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August 23, 1968 Mr . Lester Purcell, puty Dir ector At lanta Housing uthority Hurt Bu~lding tlant;a, Georgia r Mr. Purcell• As a participant in the Cornerstone Proj ect, lcx:ated at 493 Martin Str et, $ • • , Atlant , Georgi a , I sat in on n inform 1 seminar with Daniel S tin whic h he outlined Atlant •s effort to improve physical and sooi 1 conditions in tlanta • s "ghettos,_. • ..Among the item he mention d w s th Atlanta Housi ng Authority • s plans to use mobil home industry techniques to c onstr uc t tempora r y r l ocation hou ing i n · n urban renew l ar a. this Agency 1 pl nning to construct int r im r l oc t i on housing in an urban ren al a~ in · shingt on, D. C., I as'lted Mr . Swat for furth rd tail about the project and he suggested that I cont ct you. In Washington we r att pting -co con truct e<:onomically f sible interim housing module which will me t th cod r~irement of the District of Colu.mbi ~ W h v not y t advertised for bids but w exp t to do o hortly. In view of th experiment 1 n tur of thi und rtaking, w would lik to l rn as mu h po ibl from other oiti ' exp ri nc in dev loping t por ~y reloc tion housing . ther for would ppreci te 1 · if you could end us ny m terial you£ l fr tor l e t this tim concerning how tlanta h s pproach th truction oft _ por ry r location housing in ar nd wh th bUilding cod r uir t wer how th wer m t 8 �- 2 - Thank you for your attention to this matter. CC: Dani ·1 sw t , Coorain tor of Federal Programs Mayor • s Office City Hall Atl.ant, Georgi ~It' . �