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·ouS ING RE SOU CES c o lMITTEE Room 1204 Tel. 522-4463 l . City all Ext. 430 Februa r y 23, 196 7 Cecil A. Alexander, Cha i rman of t he City ' s newl y f orrne ousing Resources Committee, announced t oday t hat 59 s epara te l ow a nd medi um cost projects have been proposed, are in development or recently compl e ted in Atlanta . These include 3372 unit s in t he eas onably f irm category 423 7 unit s , Probable 2489 units, Be ing Cons i dered 1392 unitsf Doubtful Total
11,490 units Proposed
This includes 1140 Public Hous ing un its under construction a nd in pl ann i ng , plus
144 units whic h a re being leas ed as Public Hous i ng .
I n a ddition, 1654 exist i ng units ha ve been r e habilitated since Oct ober , 1966.
Of this number,
1322 units are estimat ed t o be a va ilable duri ng 196 7 ( 357 8 sh r t of goal ).
and 5133 unit s are estimat ed t o be ava ilable during 1968 (23 3 above
6455 units i n sight (3 345 short of colpb i n <l goals f or both years ).
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The Housing Resources Committee , constituted for the purpose of pr omot ing and
ass i sting i n development of low and medium cost housing , held i t s organi z tional meeting
at Cit y Hall, on Februa r y 14 and is now fun ctioning with 45 of i ts 48 members assi nod
to panel s specializing in the . following fields :
Legal
Construction and Design
Financing
Non Profit Funds
Public Hou in
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Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation
Social Problems
Business P rticipat1on
Public Information
In addition to Mr. Alexander as Chairman , Dr. Sanford S. Atwood, President of
Emory University, and Dr. Benjamin E. Mays. Pre ident of Mor house Colleg, are eo-Chairmen.
4.
Mr . Wm. W. Gates, form r Chief Underwriter for FHA in Atlanta, serves as Special
Advi
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Committee and will be available• by appointment• in
the Committ e office, Room 1204 City Hall. to advi e and as i t Develop rs and Build rs
int r sted in FHA programs.
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Malcolm D. Jones, Sup rvi or of Inspection Services, Building D part ent, is
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Mr. Jones would ltke to keep in touch with the et tu of dev lop nt in
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