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HOUS I NG RESOURCES CONMITTEE Room 1 204 City Hall Te l, 5 22-4463 Ext. 430 1. Ce cit A. Al exander , Chairman of t he City 's newly formed Housing Re s ources Committ ee, announc e d t oduy that 59 separate low and medium cost projects ha ve be en proposed, are in development or recently completed in Atlanta . These include 337 2 units in the Reasonably Firm category 4 2 37 units , Probable 2489 unit s, Be ing Considered 13 92 units, Doubtf ul Total
11,4 9 0 units Proposed
This includes 1140 Public Housing units under construction and i n planning, plu~
144 units which are be ing leased as Public Hous ing ,
In addi tion, 1654 existing units have been re habilitat ed since Oc ~ober, 1966,
,',Qf this number,
1322 units are estimated to be availabl e during 1967 (357 8 s hort of goal ),
a nd 51 33 uni ts a r e est i mated t o be available during 1 968 ( 233 above goal).
Total
2.
6455 unit s in sight ( 3345 short of combi ned goals for both years ) .
The Housing Resour ces Committ ee , c onstitut ed for the purpos e of promoting and
ass i st ing in development of l ow and medium cos t housing , held it s organi za tional mee tmng
at City Hall , on February 14 a nd is now funct ioning wit h 4 5 of it s 4 8 members assi gned
to panel s s pec ializing i n t he following f i elds :
Legal
Construct i on and Desggn
Financing
Non Profi t funds
Public Housing
3.
Land Acquisit i on and Rehabilit at i on
Soc i al Problems
Bus iness Parti cipat i on
Publ ic Informat ion
I n addition t o Mr. Alexander as Chairman , Dr. Sanford S, Atwood , President of
Emory University, and Dr, Benjamin E. Mays, President of Morehouse College, are Co-Chairmen.
4.
Mr, Wm, W, Gat es , former Chief Unde rwrit er for FHA in At lanta, serves as Special
Adviser to the Hoi1sing Resources Committee and will be a vailable, by appointment, in
the Committee off ice, Room 1204 City Hall, to advise and assist Developers and Builders
interested in FHA programs,
5.
Malcolm D. Jones, Supervisor of Inspection Services , Building Department, is
as City staff member and Director of the Committee,
He acquaints Developers and Builders
with the program and assists them by coordinating with City Departments and other agencies
when needed.
Mr. Jones would like to keep in touch with tne status of development in
all proposed projects under this accelerated program; his telephone number is § 22-4463,
Ext. 430,
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