Box 5, Folder 8, Document 34

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KAISER CENTER:

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KAISER ENGINEERS

DIVISION OF KAISER INOUSTARIES CORPORATION

300 LAKESIOE DRIVE, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 94604 + CABLE KAISENGS

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July 17, 1968



Kaiser Engineers in association with Battelle Memorial Institute,
Building Systems Development, Inc., General Research Corporation,
Organization for Social and Technical Innovation, Real Estate Research
Corporation, and Turner Construction Company were recently awarded

Contract No. H-

1011 by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Our present task is to review all cities considered in the first
reports and to recommend to the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment the cities to be included in the program. Our available tirne for this
review is quite short; a field team is to visit eacn city under consideration
to inspect available housing sites and to briefly discuss with you some of
the criteria we are using in our evaluation of cities as potential locations
for experimental projects. These criteria are:

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The need for low-income housing.

The commitment of the whole city to the provision
of housing including all the elements, i.e. labor,
industry and city government, etc.

The commitment of the city to relieve constraints
to providing housing.

Availability of suitable construction sites in time
to meet program schedule requirements,

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ENGINEERING -CONSTRUCTION: CONTRACTING SINCE 1014
July 17, 1968

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Some of the constraints which may require relief are:
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© Reasonable cooperation or organized labor in the
use of indigenous labor and the easing of work rules.

Reasonable cooperation of Organized labor and Code
Authorities in the application of new technical ideas.

Willingness of the code authorities to grant zoning
variances or building code variances (where they will
not affect health and safety) necessary to a total
housing program..

Reasonable availability of financing and seed money

to initiate the housing program, ‘
In addition, the Department of Housing and Urban Development

has requested that we solicit from you as a basis for further consideration,

a letter of commitment with regard to site availability, suitability of the

proposed experiments, and cooperation in the relief of the constraints listed

‘above.

You will be receiving a call from us in the near future for an
appointment. Your cooperation and assistance in our making an objective
and realistic recommendation to HUD will be greatly appreciated. If you

have any questions, please feel free to call me at: Area Code: 415 --
271-5822,

Very truly yours,

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KAISER ENGINEERS
Division of Henry J. Kaiser Company

G. Ps Bedford, Jr...
Program Manager

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