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Si Huo Low-Cost Housing 2rozran
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mus requestca vicdinge vo carry out its In-City
sox the selection of approximately 20-25 cities out
ies for Iin-City, low-cost housing construction, This
St step reiated to President Johnson's request to
Pox SuDport to produce 6,000,000 new or rehabilitated
assisted nousing -baits Yor lower income housing over
Besa ; f a :
Cn yoars.
~ 4 oe oa _* — *
Out of 19 firas bidding, three were selected: A
mF) vr
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joint venture composcd of AST Associates, inc. of Cambridge,
Massachusetts, and Daniel, Hana, Johnson & Mendenhall of
Los Anzelss (ADT-DMJM), Kaisex Incustxies and Westinghouse,
{4A copy of the HUD announcement of May 8, 1968, is attached
mereto.) Newspapermen aha others have indicated that in actual.
fact tho original intention of HUD was to select only ABT-DNUM,
but that because of political pressures the award was postponed
aad the other two were then included in the award.
This possibility is xeflected in the issue of May 16
of MeGraw-Hill's Construction Weekly which stated:
"According to HUD, three contractors were
chosen instead of one, as originally planned,
to carxy out the In-City proposal because
each is approaching the problem in a difrverent
way. However, sources close to the project
say that the ABT-DMIM group was selected first
in a competition among 19 firms, Two weeks
later, the sources say, Westinghouse and
Buildings Systems Development received contracts
and the three are in competition now for the
second stage of the program. Building Systems
Development has as one of its prime consultants
Kaiser Industries. Ndgar Kaiser, chairman of
the board, also heads President Johnson's
Committee on Urban Housing."
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Be. TiSze COLO
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tacned hereto.
fa — a
tne secona
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a ar iUp which has
progress ox the three groups indicates
With the manner _in which
eet pened” Se
“Jd has gone about devcioping its proposal for Stage il
ora we DYOSLaN, 1.e, the actual corstruction and rehabilitation °
Or low-cost housing in certain selected cities,
: _
Up to this point AS?-Dueli has applied no political
oressure either in Staze I or for the award of the contract in ;
Stace It. All it seexs is that Stage Ti of the project be
uncertaken On & Ton- political basis, and one which will
assure that the taxpayers Will receive the maximum benefit of
the preliminary work Which the AST-DMJN group has already
Gone in the 1ist of cities attached nereto. ft should be
noted that for each of thesoa cities ABT-DMJIM sent a team
consisting of an economist,.soclologist, ee engineer
and dawyer. its work has been sunorvisedsby former Mayor a
Collins of Boston, who is xvesyonsible gor that city's
reconstruction program and who is presently professor of
Uroaan Studies at M.1I.7.
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4 LOUQULCY GQ uc N; abe
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altimore, MNa.,,
OQ
leveland, Ohio
Dayton, Onio —
Detroit, Mich.
, Hast St. Louis, Ill.
Gainesville, Ga,
tford, Conn. Sa
Htgnland Park, Mich.
Honoluiu, Hawaii
Houston, Rexas
Huntsville, Ala.
Kansas City, Mo.
Los Angeles, Calif,
Manchester, N.H.
Minneapolis, Minn,
New Bedford,. Mass.
Norfolk, Va.
Rochester, N.Y.
Saginaw, Mich,
Texarkana, Ark,
Texarkana, Texas
Tulsa, Okla.
Waco, Texas
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Winooski, Vt.
Worcester, Mass.
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uo . + A aw of - :
MBH OR AND OH :
a ar 1 On
ween of 3 ao
‘
Sh a Sa 7. ee ob a asagm ol “jem ys = +
Si Huo Low-Cost Housing 2rozran
t
— = — — oo oT — co ov oe =— — _— be — or hs. av ow — es = oo ae co — ov 7 te ev
—_—
mus requestca vicdinge vo carry out its In-City
sox the selection of approximately 20-25 cities out
ies for Iin-City, low-cost housing construction, This
St step reiated to President Johnson's request to
Pox SuDport to produce 6,000,000 new or rehabilitated
assisted nousing -baits Yor lower income housing over
Besa ; f a :
Cn yoars.
~ 4 oe oa _* — *
Out of 19 firas bidding, three were selected: A
mF) vr
>
joint venture composcd of AST Associates, inc. of Cambridge,
Massachusetts, and Daniel, Hana, Johnson & Mendenhall of
Los Anzelss (ADT-DMJM), Kaisex Incustxies and Westinghouse,
{4A copy of the HUD announcement of May 8, 1968, is attached
mereto.) Newspapermen aha others have indicated that in actual.
fact tho original intention of HUD was to select only ABT-DNUM,
but that because of political pressures the award was postponed
aad the other two were then included in the award.
This possibility is xeflected in the issue of May 16
of MeGraw-Hill's Construction Weekly which stated:
"According to HUD, three contractors were
chosen instead of one, as originally planned,
to carxy out the In-City proposal because
each is approaching the problem in a difrverent
way. However, sources close to the project
say that the ABT-DMIM group was selected first
in a competition among 19 firms, Two weeks
later, the sources say, Westinghouse and
Buildings Systems Development received contracts
and the three are in competition now for the
second stage of the program. Building Systems
Development has as one of its prime consultants
Kaiser Industries. Ndgar Kaiser, chairman of
the board, also heads President Johnson's
Committee on Urban Housing."
Drala ya
ABT=DNIM
eS Loe
te
vii
- ey am, we
BnG COMPLE Le Se
gee tel ney aes
Be. TiSze COLO
mn Sh ch
tacned hereto.
fa — a
tne secona
2S for
a ar iUp which has
progress ox the three groups indicates
With the manner _in which
eet pened” Se
“Jd has gone about devcioping its proposal for Stage il
ora we DYOSLaN, 1.e, the actual corstruction and rehabilitation °
Or low-cost housing in certain selected cities,
: _
Up to this point AS?-Dueli has applied no political
oressure either in Staze I or for the award of the contract in ;
Stace It. All it seexs is that Stage Ti of the project be
uncertaken On & Ton- political basis, and one which will
assure that the taxpayers Will receive the maximum benefit of
the preliminary work Which the AST-DMJN group has already
Gone in the 1ist of cities attached nereto. ft should be
noted that for each of thesoa cities ABT-DMJIM sent a team
consisting of an economist,.soclologist, ee engineer
and dawyer. its work has been sunorvisedsby former Mayor a
Collins of Boston, who is xvesyonsible gor that city's
reconstruction program and who is presently professor of
Uroaan Studies at M.1I.7.
Wa
be
Pvprave Ay Qin anv
Wak k a EE 4h Bk ot
Reet ee ee . “
4 LOUQULCY GQ uc N; abe
oe oe ee c
Atlsditve, ba,
ty
}
o - mp 5
altimore, MNa.,,
OQ
leveland, Ohio
Dayton, Onio —
Detroit, Mich.
, Hast St. Louis, Ill.
Gainesville, Ga,
tford, Conn. Sa
Htgnland Park, Mich.
Honoluiu, Hawaii
Houston, Rexas
Huntsville, Ala.
Kansas City, Mo.
Los Angeles, Calif,
Manchester, N.H.
Minneapolis, Minn,
New Bedford,. Mass.
Norfolk, Va.
Rochester, N.Y.
Saginaw, Mich,
Texarkana, Ark,
Texarkana, Texas
Tulsa, Okla.
Waco, Texas
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Winooski, Vt.
Worcester, Mass.
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