Box 5, Folder 5, Document 45

Box 5, Folder 5, Document 45

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ATLANTA'S COMMUNITY IMPROVIGHENT PROGRAM REPORT
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SECTION TWO: DEViLOPING AN AFSIRMATIVE RELOCATION PROGRAM

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AN AFFIRMATIVE RELOCATION PROGRAM

The factual analysis of relocation housing practices and relocation housing
resources as related to those persons and families displaced by governmental
action presented thus far results in one unavoidable conclusion:

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Atlanta does not have the housinre resources to meet the needs of persons



to be displaced by future covernmental action.

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expanced code enforcement and urban renewal activities jit must increase its low-



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In addition, an affirmative relocation program for Atlanta must include
changes in organization, procedures, and policies aporopriate to the findings
of Section One of this report. Section One shows the need for a definite system
of low~to-moderate income housing planning which will provide replacement housing

at the time of disolacement. It also reveals the need for overall coordination

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of community development efforts; better record keeping and data use; improved
timing of relocation counseling services and survey; improved use of existing
relocation resources; and an improved policy of local initiative in providing
local assistance to displacees when such aid is not available through existing
programs.
Tne following recommendations have been devised to meet the needs outlined.
Tney are paesented in two categories: ° (1)- recommendations of an interim nature
for immediate action to alleviate the present Low-income housing shortage, and
(2) recommendations on organization, procedure, and policies paaskaanen necessary
for effective long range relocation and relocation housing planning.
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Recommendation 3
That a Housing Nesources Bureau be established 4g a major division within
the proposed Community usetlopnitit Department recommended as a part of the
. reorganization plan of the "Government of the City of Atlanta ~ A Survey Report"

by the Public Administration Service.

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It is the intent of this recommendation that "Housing Planning" be eclevated

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to a position never before achieved in Atlanta as a hizhly technical entity with

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its own staff. Responsibility would be broadly based and not narrowly confined

to urban renewal objectives. The major activity would be the planning of hous

resources through research for all types of displacement and relocation needs
therefore, this new technical division could be called ~ for lack of a better

name = "Housing Resources Bureau",

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The proposed Housing Resources Bureau should have as its head an assistant

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to the Community “evelopment Departmbnt Director, It should be staffed with
capable, informed economic analysts and planners with demonstrated knowledge
of the housing industry, the community, and the local housing marxet. This

new governmental agency would have the following responsibilities:

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Maintain a continuous inventory of housing in the City of Atlanta by

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size of unit, whether for sale or rent, condition of unit, type of unit compared

to significant rent/cost ranges, and specific location. In addition, the

Housing Resources Bureau woulc retain sufficient data on the characteristics

the low-income to moderate-income population and their housing locations and

needs as necessary for a continual assessment of market potential. Although

the retention of such housing and sopulation data would be an extremely valua
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planning tool for both public and private interests. Futhermore, this functi

is seen as the only practical way definitive "client analyses" can be achieve

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to obtain the best possible housing balance in the area or to plan for maintaining

that balance with the criteria attached to the various existing and proposed
housing assistance programs.

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The Housing Resources Bureau would identify the potential of use of hous

assistance programs in advance of all governmental community redevelopment pr

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and initiate loan, grant, or unit reservations for housing assistance at a time

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sufficient to assure such housing facilities are "on the ground" at the tine
people are displaced by governmental projects.

Be. Public Information

Periodically, reports would be issued and distributed to realtors, devel-

Opers, banks, and concerned public or private agencies. These reports would

indicate existing housing imbalances determined by comparing the characteristics

of the existing housing stock totha changing character of area ecomomy and




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The Bureau would be responsible for providing designated city agencies
with information on housing and population characteristics necessary to the
sport forms required in the acministration of their programs with the
Federal Government (Workable Program forms, Survey and Planning Applications
for urban renewal, public housing reservation information, etc.). Such

information would be of a designated format confined to nousing and: tenant

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designated intervals. This responsibility
would provide important consistency and, hopefully, improve understanding and
accuracy of such data.

The Housing Resources Bureau would purposefully solicit and encourage

assistance and support from area realtors, developers, and the like, by offerin
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special services in defining and describing special housing market needs, andy
where appropriate, applying information on the potential use of governmental

assistance programs for low-to moderate~income housing marketse

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