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EXTRACT from ATLAl'\JTA I S COMMUNITY IMPR.0Vcr1ENT PROGRAM REPORT SECTION 'IWO: DEVELOPING AN AFFIRMATI VE RELOCATION PROGRAM RESOLVI NG EXISTING HOUSING Il1BALAN CES (Preliminary) Applyine the estimat es and assumptions of the fore going discussion, the f ollowing critical 1965 Atl anta housing imbalances can be estimated. Such es t i mate s woul d r eflect only 1965 needs , not achievability, future gro1rth, or addi t ional r ehabilitati on or demolit ion ab ove the 17, 000 dil apidated and major r epair housing uni ts . It is, t hen·, a theoretical starting point in 1965. Table L~4 ESTIYJ\TES OF HOUSING ASSI STANCE NE l-:DED TO RESOLVE CRI'rICAL IN COME/ HOUSING COST DEFICIENCIES AND MAJ OR SLUM CON DITION DEFIC IENCIES, ATLANTA HOUSI NG STOCK, 1965~Rental Housing Units 7, 400 Units in 0-$55 per month range 4,708 Units in $55-$80 per month range .642 12;750 Units in $80-$115 per month range Rental Housing Units Owner units, estimated 90% low-cost Owner Housj,ng Units 17,000 Housing Units

Reflects absolute 1965 deficiencies only

The housing units needed, as reflected in Table followi ng pr~grams: 44, could be provided ,by the an estimated 8,800 in rent supplement or public housing; an es t i mated 3 , 308 in 11 221 d ( 3) 11 below market rate, an estimated 642 :i.ri :1·22.i d (3) 11 mar ket rate; a nd an estimated 4,250 with the 11 221 d (2) 111 program. An approximate breakdown

in housing u..--uta needed by siz es woul d be :

Table 45 ESTIViATES OF MINIMUM I-IOUSifG UNIT SI ZES NEEDED TO RESOLVE 1965 ATLANTA HOUSING STOCK CRITICAL DEFICIENCIES 8,800 Units Public Housing or Rent Suppl ement 4, 488 2,112 1 , 144 1 , 056 8 ,800

1 bedroom uni t s 2 bedroom units 3 bedroom units 4 or more bedroom units �3,308 Units of 221 d (3) Below Market Rate Interest 1,687 794 430 397 3,308 1 bedroom units 2' bedroom units 3 bedroom units 4 or more bedroom units 642 Units of 221 d (3) Market Rate Interest 327 154 84 1 bedroom units 2 bedroom units 3 bedroom units 4 or more bedroom units 77 642 4,250 Units of 221 d (2') Owner Housing 2,167 1,020 553 510 4,250 1 bedroom units 2 bedroom units 3 bedroom units 4 or more bedroom units Atlanta must accelerate i ts l ow cost housing programs if a beginning is to be made in resolving the internal existing housing imbalances. Atlanta mus t realize the majority of our people now living in substandard housing are als o living in substandard housing they cannot r easonably afford. Preliminary projections-i:- indicate that the households needing assistance in finding decent housing will sharply increase in the future. It is estimated that 26,478 households will require housing assistance in 1975 and 23,043 will require similar assistance in 1983 . Resolving existing i mbalances will not be simple. Redevelopment must be systematically programmed over a suitable l ength of time. The creation of new housing t o corre ct the imbalance of today (much less, the future ) would require a net acreage of 708 acres for multi-family units at 18 units per acre and 850 net acres for sinel e family housing units at 5 units per acre. densiti es are, a ccording to local cus tom, relatively high . Both of these However, in view of t he r aw a creage needed (30%should be added for streets , community fa ciliti es , parks, etc.) much higher densities may have to be consider ed. The answer to the· question of how to r esolve housing imbalances lies within the question of how to begin. The beginning of an a ccelerated r edevelopment progr am dictates a more efficient and coordinated effort in housing and r edevelopment planning . Such improvements t o the planni ng program will take time to initiate - at least one year. In the meantime, the provision of r elocation housine t o meet the displ acement expe cted within the next two years will be necessary. ,(-Economic estirr.ates preliminary to the forthcoming 11 Housing Marketabili ty . Study11 • _ £ 1 I L~4 _ . �Initially, t hen, a "cr ash" program to provi de low income housing will be needed. This cr ash program should be geared to providine on-the-ground low cost housine· for an expected 1967-68 displ a cement of 4,800 families from public projects now underway along with an additional expectation of 4,900 families needine housing assistance as a result of four new high priority urban renewal proj ects re cently proposed. * The contemplated breakdo,m of this immediate ( 11 crash11 program) need is: 2,425 o,mer housing units at a modest cost of from $12,500 to $17,500 and 7,275 r ental units. expe cted to be: The rental unit breakdo,m for this 11 crash11 two-year program is 4,220 units in the $55 or less r ental range; 2,620 units in the $55 to $80 rental range and 432 units in the $80 to $115 per month rental r ange . About 4,850 of thes e units are expected to be one-bedroom units; 2,350 t wo- bedroom; 1,300 three-bedroom; and, 1,200 four or more bedroom. ~~New urban r enewal projects proposed f or accelerated action are: the East Atlanta Project wi th 1,072 families to be displaced; the Vine City project with 2, 324 f amilies t o be displaced; the Cooper-Glen project with 1,983 families to be displaced; and t he Plunkettown project with 98 families to be displaced. �