Box 5, Folder 10, Document 38

Box 5, Folder 10, Document 38

Authority and FHA, &@s well as informat

Justification For Senior Typist Clerk

Needed to gather, mintain and prepare the Status Report, on monthi
basis. of the Low and Medium Income Housing Program. The report aonetate

o ree (3) Sections: Project Inventory, Summary and Index. It

currently contains 109 separate projects and the number is constantly
growing. The status of each project is constantly changing during planning
and development, which in the large projects may extend several years.

It is very important that the Status Report on the Low-income Housing
Program be maintained and kept current, as it is the only composite
record of low and medium income housing in the City. The data is assembled
from periodic reports specially requested from,and submitted by, the
Planning Department, Building Division, Housing Code Division, Housing

: jon obtained directly from builders

and developers; and from other Departments and Agencies on certain
projects, Project sponsors, owners and managers should also be contacted
to determine breakdown of units by bedroom composition and verification
of rental prices, etc.

Detailed information such as number of units, with bedroom
composition, rentals or purchase prices, extent of utilities furnished
and status of @evelopment of each project is necessary for providing
essential and timely information on the projects to Relocation Services
and to the Public who may be interested in occupying the units.

Requirements are constantly increasing from the Public and
government officials for information contained in this report. The
information is also invaluable to the City in documenting annual
revisions of the Workable Program and in providing data on relocation
capabilities of the City in connection with applications for Urban
Renewal and Neighborhood Development Program projects thoughout the
City, and especially as pertains to the Model Cities area.

The person charged with this function could be administratively
assigned to another Department, but, to be most effective, should
work directly with and under the supervision of the Housing Coordinator.

To date, this report has been prepared, only sketchily and i
produced much too infrequently, by the Housing Coordimtor, who cannot
devote the time to it which is required, and still perform his other
promotional and coordinating functiom in connection with the Low-income
Housing Progran.

If the Low-Income Housing Program should change direction soon
to reflect expanding activities in the Model Cities program and the
placing of greater emphasis in other directions, on more involved
activities such as the Urban Coalitian, it will be more important
than ever that someone be available, familiar with and able to keep

- the Low-income Housing Status Report on a current and continuing
asis,.

Justification for Housing Consultant

Financial support for the services of Mr. W. ¥. Gates, former
Chief Underwriter of FHA in Atlanta (and subsequently at national
level)as a Housing Consultant to the HRC, has been provided thus far
by Urban America, Inc. However, Urban America feels that the Atlanta
program has advanced sufficiently so that its financial support for
= Services of Mr. Gates should now be withdrawn and be assumed by the
city.

Mr. Gates’ experience gs,a Chief Underwriter and trouble shooter
for FHA, together with his many contacts with FHA officials on a personal
basis and intimate knowledge of Metropolitan Atlanta, makes his services
a very valuable asset to the Housing Resources Committee in a Consultant
capacity for the Low-income Housing Program.



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