131 20 10383 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/77e6c8db04b61c760ebc6435259a8833.pdf 8375ad193606e4eb4635bfb01f405aed Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 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. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document EXTRACT from ATLANTA'S COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM REPORT SECTION TWO: DEVELOPING AN AFFIRMATIVE RELOCATION PROGRAM ri * ely RESOLVING EXISTING HOUSING IMBALANCES (Preliminary) Applying the estimates and assumptions of the foregoing discussion, the following critical 1965 Atlanta housing imbalances can be estimated. Such estimates would reflect only 1965 needs, not achievability, future growth, or additional rehabilitation or demolition above the 17,000 dilapidated and major repair housing units. It is, then, a theoretical starting point in 1965. Table ESTIMATES OF HOUSING ASSISTANCE NE#DED TO RESOLVE CRITICAL INCOME/HOUSING COST DEFICIENCIES AND MAJOR SLUM CONDITION DEFICIENCIES, ATLANTA HOUSING STOCK, 1965* Rental 7,100 Units in 0-$55 per month range Housing Units h, 708 Units in $55-$80 per month range 642 Units in $80-$115 per month range 12,750 Rental Housing Units Owner 4,250 Owner units, estimated 90% low-cost Housing Units 17,000 Housing Units *Reflects absolute 1965 deficiencies only The housing units needed, as reflected in Table hl, could be provided by the following programs: an estimated 8,800 in rent supplement or public housing; an estimated 3,308 in "221 d (3)" below market rate, an estimated 6);2 in "221 4 (3)" market rate; and an estimated ),250 with the "221 d (2)" program. An approximate breakdown in housing units needed by sizes would be: Table 5 ESTIMATES OF MINIMUM HOUSING UNIT SIZES NEEDED TO RESOLVE 1965 ATLANTA HOUSING STOCK GRITICAL DEFICIENCIES 8,800 Units Public Housing or Rent Supplement L588 1 bedroom units 2,112 2 bedroom units Lelbk | 3 bedroom units 1,056 l, or more bedroom units “8,800  3,308 Units of 221 d (3) Below Market Rate Interest 1,687 1 bedroom units 79h, 2 bedroom units 430 3 bedroom units 397 h or more bedroom units 35308 62 Units of 221 d (3) Market Rate Interest 327 1 bedroom units 15h 2 bedroom units 8h 3 bedroom units 77 ) or more bedroom units 62 4,250 Units of 221 d (2) Owner Housing 2,167 1 bedroom units 1,020 2 bedroom units 553 3 bedroom units 510 lh or more bedroom units 1,250 Atlanta must accelerate its low cost housing programs if a beginning is to be made in resolving the internal existing housing imbalances. Atlanta must realize the majority of our people now living in substandard housing are also living in substandard housing they cannot reasonably afford. Preliminary projections* indicate that the HousAHELas needing assistance in finding decent housing will sharply increase in the future. It is estimated . that 26,78 households will require housing assistance in 1975 and 23,043 will require similar assistance in 1983. Resolving existing imbalances will not be simple. Redevelopment must be systematically programmed over a suitable length of time. The creation of new housing to correct 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 single family housing units at 5 units per acre. Both of these densities are, according to local custom, raletively high. However, in view of the raw acreage needed (30% should be added for streets, community facilities, parks, etc.) much higher densities may have to be considered. The answer to the question of how to resolve housing imbalances lies within the question of how to begin. The beginning of an accelerated redevelopment program dictates a more efficient and coordinated effort in housing and redevelopment planning. Such improvements to the planning program will take time to initiate - at least one year. In the meantime, the provision of relocation housing to meet the displacement expected within the next two years will be necessary. Economic estimates preliminary to the forthcoming "Housing Marketability. Study".  Initially, then, a "crash" program to provide low income housing will be needed. This crash program should be geared to providing on-the-ground low cost housing for an expected 1967-68 displacement of ),800 families from public projects now underway along with an additional expectation of 4,900 families needing housing assistance as a result of four new high priority urban renewal projects recently proposed.* The contemplated breakdown of this immediate ("crash" program) need is: 2,425 owner housing units at a modest cost of from $12,500 to $17,500 and 7,275 rentel units. The rental unit breakdown for this "crash" two-year program is expected to be: ),220 units in the $55 or less rental range; 2,620 units in the $55 to $80 rental range and 32 units in the $80 to $115 per month rental range. About ),850 of these units are expected to be one-bedroom units; 2,350 two-bedroom; 1,300 three-bedroom; and, 1,200 four or more bedroom. *New urban renewal projects proposed for accelerated action are: the East Atlanta Project with 1,072 families to be displaced; the Vine City project with 2,32) families to be displaced; the Cooper-Glen project with 1,983 families to be displaced; and the Plunkettown project with 98 families to be displaced.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 18, Folder 25, Document 23 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 25 Folder topic: Housing Resources Committee | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/e4f2a469c6910296aaf211fcc334454f.pdf 694116e78bb112c316e61a401415bbc5 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. l20h , City Hall r 1, 1967 Dec tr . G lli r B. Gladin Di otor of PlanniJl Plarmi.n,, ep .,. t 7t Floor, ity Hall 68 tchell S . '• Atl.a.. , Oeorgi 30303 t., De r Colli rt d t at ...... e de al vided . l lo nta 19·11 ch d -inc In t 31, (c) t rerl•ion of 1ing pr j eta h c rt. inc vill ref rely, 0 ~ r, C C 1114 Alu Huu.u..t.Uv e C n 1967. T �r. Collier B. Gl din ?e.ge 2 December l , 1967 els: 1. Extract fro. CIP r pert. 2. Copy of l ett r d<ted October 6, 1967. J . Copy of Le --inc01rie Hou ing Inventory re ort dated o rn.ber lS, 1967. co : ~,r . fl . t!:arl Landers • Lan R. 5 at � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document ROUSING RESOURCES COMMITTSE Room 120), City Hall December 1, 1967 Mr, Collier B, Gladin Director of Planning Planning Depertment 7th Floor, City Hall 68 Mitchell Ste, &, We. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 _ Dear Collier: Gnclosed is extract from Atlanta's CIP report indicating statistical data requirements in categories by nuaber of bedrooms and rental ranges (also by number of bedrooms f6r owner housing) and numbers of units required in the Public Housing or Rent Supplement, 221 d (3) below market rate interest, 221 d (3) market rate interest and 221 d (2) categories. Nembers of your Department have emphasized the necessity for keeping statistical records on the low-income housing program, by project, in accordance with the criteria established in the CIP report. Also enclosed is copy of letter from the Administrative Assistant advising that Mr. Johnny CG. Johnson of your Department would accumulate and furnish required statisticel informetion to this Comaittee, pertaining to the low-income housing progran. Therefore we request that statistical informetion to meet the requirements of the CIP, as indicated in the attached extract, be obtained and provided this Comittee on the following: (a) Bach of the developments shown on the attached Low-income Housing Inventery report dates November 15, 19673 (b) Completed projects shown in previous siviler report of August 31, he copy of which has been provided the Planning Department; and (ce) Future leweinceome housing projects which will be reflected in subsequent revisions of the attached report. Sincerely, Geeil Ged Chairaan Housing Resources Comittee Mr. Collier EB. Gladin Page 2 December 1, 1967 Encls: 1, i&xtrect from CIP report. 2. Copy of letter dated October 6, 1967, 3. Copy of Low-income Housing Inventery report dated November 15, 1967. ec: Mr. R. Sarl Landera My, Dan BE, Sweat  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 18, Folder 25, Document 22 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 25 Folder topic: Housing Resources Committee | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/e5b202dd2d9fcda033c263c227e7a7bf.pdf 82387017e0897e2f34dd958936aab6eb Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. HOOSlNO RESOURCES C<J.1MITTEE Room 1204, City Hall November 30, 1967 Mias Mary Uehlein 233 Winding Way Camp Hill, ~ nnsylvania Dear Mi 170ll U bleinc Your letter of Nov. ber 26 addr sed to May'or Allen requesting terial on housing in Atlanta n referred to for reply. I glad to your interest in housing, it is very importnnt t ewr in cnu-rent living 1n • H ver, housing respon ibUi in At.lantn, in any other ican eit1 St for all pr ctical purpoe a, current~ 1 llm1ted to th bo\D'ldarie of th City L1m1 • Hen1N,al in Uant.a dUring olished. Also UUUI.II.II..Lttee th bet wish for auc on your arch r on houaing. incer ly. Malcolll D. J · rvisor of Inspection MnJ/slc rvi � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document HOUSING RESOURCES COMMITTEE Room 120), City Hall November 30, 1967 Miss Mary Uehlein 233 Winding Way Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17011 Dear Miss Uehleins Your letter of November 26 addressed to Mayor Allen requesting material on housing in Atlanta has been referred to me for reply. I am glad to see your interest in housing, as it is a very important factor in current living in metropolitan areas. However, housing responsibility. in Atlanta, as in many other American cities, for all practical purposes, currently is limited to the boundaries of the City Limits. Enclosed is a copy of a report on Urban Renewal in Atlanta during 1961. The Urban Renewal Department has since been abolished. Also enclosed are copies of functions of the Housing Resources Committee and latest Summary report of the current low-income housing program being sponsored by the Housing Resources Committee. I believe that these documents will provide some of the information which you are seeking and will be helpful to you, With best wishes for success on your research paper on housing. Sincerely, Malcolm D. Jones Supervisor of Inspection Services MDJ/sle Enclst As stated ect Mayor Ivan Allen  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 18, Folder 25, Document 21 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 25 Folder topic: Housing Resources Committee | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/783bd0230f4a3576daedbb84da32a669.pdf 37f90c14700ce2956574ce0b6bc84177 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. August 3, 1967 HOUSING R.Esmmcss COMMITTEE General Functions 1. To promote low-cost housing and facilitate its construction in Atlanta on an accelerated basis. 2o To bring together the various interests needed to produce housing . 3o To insure that the human factors in housing are given full play. 4. To inform the ·puolic of the housing problem in Atlanta. ( The Housing Resources Committ~e office is l ocated in City Hall, Room 1204. It maintains liaison with builders and developers , acts as a clearing house f or information per taining t o low-cost housing, to include listing of available sites and i nterested developers, coordinates ·committee a ctivities and keeps the Mayor in.formed as to progress of tile program . ) Functions of Housing Resources Committee Panels Suggested Functions for the Committee Panels (Not necessarily limited to the following). Panels are encouraged to use own i nitiative. Legal a. b. c. d. To i nvesti gate and make available information on l aws governing Federal, State and City, related to housing. To review exis ting local laws governing housing and make recommendations for improvements. To make specific recommendations regarding code enforcement. To act as legal r esour ce to the Committee as a whole. Construction and Design a. b. Co d~ To review pres€nt codes and constuction practices in order to reconrne..d improvernents in terms of exped.i ting and making housing more economical. To investigate new methods of producing housing with special attention to prefabrication. To seek out and encourage contractors and architests interested in low-cost housing design. To reco::mnend methods of making rehabilitation of existing housing feasible ar..d profitable. �Page 2. Finance and Non-profit Punds a. b. Co d. e. f. g. h. To seek out and make avai lable pertinent information relative to financing of housing. To encourage money sources to make funds avail able for financing low-cost housing. To seek and recommend new ways to finance l ow cost housing .. To compile information regarding 1:.or:-;,:-of:it fun ds o To compile information relative t o Federal participation in non-profit f'unds o To aid in the establishment of non-profit . funds for low cost housing and t o promote and i nterest spons ors in the programo To counsel ~ri.th those contr olli ng existing and or new funds. To promote creation of a non-profi t Housing Development Corporation in Atlanta., Public Housi ng a ., b. c. d. e. To aid the Housing Authority in the completion of i ts Public Housing program. To seek out and r eport on new methods of f inan cing and producing public housing across the country. To farr~l i arize themselves with the Atlanta public housing program and to visit all existing proje cts. To encourage provision f or adequate soci al services activities in public housing. To make recommendations regarding future publi c housingo Land au b. c. d. To determine available ~ nd res ources f or low-cost housing and make recommendations there .•• To seek out and catalogue land available fo r low-cos t housing . To keep in touch with realtors concerning available land. To recommend neighborhoods for concentrated r ehabilitation efforts. Social Probl ems a. b. c d. eQ f. To provide for temporary housing as neeQed, f or people being displaced either for rehabilitation or resettlemento To coordinate housinJ with agencies involved in the depressed areas, such as the Co~.rr.unity Chest, Comrr.unity Council and EOA . To enlist assistance groups such as churches, garden clubs , and civic clubs i n proolems related to housing. To look for gaps in t he housing program whicn are not being met by ari.y existing er projected programs To seek means of providing positive assistance to home owners in Housing Code enforcement cases, on a city-wide basis, where dire tardship is involved. To se,sk ways of involving residents of depressed areas in sel:'help programs. �Page J ., Business Parti cipati on a. b. Co To seek out and i nterest l arge local and national cor por a~ions i n demonstration housing project s and or building low- cost housing or rehabilitating existing housing in the Atlanta areao To encourage local business fir ..s t o actively participate in and as sist the low-cost housing progra'Tl e To encourage business participation i n education of low- cost housing residents in assuming occupant responsibiliti es for maintaining in good condition the dwell i ngs and premeses in which they reside . Public Inforrr.ation a. bo To diss eminate through the public medias as a Public Service, talks . written material, and information relating to the low-cost housing pr oblems in Atlanta. Thru articles , editorals, panel discussions and spot announcements to emphasize special fea tures and problems of the program, as determined by the Executive Group of the HRC, and to suggest solutions. • � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document August 3, 1967 EOUSING RESOURCES COMMITTEE General Functions . 1. To promote low-cost housing and facilitate its construction in Atlanta on an accelerated basis. 2, To bring together the various interests needed to produce housing. 3a To insure that the human factors in housing are given full play. he To inform the’ public of the housing problem in Atlanta. : (The Housing Resources Committee office is located in City Hall, Room 120. It maintains liaison with builders and developers, acts as a clearing house for information pertaining to low-cost housing, to include listing of available sites and interested developers, coordinates committee activities and keeps the Mayor informed as to progress of the program.) Functions of Housing Resources Committee Panels Suggested Functions for the Committee Panels (Not necessarily limited to the following). Panels are encouraged to use own initiative. & P ae To investigate and make available information on laws governing Federal, State and City, related to housing. be. To review existing local laws governing housing and make recommendations for improvements. Ce To make specific recommendations regarding code enforcement. de To act as legal resource to the Committee as a whole. Construction and Desien ae To review present codes and constuction practices in order to recommend improvements in terms of expediting and making housing more economical, be To investigate new methods of producing housing with special . attention to prefabrication. c. To seek out and encourage contractors and architests interested in Low-cost housing design. de To recommend methods of making rehabilitation of existing housing ' feasible and profitable. Page 2. Th Finance and Non-profit Funds Ge De Co de Ce re ge he To seek out and make available pertinent information relative to financing of housing. To encourage money sources to make funds available for financing low-cost housing. To seek and recommend new ways to finance low cost housing. To compile information regarding nor-profit funds. To compile information relative to Federal participation in non-profit funds. To aid in the establishment of non-profit. funds for low cost housing and to promote and interest sponsors in the program. To counsel with those controlling existing and or new funds. To promote creation of a non-profit Housing Development Corporation Public Housing de be Co de Ge Land ae be Ce de To aid the Housing Authority in the completion of its Public Housing programs To seek out and report on new methods of financing and producing public housing across the country. To familiarize themselves with the Atlanta public housing program and to visit all existing projects. To encourage provision for adequate social services activities in public housing. To make recommendations regarding future public housing. To determine available ‘and resources for low-cost housing and make recommendations thereon. : To seek out and catalogue land available for low-cost housing. To keep in touch with realtors concerning available land. To recommend neighborhoods for concentrated rehabilitation efforts. Social Froblems Be De Co de Ce To provide for temporary housing as needed, for people being displaced either for rehabilitation or resettlement. To coordinate housing with agencies involved in the depressed areas, such as the Cormunity Chest, Community Council and EOA. To enlist assistance groups such as churches, garden clubs, and civic clubs in problems related to housing. To look for gaps in the housing program which are not being met by any existing or projected programs. To seek means of providing positive assistance to home owners in Housing Code enforcement cases, on a city-wide basis, where dire hardship is involved. To seek ways of involving residents of depressed areas in self- help programs. Page 3. Business Participation ae De Co To seek out and interest large local and national corporations in demonstration housing projects and or building low-cost housing or rehabilitating existing housing in the Atlanta area. To encourage local business firms to actively participate in and assist the low-cost housing program. To encourage business participation in education of low-cost housing residents in assuming occupant responsibilities for maintaining in good condition the dwellings and premeses in which they reside. Public Information ae To disseminate through the public media,as aPublic Service, talks written material, and information relating to the low-cost housing problems in Atlanta. Thru articles, editorals, panel discussions and spot announcements to emphasize special features and problems of the program, as determined by the Executive Group of the HRC, and to suggest solutions.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 18, Folder 25, Document 20 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 25 Folder topic: Housing Resources Committee | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/ac4afb952490311f004866d68e033ee4.pdf 7d382602ebd3e6e73f93cca7705ec747 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. MINUTES ANNUAL MEETING, HOUSING RESOURCES CCM1ITTEE December 14, 1967 Annual meeting of the full membership of the Housing Resources Committee was held December 14, 1967 at 3:30 p.m. in Committee Room #2, City Hall. Each member of the Committee and a number of guests, including representatives of the Federal Government, other Agencies, City Departments, several Promoters, Developers, ari.lders and members of the News Media were invited, All members of the Board of Aldermen were invited, (Copy of invitational notice is attached to the file copy of these minutes). 27 members attended the meeting and 25 other invited guests also attended. Lists of those invited, with attendance indicated, is also attached to the file copy of these minutes. Agenda of the meeting is attached to the file copy of these minutes. Chairman Al exander called the meeting to order promptly at J:JO p.m, and explained t he general purpose of the meet ing, emphasizing that this was t he firs t general meet ing of the entire membership of t he Committee and was call ed primarily for the purpose of reviewing the progress of the Hous ing Res ources Connnittee during the f i rst year of existence and t o consider t he Committee ' s future course of action. Mr , Alexander then thanked t he Mayor for his support, the Atlanta Housing Authority, FHA, HUD, Urban America who has given the f unds to keep Mr . Gates with us, the business community especially the Chamber of Commerce, the Press (including radio and television), the Developers, the Planning, Construction, Parks, Water, School and Building Departments and then last, but certainly not least, the Members of this Committee . Mr . Alexander then called on Mayor Allen to address the Committee. Mayor Allen spoke extemporaneously warmly greeting the Committee members and guests and made very enthusiastic comments as to the work of the Committee and the progress attained during the first year of the Accelerated Low-income Housing Program in Atlanta. Mayor Allen was highly complimentary of the work of the Committee, saying that it had made a good start and he vowed that the City's 1971 low-income housing goals would be met. · �2 He cited the steadily decreasing number of housing units of all types constructed in Atlanta from 1963 through 1966, pointing out that 9,129 units were permitted in 1963 whereas only 2,382 units of all types were permitted during 1966. He pointed out that during 1967 (through October) permits for 4,162 units had been issued and he gave credit in a large measure to the Housing Resources Connnittee for reversal of the trend. He was also very complimentary of the efforts of the Housing Authority in the overall low-income housing program and expressed appreciation to the Federal Agencies for their .cooperation in support of the program and to the Developers and others who are making the projects materialize, Copy of Mayor Allen's comments is attached to the file copy of these minutes. Copies of the Annual Report of the Housing Resources Committee, including comments of the Committee's Consultant, Mr. w. w. Gates, and a Summary of the Status of the Accelerated I.ow-income Housing Program, were provided each person who attended the meeting. Following the meeting, copies were mailed each person invited, but who did not attend the meeting. The Annual Report was generally self-explanatory, with a list of contents shown on the first page of the report. Because of the self-explanatory nature of the report, it was not discussed in detail at the meeting. However, Chairman Alexander did call on Malcolm Jones to explain the principal changes which had taken place in the program since November 15, 1967 (the date of the Summary). Mr. Jones explained that the "In Planning" category (6,614 units) shown in the Sunumry included 2,230 units, involving approximately 175 acres, still awaiting the outcome of rezoning, plus 650 additional units shown in that category, which had been proposed for Turnkey development but for which the rezoning petition was denied by the Board of Aldermen November 20. He also explained that included in the 2,230 units, the rezoning for 450 units of Public Housing under the Turnkey development on the Browntown site had been deferred by the Board of Aldermen until July 1., 1968 and another 180 units under the 221 d (3) program, proposed by the Butler Street Y.M.C.A. had also been deferred indefinitely• On the other side of the picture Mr. Jones pointed out that 450 additional units of Public Housing were allocnted December 12 for development on land being turned over to the City of Atlanta by the Federal Government (Federal Honor Farm Number 1) . Mr. Jones also pointed out that units shown as rehabilitated since November 15, 1966 (7,278 through the Housing Code Division, 212 through the Housing Authority and JO by private enterprise) are in addition to the other tabulated figures shown in the report which are for new construction. Chairman Alexander then addressed the Committee, thanking the members for their work and assistance during the past year and expressed regret over the loss of two prominent members of the Committee., Mr. Chnrles o. Emmerich and Dr. Rufus Clement, who died during the year. �3 Mr. Alexander then brought out several points which he considered especially important to success of the progrrun, and addressed the Committee as follows: "The No. 1 -problem is availability of land zoned for housing. We ·are running out. Our record to date is good - for this we . must thank Mayor Allen, the Aldermanic Board for the sites they approved in the face of opposition, the Atlanta Housing Authority, the Planning Commission and the City Building Department. I personally want to thank this Committee for its sup:Jort and hard work. Also a word of sincere thanks to the Press, T.V. and Radio for the support given. Finally, a word of praise for the Developers who have moved into this progrrun and stuck with it through many adversities. I want the make the following proposals: 1. A meeting once a month including all of those interested in the problem of low-income housing. I W)Uld like to invite the following to join us once~a month to discuss the problems: Dan Sweat, representing the Mayor Alderman Rodney Cook., Chairman, Planning and Development Committee Alderman John Flanigen, Chairman, Zoning Committee Collier B. Gladin, Planning Commission Jim Crawford, Chnirman, Planning Commission Les Persells, Atlanta Housing Authority Ed Sterne, Chairman, Atlanta Housing Authority Mr. Sommerville., Chairman, CACUR Mr. Thigpen, FHA Representing the Housing Resources Committee will be Colonel Jones, the Chairman of the Land Acquisition Committee and your Chairman, From time to time other members of the Committee will be asked to come. It is hoped that this monthly meeting will present an opportunity to compare progress, problems and plan for the future. A formnl invitation will be sent out shortly. 2. We are firmly dedicated to the principle that efforts should continue to place housing in all sectors of the City. I wish to recognize and compliment SWAP for its effort to stabilize housing in one portion of the City, However, the prime goal of this Committee must be to build new and renovate old housing. The geography of the city and the cost of land are factors that dictate loc~tions beyond the best intentions of us all. It is my strongly held opinion that the elimination of slums is the only sure protection for all sectors of the city. 3. I believe that the effor ts to rehabilitate and rebuild our worst slum areas through Urban Renewal must move ahead. 4. I believe that the Centrnl City must be a cross section of the economic life of our city. At the srune time low--inccme housing is being provided, medium and high income housing should be encouraged. �4 5. I urge those who are considering the overall Housing Development Corporation Fund for Atlanta to continue their efforts to put this fund into operation at the earliest moment. 6. It is my hope that areas of appropriate size be planned as a cross section of housing. That areas combine Public Housing and 221 units as well as units conventionally financed. This should make the units more acceptable to the surrounding area, create a henlthier environment and indicate that Public Housing will not necessarily blight a neighborhood, 7. It is necessary that the public facilities in a neighborhood be considered in the placement of housing. In order to speed up the erection of schools and parks we are looking into the possibility of the developer providing the facilities and leasing them to the designated public authority. 8. It is necessary to coordinate the social problems in all areas of lowincome housing . We offer our services to the Atlanta Housing Authority and FHA to help in these areas. 9, We offer our help and cooperation to all the Houdng Authorities located in the Atlanta area; to Marietta, Decatur, East Point, College Park, Lithonia , Forest Park and DeKalb County, We are convinced that housing is and must be a problem of concern to the entire metropolitan area. 10. We urge that the land use map now under study by the Planning Commission be the basis of an amended Zoning Ordinance for the City, Not only in housing, but in all areas of our City's development, it has become evident that a new apportionment of land is necessary. &fore closing, I wish to mention and recognize one particular group in Atlanta which ha s promise of very worthwhile accomplishments in non-profit housing ventures; the Interfaith Group, a non-denominational group composed of representatives from several churches which have recently combined their efforts and formed a Non-Profit Housing Development Corporation, It is a little early yet to a ssess r esults , but I have hopes that this group may develope some very worthwhile a ccompl ishments in the non-profit housing field. 1' Chairman Alexander then opened the meeting to comments from the floor and discussion by members of the Committee. Specific items covered during the discussion included the following: ( a ) Mr . Palmer asked f or explanation of the proposed Housing Development Corporat ion; t his was expl ained by Chairman Al exander . (b) Mr . St evens commented on the problems involved in r elocating families i n the City ' s lowest i ncome bracket s , pointi ng out that many of them were unable t o pay even the rent s required under the 221 d (3) non- prof it program. Mr. Persel ls pointed out t hat Publi c Housing is for this purpose and t hat the rents charged for a Publ ic Housing unit were prescribed and are only about 20% of the families take home income and t hat for tenant s on Public Welfare, addit ional payments for rent were included in the welfare disbursements; that minimum rents for Public Housing i n Atlanta are about $26 per month. �5 (c) In further response to this item Mr . Alexander pointed out that rents in non-profit developments are affected by the ~allowing: (1) Land costs ; (a) Restrictions on prefabs - codes ; (3) Rent supplement - substantial subsidies; and (4) Availability of adequate jobs for tenants. (d) Mr . Millican commented on the lack of corresponding developments for low-income hous ing in neighboring cities and counties. He pointed out that if Atlanta continues to build low-income hous ing and the other surrounding areas do not (with f ew exceptions), he s aw no opportunity for the City of Atlanta to ever catch up; that we would continue to attra ct the poor and jobless f r om the surrounding areas and concentrate them within the City of Atlanta . In partial response to this Mr . Persells pointed out tha t in order to discourage this the Housing Author ity has recently adopted a policy r equiring a year's residence within the Ci ty Limits of Atlanta , before applicants become elligible for Public Housing . (e) Mr . Alexander pointed out that the CIP r equirements and the goals toward which this Committee is working for the 5 year program are intended for replacement hous ing orrly (for those displaced by governmental action) and does not include any increas e due to normal growth and in migratio~. (f) Mr. Saporta commented on the need f or review and revision of the building codes in the City of Atlanta to permit the advantages of r educed cos ts through improved mat erials and advanced t e chnologies, now being r efl ected in prefabrication. (g) Mr . Alston suggested that the difficulty being encountered in obtaining available s ite s for low-income housing might be overcome by using great er densities on l and t hat i s available. ( h ) Rev. Boarders commented that he did not t hink that t he Ci t y s hould pl ace any restri ctions on l engt h of residency in t he Cit y of Atl anta f or Public Housine appl i cants; that he felt t he City was capable and able to house all commers and should encourace them t o come into the City of Atl ant a, regardless of lack of j obs and edu cation; t hat these could and s hould be provided by Atlant a after they get here. Mr . Millican commented t ha t he did not agree with some of the sugges t i ons offere d by Rev. Boarders . (i ) Dr. Jackson, Chnirman of the Social Problems Panel, HRC, commented on the importance of social considerati on in the planning and development of all low-income housing projects. (j) Mr. Weltner, former Chairman of the Legal Panel, HRC, commented on the personal efforts and hard work of Chairman Alexander as being largely responsible for the success and progress of the City's accomplishments in the low-income housing field during the past year and made a motion that such be recognized by the Committee as a whole and the adoption of a resolution expressing these sentiments and thanking Chairman Alexander for his personal efforts and apable leadership. The motion was seconded nnd carried unanimously. �6 (k) Mr. Saporta pointed out that within a 10 minutes walk of City Hall there is at least l ½ million square feet of building space, previously us ed by industry and war ehousing, which is now va cant and serving no us eful purpose . He suggested that it would be well for consideration to be given to developing some means of utilizing this available spa ce for low-income housing. (1) Mr. Carter of the Community Rel a tions Commission staff pointed out that many good substantial houses are bei ng demolished in the path of Expressway construction, particularly in the densely developed area in the eas tern part of the City. He commented on how wasteful this appears to be in utilization of standard housing and suggested that some plnn be developed for r elocating many of these structures in other areas rather than demolishing them. Mr. Alexander commented that t his was an excellent iden and that from a practical standpoint he s aw no reason why such could not be done. at As the a llotted time for the meeting had expired the mee ting was adjourned p.m. 4:45 Respe ctfully submitted, ~ wztle,c/!/1, );${\ ~ v-.v-, .v Malcolm D. Jone i" Supervisor of Inspe ction Services Encls: (with file copy only) 1. 2. J. 4. s. Invita tionnl notice . List of thos e invited. Agenda . Mayor Allen's comments. Annual Report, wit h t wo enclos ures . MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document MINUTES ANNUAL MEETING, HOUSING RESOURCES COMMITTEE December 1), 1967 Annual meeting of the full membership of the Housing Resources Committee was held December 1), 1967 at 3:30 psm. in Committee Room #2, City Hall. Each member of the Committee and a number of guests, including representatives of the Federal Government, other Agencies, City Departments, several Promoters, Developers, Builders and members of the News Media were invited, All members of the Board of Aldermen were invited. (Copy of invitational notice is attached to the file copy of these minutes). 27 members attended the meeting and 25 other invited guests also attended. Lists of those invited, with attendance indicated, is also attached to the file copy of these minutes. Agenda of the meeting is attached to the file copy of these minutes. Chairman Alexander called the meeting to order promptly at 3:30 p.m, and explained the general purpose of the meeting, emphasizing that this was the first general meeting of the entire membership of the Committee and was called primarily for the purpose of reviewing the progress of the Housing Resources Committee during the first year of existence and to consider the Committee's future course of action. Mr, Alexander then thanked the Mayor for his support, the Atlanta Housing Authority, FHA, HUD, Urban America who has given the funds to keep Mr. Gates with us, the business community, especially the Chamber of Commerce, the Press (including radio and television), the Developers, the Planning, Construction, Parks, Water, School and Building Departments and then last, but certainly not least, the Members of this Committee. Mr. Alexander then called on Mayor Allen to address the Committee. Mayor Allen spoke extemporaneously warmly greeting the Committee members and guests and made very enthusiastic comments as to the work of the Committee and the progress attained during the first year of the Accelerated Low-income Housing Program in Atlanta. Mayor Allen was highly complimentary of the work of the Committee, saying that it had made a good start and he vowed that the City's 1971 low-income housing goals would be met. He cited the steadily decreasing number of housing units of all types constructed in Atlanta from 1963 through 1966, pointing out that 9,129 units were permitted in 1963 whereas only 2,382 units of all types were permitted during 1966. He pointed out that during 1967 (through October) permits for 4,162 units had been issued and he gave credit in a large measure to the Housing Resources Committee for reversal of the trend. He was also very complimentary of the efforts of the Housing Authority in the overall low-income housing program and expressed appreciation to the Federal Agencies for their .cooperation in support of the program and to the Developers and others who are making the projects materialize. Copy of Mayor Allen's comments is attached to the file copy of these minutes. Copies of the Annual Report of the Housing Resources Committee, including comments of the Committee's Consultant, Mr. ™. W. Gates, and a Summary of the Status of the Accelerated Low-income Housing Program, were provided each person who attended the meeting. Following the meeting, copies were mailed each person invited, but who did not attend the meeting. The Annual Report was generally self-explanatory, with a list of contents shown on the first page of the report. Because of the self-explanatory nature of the report, it was not discussed in detail at the meeting. However, Chairman Alexander did call on Malcolm Jones to explain the principal changes which had taken place in the program since November 15, 1967 (the date of the Summary). Mr. Jones explained that the "In Planning" category (6,61) units) shown in the Summary included 2,230 units, involving approximately 175 acres, still awaiting the outcome of rezoning, plus 650 additional units shown in that category, which had been proposed for Turnkey development but for which the rezoning petition was denied by the Board of Aldermen November 20. He also explained that included in the 2,230 units, the rezoning for SO units of Public Housing under the Turnkey development on the Browntown site had been deferred by the Board of Aldermen until July 1, 1968 and another 180 units under the 221 d (3) program, proposed by the Butler Street Y¥.M.C.A. had also been deferred indefinitely, On the other side of the picture Mr. Jones pointed out that 50 additional units of Public Housing were allocated December 12 for development on land being turned to the City of Atlanta by the Federal Government (Federal Honor Farm Number 1). Mr, Jones also pointed out that units shown as rehabilitated since November 15, 1966 (7,278 through the Housing Code Division, 212 through the Housing Authority and 30 by private enterprise) are in addition to the other tabulated figures shown in the report which are for new construction. Chairman Alexander then addressed the Committee, thanking the members for their work and assistance during the past year and expressed regret over the loss of two prominent members of the Committee, Mr. Charles 0. Emmerich and Dr. Rufus Clement, who died during the year. Mr, Alexander then brought out several points which he considered especially important to success of the program, and addressed the Committee as follows: "The No. 1-problem is availability of land zoned for housing. Weare running out. Our record to date is good = for this we must thank Mayor Allen, the Aldermanic Board for the sites they approved in the face of opposition, the Atlanta Housing Authority, the Planning Commission and the City Building Department. JI personally want to thank this Committee for its supdort and hard work. Also a word of sincere thanks to the Press, T.V. and Radio for the support given. Finally, a word of praise for the Developers who have moved into this program and stuck with it through many adversities. I want the make the following proposals: 1. A meeting once a month including all of those interested in the problem of low-income housing. I wuld like to invite the following to join us once:a month to discuss the problems: Dan Sweat, representing the Mayor Alderman Rodney Cook, Chairman, Planning and Development Committee Alderman John Flanigen, Chairman, Zoning Committee Collier B. Gladin, Planning Commission Jim Crawford, Chairman, Planning Commission Les Persells, Atlanta Housing Authority Ed Sterne, Chairman, Atlanta Housing Authority Mr, Sommerville, Chairman, CACUR Mr. Thigpen, FHA Representing the Housing Resources Committee will be Colonel Jones, the Chairman of the Land Acquisition Committee and your Chairman, From time to time other members of the Committee will be asked to come, It is hoped that this monthly meeting will present an opportunity to compare progress, problems and plan for the future, & formal invitation will be sent out shortly. 2. We are firmly dedicated to the principle that efforts should continue to place housing in all sectors of the City. I wish to recognize and compliment SWAP for its effort to stabilize housing in one portion of the City, However, the prime goal of this Committee must be to build new and renovate old housing. The geography of the city and the cost of land are factors that dictate locations beyond the best intentions of us all. It is my strongly held opinion that the elimination of slums is the only sure protection for all sectors of the city. 3. I believe that the efforts to rehabilitate and rebuild our worst slum areas through Urban Renewal must move ahead, he I believe that the Central City must be a cross section of the economic life of our city. At the same time low-income housing is being provided, medium and high income housing should be encouraged. 5. I urge those who are considering the overall Housing Development Corporation Fund for Atlanta to continue their efforts to put this fund into operation at the earliest moment. 6. It is my hope that areas of appropriate size be planned as a cross section of housing. That areas combine Public Housing and 221 units as well as units conventionally financed. This should make the units more acceptable to the surrounding area, create a healthier environment and indicate that Public Housing will not necessarily blight a neighborhood, 7. It is necessary that the public facilities in a neighborhood be considered in the placement of housing. In order to speed up the erection of schools and parks we are looking into the possibility of the developer providing the facilities and leasing them to the designated public authority. 8. It is necessary to coordinate the social problems in all areas of low- income housing. We offer our services to the Atlanta Housing Authority and FHA to help in these areas. 9. We offer our help and cooperation to all the Houving Authorities located in the Atlanta area; to Marietta, Decatur, East Point, College Park, Lithonia, Forest Park and DeKalb County, We are convinced that housing is and must be a problem of concern to the entire metropolitan area, 10. We urge that the land use map now under study by the Planning Commission be the basis of an amended Zoning Ordinance for the City, Not only in housing, but in all areas of our City's development, it has become evident that a new apportionment of land is necessary. Before closing, I wish to mention and recognize one particular group in Atlanta which has promise of very worthwhile accomplishments in non-profit housing ventures; the Interfaith Group, a non-denominational group composed of representatives from several churches which have recently combined their efforts and formed a Non-Profit Housing Development Corporation, It is a little early yet to assess results, but I have hopes that this group may develope some very worthwhile accomplishments in the non-profit housing field." Chairman Alexander then opened the meeting to comments from the floor and discussion by members of the Committee, Specific items covered during the discussion included the following: (2) Mr. Palmer asked for explanation of the proposed Housing Development Corporation; this was explained by Chairman Alexander. (b) Mr. Stevens commented on the problems involved in relocating families in the City's lowest income brackets, pointing out that many of them were unable to pay even the rents required under the 221 d (3) non-profit program. Mr. Persells pointed out that Public Housing is for this purpose and that the rents charged for a Public Housing unit were prescribed and are only about 20% of the families take home income and that for tenants on Public Welfare, additional payments for rent were included in the welfare disbursements; that minimum rents for Public Housing in Atlanta are about $26 per month. (c) In further response to this item Mr. Alexander pointed out that rents in non-profit developments are affected by the following: (1) Land costs; (2) Restrictions on prefabs - codes; (3) Rent supplement - substantial subsidies; and (\) Availability of adequate jobs for tenants. (ad) Mr. Millican commented on the lack of corresponding developments for low-income housing in neighboring cities and counties. He pointed out that if Atlanta continues to build low-income housing and the other surrounding areas do not (with few exceptions), he saw no opportunity for the City of Atlanta to ever catch up; that we would continue to attract the poor and jobless from the surrounding areas and concentrate them within the City of Atlanta. In partial response to this Mr. Persells pointed out that in order to discourage this the Housing Authority has recently adopted a policy requiring a year's residence within the City Limits of Atlanta, before applicants become elligible for Public Housing, (e) Mr. Alexander pointed out that the CIP requirements and the goals toward which this Committee is working for the 5 year program are intended for replacement housing only (for those displaced by governmental action) and does not include any increase due to normal growth and in migration. (f) Mr. Saporta commented on the need for review and revision of the building codes in the City of Atlanta to permit the advantages of reduced costs through improved materials and advanced technologies, now being reflected in prefabrication. (g) Mr. Alston suggested that the difficulty being encountered in obtaining available sites for low-income housing might be overcome by using greater densities on land that is available, (h) Rev. Boarders commented that he did not think that the City should place any restrictions on length of residency in the City of Atlanta for Public Housing applicants; that he felt the City was capable and able to house all commers and should encourage them to come into the City of Atlanta, regardless of lack of jobs and education; that these could and should be provided by Atlanta after they get here. Mr. Millican commented that he did not agree with some of the suggestions offered by Rev. Boarders. (i) Dr. Jackson, Chairman of the Social Problems Panel, HRC, commented on the importance of social consideration in the planning and development of all low-income housing projects. (j) Mr. Weltner, former Chairman of the Legal Panel, HRC, commented on the personal efforts and hard work of Chairman Alexander as being largely responsible for the success and progress of the City's accomplishments in the low-income housing field during the past year and made a motion that such be recognized by the Committee as a whole and the adoption of a resolution expressing these sentiments and thanking Chairman Alexander for his personal efforts and apable leadership. The motion was seconded and carried unanimously. (k) Mr. Saporta pointed out that within a 10 minutes walk of City Hall there is at least 1's million square feet of building space, previously used by industry and warehousing, which is now vacant and serving no useful purposc. He suggested that it would be well for consideration to be given to developing some means of utilizing this available space for low-income housing. (1) Mr. Carter of the Community Relations Commission staff pointed out that many good substantial houses are being demolished in the path of Expressway construction, particularly in the densely developed area in the eastern part of the City. He commented on how wasteful this appears to be in utilization of standard housing and suggested that some plan be developed for relocating many of these structures in other areas rather than demolishing them. Mr. Alexander commented that this was an excellent idea and that from a practical standpoint he saw no reason why such could not be done. As the allotted time for the meeting had expired the meeting was adjourned at h:hS p.m. Respectfully submitted, } oun * Vrcleccen, pe) | LOM 8 ky Malcolm D. Jones Supervisor of Inspection Services Enels: 1. Invitational notice, (with file 2. List of those invited. copy only) 3. Agenda. h. Mayor Allen's comments. 5S. Annual Report, with two enclosures, MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 18, Folder 25, Document 19 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 25 Folder topic: Housing Resources Committee | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/69165f7102bfc713b894081e257070a0.pdf ad0ced7dd0571106fd5ae85c175492cb Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 7 _,---._·7 . /' r· ~ , l' , .......... . ...... HOUSINQ RESOURCES COl"i,HTTEE - -;-r-:-7·- ;r ·--"-~ ·· - Room 120h, City Hall December 27, 1967 CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Admlnl1tr1t1ve Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison Dear HRC Executive Group Member: Hr. Alexander has a sked me t o inform you that in view of t he Annual Neeting of the f ull .membershi p of the Housin~ Resources Committee held Iecember 14, the r ~[;Ular scheduled meeting of the HRC Executive Group for Thursday, January 4 will not be held. It is contemplated that ther e wi ll not be a. meet i ng in January of the Executive Group of the Committee . The next r e[;Ular meetin~ of the Exe cutive Group i s scheduled f or Thursday, February 1 at 10:00 a . m. in Committee Room #2 , Se cond floor, City Hall. Pleas e mark that date on your calendar as we would like to have a f ull a ttendance of the Executive Group on that t ime . Each Panel of t he Committee will be caJ l ed upon at the next meeting f or a brief r eport on the Panel ' s a ctivities during 1967. Hope to see yoµ on Februar y 1 . Sincerel y , 143.215.248.55U/41-.., Malcolm D. Jon:{/ Supervisor of Inspection Services � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document HOUSING RESOURCES COMITTTEE CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 Room 120), City Hall December 27, 1967 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R, EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS, ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison Dear HRC Executive Group Member: Nr. Alexander has asked me to inform you that in view of the Annual . Meeting of the full-membership of the Housing Resources Committee held December 1, the regular scheduled meeting of the HRC Executive Group for Thursday, January }; will not be held. It is contemplated that there will not be a meeting in January of the Executive “Sroup of the Committee. The next regular meeting of the Executive Group is scheduled for Thursday, February 1 at 10:00 asm. in Committee Room #2, Second Floor, City Hall. Please mark that date on your calendar as we would like to have a full attendance of the Executive Group on that time. Each Panel of the Committee will be called upon at the next meeting for a brief report on the Panel's activities during 1967. Hope to see you on February 1. Sincerely, Dpalecd on La— Malcolm D. Jone Supervisor of Inspection Services  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 18, Folder 25, Document 18 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 25 Folder topic: Housing Resources Committee | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/3db0df470a25a20027d6af68c4e9c901.pdf d59815865532171ad1b22f8217fd23eb Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. December 29, 1967 ~ ~ From: Mr . Cecil Housing • Alexander, Chairman sources Committ e Malcolm Jones your m· orandum to Mayor Allen ( copy of which was provided ) pertain1.ng to th property at 495 Hunter street {I 8,. Minutes o.t Fulton County Industriol Authority ting, October 26 1 1967) . of thi bull a.par nt • ood. Clos ts �To: Pe..3e1 Mr. Cecil A. AlexanderJ Chairman,. Housing Resources Committee 2 December 29, 1967 could both be feas bly installed at moderate cost. Except for the lack ot these wore tur sand normal maintenance required of any rental apartment building, I see no res.eon why these units should be demolished. They ar certainly n eded in our hou ing inventory- and should remain in use until au.ob time as the building needs to be demolished to make way for mor substantial d velopment. This would provide an ideal t ypical project for the initial venture .velo t corporation, i.f we had one. by a nom-protit Housing The vac t lot ediately in front ot this apartment building i approximately 180' by 180 1 and has a sien on it For Sale or Lease - Zoned Commcrci , VPI Corporation., 422-2000., 2340 Ro ell Road, i tta.• This i the corner on which until recently th City a discour ing the PJ.amdng Depnrtm twas trying to keep it res rved t en Hunter Str et d Northside Ilrive. de~ lo ent be tor an interchang It the interchan,e is not to take plac t this location., I think that shoul.d tt t to got that ntire corner, plu haps the r"""'IW-'~d ot th lar¥l 1n the block b('Wl.dr'od by Hunter Str t, ple Str t, Cart.er Street, and Horthaid Drlve do oped tor 1 ...1n 22ld(3) hi h ...r1se apar t. Tb test £cm1.rlg map e s this block alr d;r oned A-2 (which i contrary to th gn now displayed on the va t corner). I t el that thia corner is probably the o t practical location in the eneral ar ot Vim City and th Univer it;y t r Urban Ren al Project for ct.ion ot high-ria par nt building tor occu cy by ts on:cy. It n d not Public Hou.sing, I now convinc d t re would b N.ci nt k t in this locality to justi.ty d velo nt of a hiah•ris An~l'l'"'n1tAnt bu1lding by pri te n rpris I tor occu q by adul • ......- CCI � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document December 29, 1967 _— MEMORANDUM To: Mr. Cecil A. Alexander, Chairman =~ Housing Resources Committee From: Malcolm Jones Re: your memorandum to Mayor Allen (copy of which was provided me) to the property at 95 Hunter Street (Item 8, Minutes of Fulton County Industrial Authority Meeting, October 26, 1967). I have inspected this property. It is an S-unit, 2-story, jumbo brick veneer apartment building, located in what might be considered a general slum environment. It is just west of the vacant north-west corner of the intersection of West Hunter Street and Northside Drive. Access to the build- ing by automobile is through this vacant lot. It also has access to Hunter Street by concrete steps. There is not provision for off-street parking, except in the vacant lot in front of the building. The premises of this property and surrounding property are badly in need of cleaning up. There is a narrow concrete porch across the front of all apartments on the first floor and @ similar concrete on steel frame walk across the front of all units at the second floor level. The building contains two h=-bedroom units, which rent for $85.00 per month each, and six 2-bedroom units which rent for $70.00 per month each, Water is included in the rental. The tenants pay extra for gas and electricity. Three units on the first floor and one unit on the second floor were vacant, but locked up, at time of my inspection. The building is constructed on concrete slab with uncovered concrete floors on all units of the first floors; second floor units have wooden floors. All units have adequate front and rear entrances. The building appears to be structurally sound but in need of normal maintainance, The greatest deficiency in the wiits of this building is that there are _no closets or kitchen cabinets in any of the apartments. The interior condition of the apartments is generally good. Closets and kitchen cabinets es — eeiialiioeii wrist = eae ase ST SSS Soe SS ee SG ee a en a To: Mr. Cecil A. Alexander, Chairman, Housing Resources Committee Paget 2 could both be feasibly installed at moderate cost. Except for the lack of these two features and normal maintenance required of any rental apartment building, I see no reason why these units should be demolished. They are certainly needed in our housing inventory and should remain in use until such time as the building needs to be demolished to make way for a more substantial development. . This would provide an ideal typical project for the initial venture by a nomprofit Housing Development Corporation, if we had one. The vacant lot immediately in front of this apartment building is — approximately 180' by 180' and has a sign on it "For Sale or Lease = Zoned Commercial, VPI Corporation, 1)22=2000, 2340 Roswell Road, Marietta." This is the corner on which until recently the City was discouraging development because the Planning Department was trying to keep it reserved for an interchange between Hunter Street and Northside Drive. If the interchange is not to take place at this location, I think that we should attempt to get that entire corner, plus perhaps the remainder of the land in the block boundried by Hunter Street, Maple Street, Carter Street, and Northside Drive developed for a low-income 221d(3) se apartment. The latest zoning map shows this block already soned A-2 (which is contrary to the sign now displayed on the vacant corner). I feel that this corner is probably the most practical location in the general area of Vine City and the University Center Urban Renewal Project for erection of a high-rise apartment building for occupancy by adults only. It need not be Public Housing, as I am now convinced there would be a sufficient market in this locality to justify development of a high-rise apartment building by private enterprise, for occupancy by adults. “4 ™m summary, I feel that the building in question definitely contributes to, low-income housing inventory; that it should not be demolished, but closets and kitchen cabinets should be installed in all units and routine maintenance accomplished and maintained, to include the cleaning of the premises. I also suggest that our Committee make a special effort to get private enterprise con in development of a milti-family high-rise apartment at this general ocation. ec: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 18, Folder 25, Document 17 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 25 Folder topic: Housing Resources Committee | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/0065469085cda94c8d25a620f2712b50.pdf 62278542ec8474c8ea58c8e9059df468 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. C TA T HOUSING RESOURCES CITY HALL Room 120L., Ci ty Hall December ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 5, 196 7 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M, MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison Memorandum To : Mayor Allen Enclosed i s copy of resignation of my secretary, Mrs . Sharon Crawford, Stenographer Clerk, SR 34, effective December 31, 1967 . Re commend that the resignati on be accepted in good standing, as of close of business De cember 31, 1967 . Request that Personnel be asked to f urnish a qualified replacement effective December 26, 1967, in order to provide a four day overlap f or training purposes before departure of my ? resent secretary . D. Supervisor MDJ/slc Encl: _Resignation cc: Director of Personnel Services � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document HOUSING RESOURCES COMMITTER CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 303803 Room 120k, City Hall Tel, 522-4463 Area Code 404 December 5, 1967 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M, MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison Memorandum To: Mayor Allen Enclosed is copy of resignation of my secretary, Mrs. Sharon Crawford, Stenozgrapher Clerk, SR 3h, effective December 31, 1967. Recommend that the resignation be accepted in good standing, as of close of business December 31, 1967. Request that Personnel be asked to furnish a qualified replacement effective December 26, 1967, in order to provide a four day overlap for training purposes before departure of my oresent secretary. 2, Malcolm D. Jo Supervisor of” Inspection Services MDJ/sle Encl: Resignation ce: Director of Personnel  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 18, Folder 25, Document 16 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 25 Folder topic: Housing Resources Committee | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/9c01827ccecb5f40b4ea470cca163570.pdf 6056156d573d3e9e4bd9baf6ca9f7a04 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. r ---~ 1s I I DEPARTMENT OF BU IL DIN CITY HALL - 8th Floor Supervisor of Inspection Serv i ces ATLANTA 3, GEORGIA DATE Feb. 22, 1 96 7 MEMORANDUM TO: _ _ M_a~y_o_r_A_l_l_e_n________ Information in the attached .repojt has been obtained from discussions with FHA, Promoters, Sponsers and Builders, plus ~eports from the Housing Authority and Building Dept. Thi s report contains a total of 59 separate proposals. New proposals and known c hanges since previous report ( Jan. 18) are reflected in this report , In order for t he report to be meaningfu l, proposals (numbered it ems ) have been classified as f ollows : F - Reasonabl y Firm P - Probable C - Be ing Considered D - Doubtful and a tabulated s ummary has been added (s ee last page of report ). A brief propos ed release to the Press is attached. Enclosures : CC: Report Proposed Release Supervis or Mr . Cecil A. Alexander, Mr. R. Earl Landers and Mr. Dan E. Sweat , Jr. FORM4-H - 11 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document — a —— = i = — 7 =e —- Supervisor of Inspection Services DATE Feb. 22, 1967 ' DEPARTMENT OF SUIEDING? | CITY HALL — 8th Floor ATLANTA 3, GEORGIA | i MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Allen Information in the attached report has been obtained from discussions with FHA, Promoters, Sponsers and Builders, plus feports from the Housing Authority and Building Dept. This report contains a total of 59 separate proposals. New proposals and known changes since previous report (Jan. 18) are reflected in this report. In order for the report to be meaningful, proposals (numbered items) have been classified as follows: F - Reasonably Firm P - Probable C - Being Considered D - Doubtful and a tabulated summary has been added (see last page of report). A brief proposed release to the Press is attached. -f) he Enclosures: Report halootn D. Jo Proposed Release Supervisor of/ Ifspection Services CC: Mr. Cecil A. Alexander, Mr. R. Earl Landers and Mr. Dan E. Sweat, Jr. FORM 4-H-11  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 18, Folder 25, Document 15 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 25 Folder topic: Housing Resources Committee | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/bf337b59be4a460c2f8a0613a4ac955e.pdf f0a9d5cfd0da64d2efcb8b35527f235a Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ATLANTA, G E ORGI A_ PHONE 522 · 4463 From Betty Robinson ~ F OR M25• 7 - � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Office of the’ Mayor ATLANTA, GEORGIA PHONE 522- 4463 From Betty Robinson FORM 25-°7  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 18, Folder 25, Document 14 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 25 Folder topic: Housing Resources Committee | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/7e0a9394376e6be1d8181583565410d4.pdf 8c154620ebb46b9d8828282adc1acd73 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ) 1 D EP A RTM EN T 1201-t. l O F / B U 11 D I N G S Supervisor of Inspection fervicf s C ITY H AL L - - F l oor A TLA N T A 3, GEORG IA D A TE - April 24, 1267 f ME M O RANDU M T O: a or Allen -v +--_.,_--~ - -- - - - -- ecil A. Al exander The attache d report containi ng 71 pr opos als ref l e ct s the current status (6 mont hs operat i on ) of t he acce l erat ed low and me dium cost housing pr ogram i n At l anta. Special attention i s invite d to t he Summar y (las t page of t he report) and to at t ached suppl emental r eport on Probl em Are as . I sugge st that t he contents of the re l e ase d t o t he Press. Enclosures: cc: 11 Surnmary 11 only be Repor t dat ed April 20, 196 7. Suppl emental Report on Pr obl em Areas. Mr . R. Earl Lande rs Mr. Dan E. Sweat , J r. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document } i } 120k, DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS CITY HALL — @® Floor ATLANTA 3, GEORGIA pate April 2h, 1967 Supervisor of Inspection Services ' ‘ Mayor Allen ecil A, Alexander * af MEMORANDUM TO: The attached report containing 71 proposals reflects the current status (6 months operation) of the accelerated low and medium cost housing program in Atlanta. Special attention is invited to the Summary (last page of the report) and to attached supplemental report on Problem Areas. I suggest that the contents of the "Summary" only be released to the Press. Malcolm D, Jori Supervisor o nspection Services Enclosures: Report dated April 20, 1967. Supplemental Report on Problem Areas. ccs Mr. R, Earl Lander Mr. Dan &,. Sweat, or. FORM 4-H-11  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 18, Folder 25, Document 13 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 25 Folder topic: Housing Resources Committee | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/1b115e4b3530a147498f843a7b7cb470.pdf 5bbf814b6653293293c14ffdf7f07145 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Recommended Pri ce Reducti ons · on 221 lots in Thoma.sville _U. ~ . · Pr o j e ct > No reduct i ons on singl e l ots Group of 10 l ots Reduce $100 per lot Group of 20 lots Reduce $150 per l ot Group of 30 lots Reduce $200 per lot so l ots Reduce $250 per lot Group of Group of 100 lots Reduce $JOO per lot Al l l ot s at one t ime Reduce $350 per lot · � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document a Recommended Price Reductions on 221 lots in Thomasville U. 2. Project No reductions on single lots Group of 10 lots Reduce $100 per lot os of 20 lots Reduce $150 per lot Group of 30 lots Reduce $200 per lot Group of 50 lots * Reduce $250 per lot Group of 100 lots Reduce $300 per lot All lots at one time Reduce $350 per lot:  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 18, Folder 25, Document 12 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 25 Folder topic: Housing Resources Committee | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/60ce5fd02c4f1f207c23d56cd09445d0.pdf 3f749005af6defdff09d0a348c0b453d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS SUPERVISOR OF INSPECTION SERVICES J890 8 1.V liltltLL ATLANTA,GEORGIA 30303 Housing Resources Commi ttee Room 1204, City Hall Mayor I van Al len , Jr. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS SUPERVISOR OF INSPECTION SERVICES -8060-6FY-HALL ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 Housing Resources Committee Room 120, City Hall Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 18, Folder 25, Document 11 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 25 Folder topic: Housing Resources Committee | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/3978136f27d998e7bc4ec172b6caf99a.pdf f9fcb12baabee29c762079478e54306f Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. TELEPHONE To MESSAGE /) E-S N=e & ~ Telephone No. 5 'y! ~Wants you to call D D Da te: _ Returned your call Y3cJ D D Is here to see you Came by to see you Left the following message: __,_7__,7/'-----'(( -+_ _ _ _ Time /( "..:J Q a. m. / p.m. By-- - -- - ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - FORM 25 ·5 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Office of he’ Mayow To WY ES (se aes Telephone No. “ f$ 30 = Wants you to call [|] Is here to see you [_| Returned your call {_] Came by to see you [|] Left the following message: Cotes Li dekbcas. ec ey 2a Heal At Uhr Cont ot, hat hes sesplutim be powardk i) an blot fe hyn Th he J Map ve LGD 7) ae) ha Teatife Missachng a: “Tut the foes Date: 2 Le Time LL GO a.m./ p.m. by é FORM 25-5  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 18, Folder 25, Document 10 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 25 Folder topic: Housing Resources Committee | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/d6613e8427e18673327a7b585724fb5f.pdf db08b8e353dec67ff2bcb2ad2c65532c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ~s~ Hu~ ' \ BUS. JA. 2-4463- ~!k:) 3-i!& R E S. CE . 3- 4 166 \ H5tc-e-v ',c.<-< ~~j:,/<.,,t.. ...L..t. MALCO t M D . J ONES SUPERVISOR OF I NSPECT I ON SERV I CES DEPARTMENT OF BUILD I NGS C I T Y OF A TL AN TA 8 TI I 1-"1 CO P, CITY HALL , '2.,0-7" l' ~ o.He-via � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document BUS. JA. 2-4463-328 RES. CE. 3-4166 MALCOLM D. JONES SUPERVISOR OF INSPECTION SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS CITY OF ATLANTA Pee REGGR, CITY HALL ‘Loy  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 18, Folder 25, Document 9 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 25 Folder topic: Housing Resources Committee | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/a4c7eedb4195af2de750a1e4a305120f.pdf c72ac4e4cb34fd4677d14ef2f4b1e235 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. r-ix ~ ~ nin,: ; · n , onproft ~ po so cd Hou in. Lrlx;n ,\1 '1:ric,1 . inc ' i'~r tion 1\i hthc Fcrlc ra l I lous: 1 _; ,\c:11 1i1 :istr,1tion. is !':·r··~11 t i11,~ six re;"i,_11:1 1~,:::n1: 11,1rs on rn'np r :;t sµonso 1·cd ho using . T: 1\'.::, , s:.>111 '!•.,rs c1r0 dL~Sii;,-~·,l lo ,!cq t1J in t reprL'~·L':. :i1. cs cf not-for-:1rei': c .-, miz;,t io11s a1 1d 11 1,..1f,,ss; r•,,:::-\·c; ·ingv. ithtr·--,,,v: ith th,::; socci':cs of p··c,-:r,1, s il '.'Jil;1b:e 7l'r -; 1,onso ri n g ·lowe r ir'~"OP)C i""l'"~~S;r1g. 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Receptio n 6 :00 p.m . inner Spea ker: Ha ley Sof ge Exec ut ive Direc tor Metro pol itan D de Cou nt y Depar tmen t of Housi ng and U rbJ 11 Dcve lop rn ent M ia mi , Florida Topi c : "Tl1e Hous ing Gap-a n Oppo rttm i ty fo r Nonprofit Grou ps " Fri day, Septem ber 8 9 :0 0 a .ni . A. rchitec t : f·/li l to n Prassa s, A. I. A. 11,on' g 3ce : J on es M. Meye rhol tz Trus t Compan y of Georgi a FHA Eva luation & Procc sing : Ralp h Joh ns ton, Chief Unc!erw riter Atlanta Offi ce , FH A Commentato r: Harold L. }<rarn er ss ista nt Di recto r 1 :onpro fit Hou sing Center Ur ban Amer ica , Inc. l~:00 p .ni. Dev e!o ment Fu nds and Housin g cvclopmcnt Con:.orc1tion s Milton P. V/cbst~ r, Depu ty Di rec tor Nonpro fi t Housing Center Urbc1 n Arn er ica , Inc. 0 Spo nso r: Dr. Joh n A. Mid d leto n Rev . A. D. Pow ell Allen Temple A .M .E. Churc h of / t lanta, Inc. Attorney : Mcc rea dy Joh ns to n .Joh nsto n and Calh ou n Rent Sup r lcm c11 t ! ous i rP Pru r,rn m Haro ld /\ I bri ght ,, · 0 Assistont Rc 6 ion;; I /\ rl min ic.l ro lur for FHA, HUD l~r~ 6 io11 3 Par t ici pa nts: B·2cause of tile co mplexi:•:: · in L,ti li zing t!lese i,rr;;~.:;ms. t2cau:.:;e o f d~c ·2 :,J to h2lv,: ·,e l l;; :,Jq:,c .. ,·: nr,r0U sr.;c1 ",C: s .._:·. l b:::CJ, 1::= of .he [JC')'.~rns ir~;~crcn t in fll ·rc,r:>~:~ [~r'O,J ,rl i8S fo r lc-.-.er inco1:1 fcmilies , ;t .. ;: 3 ·::-'t L'..ll n::gionJ i ur1i1,2 rs describin g ancJ ,Ji:::uss ·, · t~ese orof:(JfT1 S ard the manage: re t f he ,;in·, fo r lowe r i;'c,::.rne families -.·1ou iu :.::e of •10i1 :.] io no t- orr roii t groups . Ir formation on U:cJ: prog rams . :i i I be pre-:ented by th est::! ·:!~•J huve ~ ucce::,sful ly rir 1clop.::ci ar:d are rnanagi1 -~ J r;cn Jrnfi t spon::•)red project, as we! : as rei:,rc:;c 1tut i,1es of FHA zi,;d Urban ;.,1 erica . lJrbJn America , a nJtion2.I, nonprofit orgJnizJt•on hedd quarte red in V/ashingto n , D. C. , is dedicated to impm1ing the quality of li fe in t he rv:it ion·s cities . It rep resents a merge r of the Ac rir;N Cou11ci I fo r Better Cities and the Am erica n Planning and Civ ic Assoc i;,tion . Trie Nonp rof it Hou si ne Center of Urban Amc:rica provide s technica l assist;:rnce to not-for-1 rofit sponsors of lo 1t1e:r i ncome ho using and he lps commun iti es orgJn iLe revolv ing d evelopment fun d s ;:i nd non1,ro fit ho sing de-1cl opm e:r·t corpornt ions . The cr;nte r is finc:n ced by the Ford Founc!Jt ion and the Episcopc I, f1/lethod ist, United Pres byteri an an d United Ch,irc h of Chri st hu rchcs . ' Ccise Study: Al len Templ e Deve lopm en ts , Inc . A tl anta, Geo r gia 15 1 Un i ts, Sec . 22 1(d)(3) Proj ec t 1.4 iV1 i 11ion Mo r tga ge 1: 30 p .111. 10 :30 J .rn. 1: 0 0 p .rn . 1 la nag ment of Lower ncorne Hous incr Q. V. Willi ~llllSOn Q. V. Wi:lic1 ms011 & Co. 1\tlanta , Ceorgia Housinr; an Com mun ity ervices : r he 6icc11 tc 11niJ I Story Larry l<i"i' II, Director The Bicr:11k11ni~ I Corporatio n St. Lou is, M issour i Pro j ect Cons ul ta tio11 \·:ith Ur ba n /\1J_lC I ic ~111(1 FH f\ ,;tciff Luncheo n Urba 11 A111t> ri cJ, Inc . 171 7 ~.t1 ss,1e husctls Avenue, N . \V. Was l 1irwton , D.C. 200 3 6 (2 0 2 ) 2 (~~)-22 4 ·-- -,, -- .: •. • ----=-- --:::-;---=;.---~ ---· � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Six Seminars on Nonprofit Sponsored Housing Urban America, Incocperation with the Federal lfousing Administration, is presenting six re: gionalseminars en nonprofit sponsored housing. These seminars are designed to acqtiaint rep- tives of not-for-profit organizations and Fesent professionals werking with them with the: spe- cifics of presrams available fer sponsoring lower income housing. These programs include: lrebelowmarketinterestrate, Sectlon 22 1(d)(3) ined for fargilies with incomes in imitations for iow rent public housing: The market rate of interest, Seciion 22 1(d)(3) le d by a Federal grant, designed for families of law income, and bie am with rents supplemente low market rate of interest program, Section 221(h)(1), which enables nonprofit groups ta sponsor nousing that is rehabilitated and sold to low income families. sin utilizing these écd to have well- s, and because of the f 7 properties for lower income families, it was felt tat regional -eminars describing and discussiic these pro- Erams and the management of housing for lower come families would be of valua to not-for- profit groups. information on these programs 4H be presented by those who have successfully developed and are managing a nenprofit spon- sored project, as well as representatives of FHA and Urban America. co eye ce Le. Tatas Hane RT Because of the complexitt mrnoersms oh programs, ! Urban America, a national, nonprofit organiza- tion headquartered in Washington, D. C., is ded- icated to improving the quality of life in the nation’s cities. It represents a merger of the Action Council for Better Cities and the American Planning and Civic Association. The Nonprofit Housing Center of Urban America provides tech- nical assistance to not-for-profit sponsors of lower income housing and helps cormmunities organize revolving development funds and non- profit housing development corporations. The center is financed by the Ford Foundation and the Episcopal, Methodist, United Presbyterian, and United Church of Christ churches. 9:15 a.m. 12:00 pra. a Seminar 4 Resion 3 Program Hotel Dinkler Plaza, Allanta Thursday, September 7 8:00 Jd.M. 9:00 a.m. Registration Welcoming Remarks John M. Longo, Deputy Director Nonprofit Housing Center Urban America, Ine. Edward H, Baxter Regional Administrator, Department of Housing and Urban Development Region 3 Case Study: Allen Temple Developments, Inc. Atlanta, Georgia 151 Units, Sec. 221(d)(3) Project 1.4 Million Mortgage Particicants: ’ Sponsor: Dr. John A. Middleton Rev. A. D. Powell Allen Temple A.M.E. Church of Atlanta, Inc. Attorney: McCready Johnston Johnston and Calhoun Generai Contractor: Robert Mclvor DeSoto Construction Company Architect: Milton Prassas, AIA, Mortgagee: James M. Meyerholtz Trust Company of Georgia FHA Evaluation & Processing: Ralph Johnston, Chief Underwriter Atlanta Office, FHA Commentator: Harold L. Kramer Assistant Director Nonprofit Housing Center Urban America, Inc. Luncheon 1:30 p.in. 4:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Rent Supplement Housing Program Harold Albright Assistant Regional Administrator for FHA, HUD Region 3 John F. Thigpen Director, Atlanta Insuring Office Development Funds and Housing Development Corporations Milton P. Webster, Deputy Director Nonprofit Housing Center Urban America, Inc. Reception Dinner Speaker: Haley Sofge Executive Director Metropolitan Dade County Department of Housing and Urban Developrnent Miami, Florida Topic; “The Housing Gap—an Opportunity for Nonprofit Groups” Friday, September 8 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Management of Lower Income Housing Q. V. Williamson Q.V. Williamson & Co, Atlanta, Georgia Housing and Community Services: The Bicentennial Story Larry Krell, Director The Bicentennial Corporation St. Louis, Missouri Project Consultation with Urban Aiperica and FHA staff Urban America, Ine. 1717/7 Massachusetls Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 265-2224  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 18, Folder 25, Document 8 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 25 Folder topic: Housing Resources Committee | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/97b386ff569a76057f8bd94e4a6814e9.pdf adb954d174e670dc54a1dc67ec11d7c4 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ATLANTA,GEORGIA PHON E JA. 2 - 4463 Ivan All en, Jr. , /lfay or 5Zt - 5113 -.;.;,;;..·- - - - - � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document ATLANTA, GEORGIA  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 18, Folder 25, Document 7 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 25 Folder topic: Housing Resources Committee | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/fabb0f8558a4269ec895a22932230136.pdf db1d555da3cb208db55e2efd8eb5586c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. JOSEPH G. MADDOX PRESIDENT MADDOX REALTY. INC. 3252 PEA CHTR EE ROAD, N . E . ATLAN T A, G EORGI A 30305 BUS. 2 6 1-4 6 28 R E S . 237-0744 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Lol edeeas JOSEPH G. MADDOX PRESIDENT MADDOX REALTY, INC. 3252 PEACHTREE ROAD, N.E. Bus. 261-4628 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30305 RES. 237-8744  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 18, Folder 25, Document 6 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 25 Folder topic: Housing Resources Committee | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/6e4ca32c8072c3fb048818518d6a4175.pdf a996d6b70d387acb5b8c8fc5afd4bdaf Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CLARENCE D.COLEMAN NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE S OUTHERN REGIONAL OFFICE: 7 8 M ARIETTA ST, , N, W . ATLAN TA , GA. 3 0 303 6 88°8778 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CLARENCE D. COLEMAN NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE SOUTHERN REGIONAL OFFICE 78 MARIETTA ST., N. W. ATLANTA, GA. 30303 688-8778  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 18, Folder 25, Document 5 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 25 Folder topic: Housing Resources Committee | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/707e9c91e0844fba7e658e0e18b5ce31.pdf f37faa0dd0f773ae8528848eba3a891a Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. A REPORT To The Citizens of Atlanta On URBAN RENEWAL During 1961 URBAN RENEWAL DEPARTMENT CITY OF ATLANTA BY MALCOLM D . JONES, DIRECTOR PUBLISHED BY CITIZENS ADVISORY COM M ITTEE FOR URBA N RENEWAL J. ARC H AV A RY , J R ., CH A I RMA N �·-·------ f -~------ - -- , .... CITY OF ATLANTA Ivan Allen, Jr., Mayor J BOARD OF ALDERMEN Sam Massell, Jr., President FIRST WARD: James E. Jackson; Robert S. Dennis l SECOND WARD: E. A. Gilliam; R. E. Lee Field THIRD WARD: Wm. T. Knight; James E. Vickers FOURTH WARD: Douglas Wood; Charles Leftwich FIFTH WARD: John A. White; G. Everett Millican SIXTH WARD: Richard C. Freeman; Cecil Turner SEVENTH WARD: Jack Summers; Milton G. Farris EIGHTH WARD: Rodney M. Cook; Douglas L. Fowlkes URBAN RENEWAL COMMITTEE G. Everett Millican, Chairman John A. White, Vice Chairman A. E. Gilliam Rodney M. Cook BETTER HOUSING COMMISSION B. A. Martin, Chairman C. Talmadge Hardeman Sam I. Cooper Dr. Sidn~y L. Davis R. A. Thompson URBAN RENEWAL DEPARTMENT Malcolm D. Jones, Director Joseph A. Rabun, Assistant Director Willis L. Buckner, Rehabilitation Specialist Oliver M. Ownby, Environmental Improvement Div. James A. Smith, Relocation Housing Div. HOUSING AUTHORITY John 0. Chiles, Chairman Dr. Allen D. Albert, Jr., Edwin L. Sterne Vice Chairman Frank G. Etheridge Charles E. Thwaite, Jr. M. B. Satterfield, Executive Director Earl H. Metzger, Director of Redevelopment CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL J. Arch Avary, Chairman W. L. Ramsey, Executive Secretary - .., -- . · - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -- �,. I URBAN RENEWAL DEPARTMENT City of Atlanta REPORT FOR 1961 I. PURPOSE, FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES The primary purpose of this report is to bring to the citizens of Atlanta a better concept of Urban Renewal, why we have it, how it works, who is responsible for it, what has been accomplished to date, principal needs for the future and suggestions for accomplishing them. The Urban Renewal Department performs four major functions, the first and foremost of which is prescribed in ordinance establishing the Department, adopted July 1, 1957 which states, "The functions of this department shall be to study the Urban Renewal requirements of the City of Atlanta, to determine ways and means for their accomplishment and to provide and facilitate timely coordination and orderly development of Urban Renewal plans, projects and other related activities throughout the city . . . and to make recommendations for facilitating progress on Urban Renewal in the City of Atlanta... " In carrying out this function the Urban Renewal Department serves as the staff of the Urban Renewal Committee of the Board of Aldermen and performs the principal coordinating activities on Urban Renewal matters with other Departments and Agencies. This work is performed by the Director, Assistant Director, Rehabilitation Specialist and Secretary. The second function assigned this Department, as of July 1, 195~, is enforcement of the Housing and Slum Clearance Code of the City of Atlanta. For this purpose the Department is now authorized a Chief Inspector, 8 Field Inspectors and 2 Clerks. The third function is the city-wide responsibility for providing relocation housing assistance for families displaced by Governmental action, including expressway acquisition, and for issuance of certificates of eligibility to displaced families for purchase of FHA insured mortgage homes under the 221 Program. A relocation Housing Officer and Secretary perform this function. 1 �. . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ ---- ~ f 1: r. The fourth and most recently assigned function, since August 1, 1960, is responsibility for enforcement of the City Ordinance requiring that demolitions be accomplished within a prescribed time limit after issuance of demolition permit and that resulting debris, litter and rubble be removed from the premises. This function is performed by the Environmental Improvement Division, in addition to Housing Code enforcement. The Urban Renewal Department, with advice and assistance of other Departments, especially the Planning Department, initiates and makes recommendations to the Urban Renewal Committee of the Board of Aldermen for new Urban Renewal Projects, reviews Urban Renewal Plans for the Urban Renewal Committee and when appropriate initiates changes in boundaries of existing Projects. Survey, planning and execution of the City's current Urban Renewal Projects, after selection, designation and adoption of the Projects by the City, has been delegated by Ordinance to the Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta, as the City's Agent. However, the establishment of broad policies for operation of the entire Urban Renewal program and responsibility for insuring that they are carried out is a duty and function of the City (the Mayor and Board of Aldermen) executed through its Urban Renewal Committee. This responsibility should not and cannot be delegated. 1 II. SUMMARY-EXISTING URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS: Atlanta's five Urban Renewal Projects now comprise 1303 acres, originally contained 2,971 substandard residential structures to be demolished, 1500 dwellings to be rehabilitated, will require 4,545 families to move and after redevelopment will house 7,598 families in safe, decent and sanitary standard housing ( a gain of 969 families) above the number that were in the areas originally. The net project cost of the first five projects will be roughly $27,000,000, of which the local share is $9,000,000, with $18,000,000 being borne by the Federal Government. f I I Of the local share, all but $1,500,000 in cash, the total 1957 Urban Renewal Bond funds, is being provided by non-cash grants in aid by other departments for capital improvements which will serve the areas. $4,500,000 of this amount is being provided by the Board of Education in the form of school construction. 2 �Taxes ( city and county) derived from the areas before the projects started was $160,000 annually; after redevelopment is complete the value of newly constructed taxable property in the areas is conservatively estimated to be $125,000,000, producing in real estate taxes alone $1,600,000 annually, an increase of ten fold. The first three ( center of town) projects were adopted in February, 1956, and the two outlying projects, for relocation purposes, were adopted in August, 1957. Final plans for Butler, RawsonWashington and Thomasville Projects were approved July, 1959, and for University and Rockdale June, 1960. Execution is considered to have started in Butler, Rawson-Washington and Thomasville Projects January 1, 1960, and in University and Rockdale January 1, 1961. The redevelopment phase is five years for all projects. By year end 1961, some 2400 substandard properties had been acquired by the Housing Authority at an expenditure of $17,000,000. 70% of all parcels to be acquired, have been purchased or are under condemnation; all property in the Thomasville Project had been acquired or was in the process of condemnation; over 1,000 substandard structures had been demolished and their occupants rehoused in standard dwellings; 431 dwelling units in the Urban Renewal Projects had been brought up to standards required by the Housing Code and 673 additional units were in the process of being rehabilitated. Six parcels, consisting of 69.43 acres, or 7.5 % of the Urban Renewal tracts, have already been sold for redevelopment valued at $12,068,350. This includes a $3,250,000, 21 story, luxury apartment building; a 1,000 pupil elementary school, an 8 story Holiday Motel; 596 medium priced rental apartment units; and 100 units of single family 221 sales housing. III. PRINCIPAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE URBAN RENEWAL DEPARTMENT: Housing Code Enforcement: In order to make the Housing Code felt throughout the entire city, the Environmental Improvement Division has devoted its efforts during 1961 primarily to the worst property in the block or neighborhood basis. However, in addition to city-wide coverage, conservation areas in salvagable, residential neighborhoods have now been selected for concentrated effort in 1962 on a house-by-house basis. This should result in substantial increased production during 1962. 3 �- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- ------------------------------ --- J A S UMMARY OF H OUSING CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES FOLLOWS : \ As of December 31, 1961 ~ec · -:1.\" 695 'Y 793 1509 Sept.82 Dec. '59 544 1960 1046 1961 Units 3628 3063 1307 2270 Cases 111 326 51 205 Uni ta 271 712 216 407 1960 ~ 1960 ~ 201 306 974 130 329 410 1959 1960 ~ /2. Cases referred to other Departments 747 121 207 1960 ~ /4. Demolitions: ,< ./\' /3. Minor Deficiencies: (Usually clean up of premises) /2. Properties Inspected in Conservation Areas /2. Demolition Permits complied /2. Court cn s es for non-compliance with Demolition Permits /3. Cases considered by Better Housing Commission Unite Placarded (with approval of B.H.O.) Il (, l U"' Cases /6. Major Repairs: 1 l ,2\~)), «'\ Families required to movefor demo Ii ti one Families required to move for other reasons /6. Court Cases for Housing Code violations (all won) NOTES: 1959 ~ 387 (9) (137) (325) 1960 1961 (242) (675) 1960 1961 (192) (465) (7) 1960 1961 36 47 1960 ~ Where no dates are indicated, figures pertain to 1961 operations only. Figures in ( ) also includod under other items. /6. Requires average of 6 inspections each /4. Requires average of 4 inspections each. /3. Requires average of 3 inspections each. /2. R equires average of 2 inspections each. At year end, Inspectors were carrying an average work load of approximately 225 uncompleted cases each, The above was accomplished with only 4 Inspectors in 1959 and 1960; in 1961 with 6-1/3 Inspectors; 8 Inspectors are now authorized. The Better Housing Commission has considered 462 slow moving :md difficult cases in an effort to resolve them without court action; and has authorized the placarding of 917 dwelling units. Relocation Housing: During 1961, 620 certificates of eligibility ( 23 to Whites and 597 to Negroes) were issued by the Relocation Housing Division to displaced families for the purchase of FHA insured mortgage homes built by private enterprise. A total of 3,210 certificates (306 to Whites and 2904 to Negroes) 4 �have been issued under this program to date. Since this program started in 1958, building permits have been issued for construction within the City of Atlanta for 2,889 single family, 221 houses (1072 for Whites and 181 7 for Negroes). All but 100 of these have been completed and all but 137 of the completed houses have been sold and occupied. This program alone represents $29,000,000 in new construction in Atlanta. The Relocation Housing office of this Department has relocated 58 displaced families in private rentals and referred 340 families to Public Housing. Fight Blight: During April, 1961, the Urban Renewal Department, with the assistance of other Departments and agencies, promoted and spear-headed a very successful city-wide FIGHT BLIGHT campaign. This was closely tied in with and supported by the Women's Chamber of Commerce in connection with its annual Clean Up, Paint Up, Fix Up Campaign. Exhibits: During the week of August 21-26, 1961, this Department participated with other City Departments in providing displays at Lenox Square for the "Salute to Atlanta." The Department also had a very substantial and informative Urban Renewal display at the Southeastern Fair. Recertification of Workable Program: The Department prepared, with assistance of material furnished by other Departments and Agencies, Atlanta's annual report for Recertification of Progress in Community Improvement (Workable Program). The principal comments by the Federal Government in its Recertification of the Workable Program (to January 1, 1963) were: ( 1) That progress in Housing Code enforcement is good, but the City badly needs additional Inspectors and suggestion was made that building permit fees might be increased to finance the cost of the Housing Code enforcement service; and (2) That activities of the Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal be more comprehensive and positive in the role of actually accomplishing community improvements. 5 �Apartment Improvement: Inspection and upgrading major medium re.ntal apartment developments has been undertaken by the Rehabilitation Specialist of the Department. Revision of Housing Code: A comprehensive revision of the Housing Code is currently being undertaken, designed to clarify and strengthen certain provisions of the Code, based on our 2½ years actual experience in Code Enforcement. IV. OTHER MAJOR URBAN RENEWAL imPORTS AND RELATED PROJECTS: f:PF Buttermilk Bottoms: The 160 acre Buttermilk Bottoms tract has, since November, 1960, been designated and adopted by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen as a future Urban Renewal Project. This area has long been considered by many as Atlanta's future Number 1 Urban Renewal Project. West End: A General Neighborhood Renewal Plan study is underway in a 650 acre area of the "West End": to be completed in June, 1962. It is anticipated that a $1,500,000 Urban Renewal Project will develop in at least 10% of the area being studied. Transportation Plaza: j A Feasibility Study for future Urban Renewal P rojects is being made by the Planning Department in the 500 acre tract known as "Transportation Plaza," which includes the area between Whitehall-Spring Streets and Northside Drive, from McDaniel Street to North Avenue. Georgia State College: An Urban Renewal Project for expansion of Georgia State College along Decatur Street, between Central Avenue and Piedmont Avenue, is already definitely underway, with the entire local share of the cost of the project being borne by Georgia State College and the State Board of Regents. Howard School: Application has been prepared for submittal to the Federal Government for a small Urban Project 6 r �sponsored by the School Department primarily for expansion of Howard High School. The Board of Education has committed itself to defray all but $17,500 of the cost of the local share of this project. East Atlanta: An application is being prepared by the Housing Authority for a 110 acre Urban Renewal Project in East Atlanta in the Mayson A venueHardee Street area. About half of this project is contemplated for rehabilitation. There is also sufficient vacant land in this project to provide location within the project for construction of additional public housing units required, before any demolition takes place within the project area. Bond Issue: Since 1958 the Urban Renewal Department has been working consistently for adoption of a Long Range Program for future Urban Renewal Projects, h as developed such a proposal for consideration by the Urban Renewal Committee and is prepared to present and support the proposal before the Bond Commission. This proposal is for six year program, 1962-7, and, in addition to the projects listed above, includes five other badly needed projects. Two of these are proposed as "companion" projects to complement others. The local share of this proposed six year program amounts to $8,000,000. This includes a $1,000,000 revolving fund for non-Federal-assisted projects. This amount is not excessive, when compared with the needs of the City, and is in keeping with the financial effort being made in Urban Renewal by other cities of comparable size. Relocation Housing: Other developments in progress, not a direct part of but closely related to Urban Renewal, are the 650 unit Field Road Public Housing Project for Negroes and 250 units of high-rise Public Housing for Elderly (Whites) now underway on Ashby Street, just South of the Joel Chandler Harris Public Housing Project. Also commitment has been made in the Eastern sector of the Butler Street Urban R enewal Project for 200 units of high - rise Public Housing for the Elderly (Negroes). V. CITIZENS PARTICIPATION: The highlight of citizen participation during 1961 was the enthusiastic and effective part played by neighborhood groups, business associations, 7 ,.. �.--------------- ------__.,____ri._,.,. ~ ~--- - -- - - - - I ~! trade organizations, clubs and individual citizens in Atlanta's first FIGHT BLIGHT Campaign. The Citizens Advisory Committee for' Urban .Renewal was particularly helpful in a clerical, financial and advisory capacity. Throughout the year the Acting Director of the Citizens Advisory Committee published and distributed to its membership a very informative weekly newsletter. The Citizens Advisory Committee also provided for publication of the 1960 Report of the Urban Renewal Department, and has offered to publish this report. It has also been very active through the courtesy of the Trust Company of Georgia in arranging informative talks and tours on Urban Renewal for various citizen groups. The Chamber of Commerce has listed progress in Urban Renewal as one of its seven major objectives during 1962. The first edition of "Atlanta" (January, 1962, edition), a publication sponsored by the "Forward Atlanta" movement of the Chamber of Commerce, contained as its primary feature an excellent article on Urban Renewal. The Central Atlanta Association and the newly organized Uptown Association have both strongly endorsed and adopted policy supporting Urban Renewal. The League of Women Voters published during 1961 a special edition of its "FACTS" pamphlet devoted exclusively to Urban Renewal. Both this organization and the Voters Guild prominently featured Urban Renewal in their educational campaigns for voters during the 1961 Primary and General Election. All local candidates for re-election during the 1961 Mayor and Board of Aldermen campaign endorsed and promised support for Urban Renewal. The local press, radio and television have consistently supported and assisted the Urban Renewal Program. VI. SPECIAL NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE: ( a) According to the 1960 census, there are 40,000 dwelling units within the City of Atlanta that are dilapidated or deteriorating. These represent areas of the City six times as extensive as our current Urban Renewal Projects. It takes little imagination to see the need for Housing Code E nforcement . and Urban Renewal clearance projects in these areas. (b) A Long Range Program for future Urban Renewal Projects, with some degree of acceptance for future development, is essential to planning areas for Housing Code Enforcement, taking full 8 �advantage of capital improvements by other Departments for Urban Renewal credit purposes and for ,controlling, or at least influencing, interim developments in various critical areas of the City. 11 ( c) Adequate provision for financing such a program on a continuing basis is a must, if Urban Renewal is to serve the purpose intended in Atlanta, and which it is capable of doing, if given adequate financial support. The City simply cannot afford to fail to take advantage of the opportunity now offered, through the Urban Renewal Program, to rid itself of its extensive festering slums. ( d) Future substantial Urban Renewal Projects cannot be undertaken, however, without simultaneously providing for additional Public Housing to accommodate those displaced families whose income is too low to buy or rent standard dwelling units in the open market. ( e) The adoption by the City of Minimum Standards for existing commercial and industrial properties, similar to those now in the Housing Code for residential structures, is essential if we are to eliminate slums and upgrade neighborhoods. (f) Violations of the Housing Code are so numerous and extensive, it is doubtful that material progress cao be made in corrective measures until the Courts adopt the policy of fining offenders on first notice and summons for Housing Code violations, in much the same manner as is now followed in Traffic Court for traffic violations. (g) The Sanitary, Health and Fire Departments have been and can continue to contribute tremendously to Environmental Improvement throughout the City by assisting in enforcing clean up of premises and removal of accumulations of trash and litter from occupied properties and vacant lots. This will, at the .same time, improve sanitary and health conditions and reduce fire hazards. (h) Improvement of apartment zoning regulations would greatly assist, from an Environmental Improvement standpoint, prevention of future slums, through new construction . r. r (i) Greater restrictions and controls on operators of junk yards and salvage dumps throu ghout the City is very much needed. A requirement for screening existing establishments in this category with a woven redwood fence , similar to th at now required for new establishments would be a 9 J �, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- ____ .. --~--,._ - ----- 7 tremendous benefit to the City in its Environmental Improvement effort. (j) Thorough rehabilitation through Housing Code enforcement is the backbone of the Citywide Urban Renewal effort. Increased emphasis now on this phase, with additional Housing Code Inspectors, is far cheaper and more practical for the City than clearance and redevelopment later, except in those areas which are already so badly deteriorated that it is not economically feasible to rehabilitate them. (k) The need urgently exists for some appropriate incentives, probably tax concessions, to encourage private enterprise to redevelop, at no cost to the City, slum areas in accordance with plans and appropriate controls established and approved by the City. VII. IN APPRECIATION: The Urban Renewal Department is especially appreciative of assistance and cooperation rendered during 1961 in the overall Urban Renewal effort by the following on various and special occasions, for which space herein does not permit detailed recognition. Various Departments of the City of Atlanta ( especially the Planning and Construction Departments) : Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta Board of Education Atlanta-Fulton County Joint Planning Board State Highway Department Fulton County Health Department Federal Agencies Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal Municipal Court Better Housing Commission Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Women's Chamber of Commerce Central Atlanta Association Uptown Association Atlanta Real Estate Boa rd Fulton County Grand Juries Grand Jurors Association Voters Guild League of Women Voters Atlanta Urban League Atlanta newspapers a nd local radio and t elevision stations Trust Company of Georgia And host of organizations, clubs and individual friends and supporters The Urban Renewal Department especially 10 I �-- ~-- - -- - - - - wishes to acknowledge the valuable services and consistent support given this Department and the Urban Renewal Program by two former members of the Urban Renewal Committee, Alderman Jesse Draper and W. A. "Bill" Sims, who chose not to stand for re-election in the 1961 political campaign. j r I r I 11 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document A REPORT To The Citizens of Atlanta On URBAN RENEWAL During 1961 URBAN RENEWAL DEPARTMENT CITY OF ATLANTA BY MALCOLM D. JONES, DIRECTOR PUBLISHED BY CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL J. ARCH AVARY, JR., CHAIRMAN CITY OF ATLANTA Ivan Allen, Jr., Mayor BOARD OF ALDERMEN Sam Massell, Jr., President First Warp: James E. Jackson; Robert 8. Dennis SEcoND Warp: E. A. Gilliam; R. E. Lee Field THIRD WARD: Wm. T. Knight; James E. Vickers FourtH Warp: Douglas Wood; Charles Leftwich FirtH Warp: John A. White; G. Everett Millican SrxtH Warp: Richard C. Freeman; Cecil Turner SEVENTH WARD: Jack Summers; Milton G. Farris EIGHTH WarD: Rodney M. Cook; Douglas L, Fowlkes URBAN RENEWAL COMMITTEE G. Everett Millican, Chairman John A. White, Vice Chairman A. E. Gilliam Rodney M. Cook BETTER HOUSING COMMISSION B. A. Martin, Chairman C. Talmadge Hardeman Dr. Sidney L. Davis Sam I. Cooper R. A. Thompson URBAN RENEWAL DEPARTMENT Malcolm D. Jones, Director Joseph A. Rabun, Assistant Director Willis L. Buckner, Rehabilitation Specialist Oliver M. Ownby, Environmental Improvement Div. James A. Smith, Relocation Housing Div. HOUSING AUTHORITY John O. Chiles, Chairman Dr. Allen D. Albert, Jr., Edwin L. Sterne Vice Chairman Frank G. Etheridge Charles E. Thwaite, Jr. . M. B. Satterfield, Executive Director Earl H. Metzger, Director of Redevelopment CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL J. Arch Avary, Chairman W. L. Ramsey, Executive Secretary URBAN RENEWAL DEPARTMENT City of Atlanta REPORT FOR 1961 IJ. PURPOSE, FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES The primary purpose of this report is to bring to the citizens of Atlanta a better concept of Urban Renewal, why we have it, how it works, who is responsible for it, what has been accom- plished to date, principal needs for the future and suggestions for accomplishing them. The Urban Renewal Department performs four major functions, the first and foremost of which is prescribed in ordinance establishing the Depart- ment, adopted July 1, 1957 which states, “The functions of this department shall be to study the Urban Renewal requirements of the City of Atlanta, to determine ways and means for their accomplishment and to provide and facilitate timely coordination and orderly development of Urban Renewal plans, projects and other related activities throughout the city . . . and to make recommendations for facilitating progress on Urban Renewal in the City of Atlanta. . .” In carrying out this function the Urban Renewal Department serves as the staff of the Urban Renewal Committee of the Board of Aldermen and performs the principal coordinating activities on Urban Renewal matters with other Depart- ments and Agencies. This work is performed by the Director, Assistant Director, Rehabilitation Specialist and Secretary. The second function assigned this Department, as of July 1, 1959, is enforcement of the Housing and Slum Clearance Code of the City of Atlanta. For this purpose the Department is now author- ue Chief Inspector, 8 Field Inspectors and 2 erks, The third function is the city-wide responsibility for providing relocation housing assistance for families displaced by Governmental action, includ- ing expressway acquisition, and for issuance of certificates of eligibility to displaced families for purchase of FHA insured mortgage homes under the 221 Program. A relocation Housing Officer and Secretary perform this function. 1 The fourth and most recently assigned function, since August 1, 1960, is responsibility for enforce- ment of the City Ordinance requiring that demo- litions be accomplished within a prescribed time limit after issuance of demolition permit and that resulting debris, litter and rubble be removed from the premises. This function is performed by the Environmental Improvement Division, in addition to Housing Code enforcement. The Urban Renewal Department, with advice and assistance of other Departments, especially the Planning Department, initiates and makes recommendations to the Urban Renewal Com- mittee of the Board of Aldermen for new Urban Renewal Projects, reviews Urban Renewal Plans for the Urban Renewal Committee and when appropriate initiates changes in boundaries of existing Projects. Survey, planning and execution of the City’s current Urban Renewal Projects, after selection, designation and adoption of the Projects by the City, has been delegated by Ordinance to the Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta, as the City’s Agent. However, the establishment of broad policies for operation of the entire Urban Renewal pro- gram and responsibility for insuring that they are carried out is a duty and function of the City (the Mayor and Board of Aldermen) executed through its Urban Renewal Committee. This responsibility should not and cannot be delegated. Il. SUMMARY—EXISTING URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS: Atlanta’s five Urban Renewal Projects now comprise 1303 acres, originally contained 2,971 substandard residential structures to be demol- ished, 1500 dwellings to be rehabilitated, will require 4,545 families to move and after redevel- opment will house 7,598 families in safe, decent and sanitary standard housing (a gain of 969 families) above the number that were in the areas originally. The net project cost of the first five projects will be roughly $27,000,000, of which the local share is $9,000,000, with $18,000,000 being borne by the Federal Government. Of the local share, all but $1,500,000 in cash, the total 1957 Urban Renewal Bond funds, is being provided by non-cash grants in aid by other departments for capital improvements which will serve the areas. $4,500,000 of this amount is being provided by the Board of Education in the form of school construction. ry Taxes (city and county) derived from the areas before the projects started was $160,000 annually; after redevelopment is complete the value of newly constructed taxable property in the areas is conservatively estimated to be $125,000,000, producing in real estate taxes alone $1,600,000 annually, an increase of ten fold. The first three (center of town) projects were adopted in February, 1956, and the two outlying projects, for relocation purposes, were adopted in August, 1957, Final plans for Butler, Rawson- Washington and Thomasville Projects were approved July, 1959, and for University and Rockdale June, 1960. Execution is considered to have started in Butler, Rawson-Washington and Thomasville Projects January 1, 1960, and in University and Rockdale January 1, 1961. The redevelopment phase is five years for all projects. By year end 1961, some 2400 substandard properties had been acquired by the Housing Authority at an expenditure of $17,000,000. 70% of all parcels to be acquired, have been pur- chased or are under condemnation; all property in the Thomasville Project had been acquired or was in the process of condemnation; over 1,000 substandard structures had been demolished and their occupants rehoused in standard dwellings; 431 dwelling units in the Urban Renewal Projects had been brought up to standards required by the Housing Code and 673 additional units were in the process of being rehabilitated. Six parcels, con- sisting of 69.43 acres, or 7.5% of the Urban Renewal tracts, have already been sold for redevelopment valued at $12,068,350. This includes a $3,250,000, 21 story, luxury apart- ment building; a 1,000 pupil elementary school, an 8 story Holiday Motel; 596 medium priced rental apartment units; and 100 units of single family 221 sales housing. III. PRINCIPAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE URBAN RENEWAL DEPARTMENT: Housing Code Enforcement: In order to make the Housing Code felt throughout the entire city, the Environmental Improvement Division has devoted its efforts dur- ing 1961 primarily to the worst property in the block or neighborhood basis. However, in addi- tion to city-wide coverage, conservation areas in salvagable, residential neighborhoods have now been selected for concentrated effort in 1962 ona house-by-house basis. This should result in sub- stantial increased production during 1962. 3 A SUMMARY OF HousING CoDE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES FOLLOWS: ie As of December 31, 1961 3 at sak = As Va Sept.- */6. Major Repsirs: Cases 695 82 Dec. "59 793 544 1960 1509 1046 1961 Units 3628 1307 1959 3063 2270 1961 /4. Demolitions: Cases 111 51 1960 326 205 1961 Unita 271 216 1960 712 407 1961 /3. Minor Deficiencies: (Usually clean up of premises) 201 180 1959 306 329 1960 974 410 1961 /2. Properties Inspected in Conservation Areas TAT /2. Cases referred to other Departments 121 1960 207 1961 /2. Demolition Permits complied B87 /2. Court cases for non-compliance with Demolition Permits (9) /3. Cases considered by Better Housing Commission (137 1960 (325 1961 Units Placarded (with approval of B.H.C.) (242) 1960 (675) 1961 Families required to move— for demolitions (192) 1960 Families required to move (465) 1961 for other reasons (7) /6. Court Cases for Housing Code violations (all won) 36 1960 47 1961 *NOTES: Where no dates are indicated, figures pertain to 1961 operations only. Figures in ( ) also included under other items. 76. Requires average of 6 inspections each /4. Requires average of 4 inspections each. /3. Requires average of 3 inspections each. /2. Requires average of 2 inspections each. At year end, Inspectors were carrying an average oe load of approximately 225 uncompleted cases each, The above was accomplished with only 4 In- spectors in 1959 and 1960; in 1961 with 6-1/3 Inspectors; 8 Inspectors are now authorized. The Better Housing Commission has con- sidered 462 slow moving and difficult cases in an effort to resolve them without court action; and has authorized the placarding of 917 dwelling units. Relocation Housing: During 1961, 620 certificates of eligibility (23 to Whites and 597 to Negroes) were issued by the Relocation Housing Division to displaced families for the purchase of FHA insured mortgage homes built by private enterprise. A total of 3,210 cer- tificates (306 to Whites and 2904 to Negroes) 4 have been issued under this program to date. Since this program started in 1958, building per- mits have been issued for construction within the City of Atlanta for 2,889 single family, 221 houses (1072 for Whites and 1817 for Negroes). All but 100 of these have been completed and all but 137 of the completed houses have been sold and occupied. This program alone repre- sents $29,000,000 in new construction in Atlanta. The Relocation Housing office of this Depart- ment has relocated 58 displaced families in private rentals and referred 340 families to Public Housing. Fight Blight: During April, 1961, the Urban Renewal Depart- ment, with the assistance of other Departments and agencies, promoted and spear-headed a very successful city-wide FIGHT BLIGHT campaign. This was closely tied in with and supported by the Women’s Chamber of Commerce in connec- tion with its annual Clean Up, Paint Up, Fix Up Campaign. Exhibits: During the week of August 21-26, 1961, this Department participated with other City Depart- ments in providing displays at Lenox Square for the “Salute to Atlanta.” The Department also had a very substantial and informative Urban Renewal display at the Southeastern Fair. Recertification of Workable Program: The Department prepared, with assistance of material furnished by other Departments and Agencies, Atlanta’s annual report for Recertifica- tion of Progress in Community Improvement (Workable Program). The principal comments by the Federal Government in its Recertification of the Workable Program (to January 1, 1963) were: (1) That progress in Housing Code enforcement is good, but the City badly needs additional Inspectors and suggestion was made that building permit fees might be increased to finance the cost of the Housing Code enforce- ment service; and (2) That activities of the Citizens Advisory Com- mittee for Urban Renewal be more compre- hensive and positive in the role of actually accomplishing community improvements. 5  Apartment Improvement: Inspection and upgrading major medium rental : apartment developments has been undertaken by the Rehabilitation Specialist of the Department. | Revision of Housing Code: A comprehensive revision of the Housing Code is currently being undertaken, designed to clarify and strengthen certain provisions of the Code, based on our 214 years actual experience in Code Enforcement. IV. OTHER MAJOR URBAN RENEWAL | yep OES AND RELATED PROJECTS: Buttermilk Bottoms: The 160 acre Buttermilk Bottoms tract has, since November, 1960, been designated and adopted by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen as a future Urban Renewal Project. This area has long been considered by many as Atlanta’s future Number 1 Urban Renewal Project. West End: A General Neighborhood Renewal Plan study is underway in a 650 acre area of the “West End”: to be completed in June, 1962. It is anticipated that a $1,500,000 Urban Renewal Project will develop in at least 10% of the area being studied. Transportation Plaza: A Feasibility Study for future Urban Renewal Projects is being made by the Planning Depart- ment in the 500 acre tract known as “‘Transporta- tion Plaza,” which includes the area between Whitehall-Spring Streets and Northside Drive, from McDaniel Street to North Avenue. Georgia State College: An Urban Renewal Project for expansion of Georgia State College along Decatur Street, be- tween Central Avenue and Piedmont Avenue, is already definitely underway, with the entire local share of the cost of the project being borne by Georgia State College and the State Board of Regents. Howard School: Application has been prepared for submittal to the Federal Government for a small Urban Project 6 sponsored by the School Department primarily for expansion of Howard High School. The Board of Education has committed itself to defray all but $17,500 of the cost of the local share of this project. East Atlanta: An application is being prepared by the Hous- ing Authority for a 110 acre Urban Renewal Pro- ject in East Atlanta in the Mayson Avenue- Hardee Street area. About half of this project is contemplated for rehabilitation. There is also sufficient vacant land in this project to provide location within the project for construction of additional public housing units required, before any demolition takes place within the project area. Bond Issue: Since 1958 the Urban Renewal Department has been working consistently for adoption of a Long Range Program for future Urban Renewal Pro- jects, has developed such a proposal for con- sideration by the Urban Renewal Committee and is prepared to present and support the proposal before the Bond Commission. This proposal is for six year program, 1962-7, and, in addition to the projects listed above, includes five other badly needed projects. Two of these are pro- posed as “companion” projects to complement others. The local share of this proposed six year program amounts to $8,000,000. This includes a $1,000,000 revolving fund for non-Federal-as- sisted projects. This amount is not excessive, when compared with the needs of the City, and is in keeping with the financial effort being made in Urban Renewal by other cities of comparable size. Relocation Housing: Other developments in progress, not a direct art of but closely related to Urban Renewal, are the 650 unit Field Road Public Housing Project for Negroes and 250 units of high-rise Public Housing for Elderly (Whites) now underway on Ashby Street, just South of the Joel Chandler Harris Public Housing Project. Also commitment has been made in the Eastern sector of the Butler Street Urban Renewal Project for 200 units of high-rise Public Housing for the Elderly (Negroes). V. CITIZENS PARTICIPATION: The highlight of citizen participation during 1961 was the enthusiastic and effective part played by neighborhood groups, business associations, 7 trade organizations, clubs and individual citizens in Atlanta’s first FIGHT BLIGHT Campaign. The Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban -Re- newal was particularly helpful in a clerical, finan- cial and advisory capacity. Throughout the year the Acting Director of the Citizens Advisory Committee published and distributed to its mem- bership a very informative weekly newsletter. The Citizens Advisory Committee also provided for publication of the 1960 Report of the Urban Renewal Department, and has offered to publish this report. It has also been very active through the courtesy of the Trust Company of Georgia in arranging informative talks and tours on Urban Renewal for various citizen groups. The Chamber of Commerce has listed progress in Urban Renewal as one of its seven major objec- tives during 1962. The first edition of “Atlanta” (January, 1962, edition), a publication sponsored by the “Forward Atlanta” movement of the Cham- ber of Commerce, contained as its primary feature an excellent article on Urban Renewal. The Central Atlanta Association and the newly organized Uptown Association have both strongly endorsed and adopted policy supporting Urban Renewal. The League of Women Voters published during 1961 a special edition of its “FACTS” pamphlet devoted exclusively to Urban Renewal. Both this organization and the Voters Guild promi- nently featured Urban Renewal in their educa- tional campaigns for voters during the 1961 Pri- mary and General Election. All local candidates for re-election during the 1961 Mayor and Board of Aldermen campaign endorsed and promised support for Urban Renewal. The local press, radio and television have con- sistently supported and assisted the Urban Renewal Program. VI. SPECIAL NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE: (a) According to the 1960 census, there are 40,000 dwelling units within the City of Atlanta that are dilapidated or deteriorating. These repre- sent areas of the City six times as extensive as our current Urban Renewal Projects. It takes little imagination to see the need for Housing Code Enforcement and Urban Renewal clearance projects in these areas. (b) A Long Range Program for future Urban Renewal Projects, with some degree of acceptance for future development, is essential to planning areas for Housing Code Enforcement, taking full 8 advantage of capital improvements by other De- partments for Urban Renewal credit purposes and for controlling, or at least influencing, interim developments in various critical areas of the City. (c) Adequate provision for financing such a program on a continuing basis is a must, if Urban Renewal is to serve the purpose intended in Atlanta, and which it is capable of doing, if given adequate financial support. The City simply cannot afford to fail to take advantage of the opportunity now offered, through the Urban Renewal Program, to rid itself of its extensive festering slums. (d) Future substantial Urban Renewal Projects cannot be undertaken, however, without simul- taneously providing for additional Public Housing to accommodate those displaced families whose income is too low to buy or rent standard dwelling units in the open market. (e) The adoption by the City of Minimum Standards for existing commercial and industrial properties, similar to those now in the Housing Code for residential structures, is essential if we are to eliminate slums and upgrade neighbor- hoods. (f) Violations of the Housing Code are so numerous and extensive, it is doubtful that ma- terial progress can be made in corrective measures until the Courts adopt the policy of fining offenders on first notice and summons for Hous- ing Code violations, in much the same manner as is now followed in Traffic Court for traffic viola- tions. (g) The Sanitary, Health and Fire Depart- ments have been and can continue to contribute tremendously to Environmental Improvement throughout the City by assisting in enforcing clean up of premises and removal of accumulations of trash and litter from occupied properties and vacant lots. This will, at the same time, improve sanitary and health conditions and reduce fire hazards. (h) Improvement of apartment zoning regula- tions would greatly assist, from an Environmental Improvement standpoint, prevention of future slums, through new construction . (i) Greater restrictions and controls on opera- tors of junk yards and salvage dumps throughout the City is very much needed. A requirement for screening existing establishments in this category with a woven redwood fence, similar to that now required for new establishments would be a 9 tremendous benefit to the City in its Environ- mental Improvement effort. (j) Thorough rehabilitation through Housing Code enforcement is the backbone of the City- wide Urban Renewal effort. Increased emphasis now on this phase, with additional Housing Code Inspectors, is far cheaper and more practical for the City than clearance and redevelopment later, except in those areas which are already so badly deteriorated that it is not economically feasible to rehabilitate them. (k) The need urgently exists for some appro- priate incentives, probably tax concessions, to encourage private enterprise to redevelop, at no cost to the City, slum areas in accordance with plans and appropriate controls established and approved by the City. VII. IN APPRECIATION: The Urban Renewal Department is especially appreciative of assistance and cooperation rendered during 1961 in the overall Urban Re- newal effort by the following on various and special occasions, for which space herein does not permit detailed recognition. Various Departments of the City of Atlanta (especially the Planning and Construction De- partments ) : Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta Board of Education Atlanta-Fulton County Joint Planning Board State Highway Department Fulton County Health Department Federal Agencies Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal Municipal Court Better Housing Commission Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Women’s Chamber of Commerce Central Atlanta Association Uptown Association Atlanta Real Estate Board Fulton County Grand Juries Grand Jurors Association Voters Guild League of Women Voters Atlanta Urban League Atlanta newspapers and local radio and television stations Trust Company of Georgia And host of organizations, clubs and individual friends and supporters The Urban Renewal Department especially 10 wishes to acknowledge the valuable services and consistent support given this Department and the Urban Renewal Program by two former members of the Urban Renewal Committee, Alderman Jesse Draper and W. A. “Bill” Sims, who chose not to stand for re-election in the 1961 political cam- paign. 11  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 18, Folder 25, Document 4 Box 18 Box 18 Folder 25 Folder topic: Housing Resources Committee | 1967