed. -- ............ ·------ - - - �- 3 - 7. Although rehabilitation of sub - standar d dwelling units does not pro- vide addit ional housi ng (and s uch i s not included in Housing Resources Com., i t tee tabulati on totals of prospective housing uni ts), still U is feat ur e adds, aterially to the available r esources of stan dard housing and t ends to r educe t he requirement f or new housing. Consequentl y it is desirable :or t he Housing Resources Commi t tee to have cur r ent i nfor mation on the extent of r ehabilitat ion and principal areas involved. This information is contained in routine mont hly r eports of activities of .t he Housing Code Di vision and has been requested several times, but has not been r e ce i ved si nce January and only partial information was provided for December and Januc.ry. There appears to be no logical reason why copies of the Housing Code Division 1 s montcl y reports should not be made avai l abl e to the Housing Re sources Committee . 8. Altho~gh some of the di ff i culties confronting the low- cost housi ng progr ~~ may be beyond the ability of the City, however the o~tcome of zoning petition number Z-67-JJG (denial of r ezoning from M- 1 t o A-1) i s t ypic al of situations over whi ch the City doe s have control and Hhere r ezoning may have to be accomplished i n order t o provide ampl e locations f or development of low- cost housing . 9. / iJ\ Renewal Project which have not been sold for 221 development . ?2100 each . In order to enco urage development of t hese lots, reco:~rnend t':1.at pr ice reduc tions be made f or multipl e purchases, as shown on the ~ ½ ~ Minimum prices have been establi she d on all of the s e lots, ranging f rom $900 t o \\ /\f?\ Ther e are s t ill 157 singl e f amily lots in the Thomasville Urban ~tached card and that publicity be given t o t hat effect . our FHA consultant , concurs with this prLviciple . Hr . Gates , The SUf,ge ste d reduction tes been shown to a re putable and exper ienced developer who a r,rees that it is practical and should result i n development of these l ots . �- L - 10 . In order to keep the interest arid confiLlence of pro spe c t i ve deve l ope rs in the low- cost hous i ng field, sugeest that a c onference be c alled by t he Eayo r with the Board of Alder,nen and th at s o,11e of the mos t i nte r e s te d l owcost hous i."lg p rornoters and developers be invited to pre se nt their views and com;nen ts on the p ro grai . snch an opp ortunity . Several have indi c ated that they i-10 uld welcome Such me eti ng mi ght pro duc e s ome he l pf ul i deas . In any event it would provide an opportunity fo r t hem t o stat e t heir side of the problem an ci shoul d serve t o cl ear the currentl y conf use d at mosphe re . Al s o suggest that t he Pr es s be i n vited t o s uch a me eting . Encls: Suggest~d pr ice r educt ions e n Thom&sville lot s ?-ie:no dated April 21, 1967 �