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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
?ro1:-able
1967
1968
1969
(1312)
(1928)
(316)
(1681)
3553
1970
1971
(672 )
(_500)
(700)
(988 )
(500)
(700)
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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 :
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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%
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1274 units
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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.
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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 .
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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 .
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~fo ad.:iitional sites under the Public Housing l easing p rogram h ave bee n
acquired since previ01;.s
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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
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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.
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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 .
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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
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prices have been establi she d on all of the s e lots, ranging f rom $900 t o
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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 .
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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
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