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CITY OF A.TLANTA. March 21, 1969 CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR MEMORANDUM TO: CECIL A. ALEXANDER, Chairman Housing Resources Committee MALCOLM D. JONES Housing Coordinator Mr. R. Earl Landers Administrative Assistant Re your note to give you my opinion on Mr. James A. Smith's Memorandum of March 14, 1969, to Mr. Wofford pertaining to first batch ofwee~ylists from the Housing Authority of families certified for Public Housing, the following is offered: Hasty perusal of the 45 certifications indicates that only 11 locations listed appear to actually justify Housing Code notic es (4 of these already had Housing Code notices, and notices were prepared on 4 others as result of these inspections); a few may have been justified because of overcrowding. The remaining 34 certifications because of sub-standard housing conditions or overcrowding include: Public Housing unit in Perry Homes 4 lo<iati1o.p outside of the City Limits Si~0 ' a8 dresses given which could not be found Remainder apparently unjustified (in opinion of Housing Code Inspectors) Attention is invited to paragraph 4 of my Memorandum to you of Febr uary 26 (copy attached) in which I pointed out the fallacy of the Hous ing Authority accepting the tena nts' word for s ub - s t a nd a rd c o ndi ti ons of housing as a basis for applicat i on fo r Public Housing. This pr a ctic e is c l early confirmed i n communication of Februar y 28, 1969 , from the Chief Tenant Selec tion Officer to Mr . Sm it h (copy of wh i ch is e nc l os e d ). This is obviously the pr i ncipal reason for the abuse indica ted in Mr. Smith's Summar y Memora ndum to Mr. Wofford. Unless this is corrected, no amount of ef f ort on the part of the City can ever produce enough Public Housing in Atlanta. The attached material appears to be positive evidence of why the current procedure should be changed, as proposed by Building Department Officials, that a prospective applicant for Public Housing �Mr. R. Earl Landers March 21, 1969 Page 2 because of inadequate housing conditions should first request and obtain a certificate from the Housing Code Division that the unit occupied is sub-standard or overcrowded to the extent that relocation is justified; and that such certification be presented to Housing Authority Tenant Selection Officials before certification for Public Housing is considered. I recommend that the Housing Authority be requested to adopt such procedure immediately. One other detail brought out during my discussion with Housing Authority Officials was that in reporting certification for Public Housing to the Building Department, an estimated date for move would be included (although it was mutually admitted that such dates would be tentative). This does not appear to have been done in these instances. It should be included in future reports. Sincerely, 143.215.248.55 12:54, 29 December 2017 (EST) Malcolm D. ~ s Housing Coordinator MDJ/mc Encls: Assembled correspondence Copy of_ Memorandum of February 26, 1969 �