Box 5, Folder 11, Document 77

Box 5, Folder 11, Document 77

PROPOSED TITLE:

CO-SPONSORS :

PURPOSE:

Atlanta Metropolitan Area Conference on Equal
Opportunity in Housing

To be sponsored by a broadly based represen-
tation of educational, religious, labor, busi-
ness, governmental, social service and human
relations organizations in the Atlanta Metro-
politan Community, a community composed of
Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett
Counties.

To bring together people of many backgrounds
and interests in a democratic context in order
to stimulate discussion of open housing in the
Atlanta Metropolitan Community.

WE
To facilitate such discussion @@e would expect
to:

1. Analyze all available information concerning

the problem of open housing in the Atlanta
Metropolitan Community.

2. Analyze the problem of property depreci-
ation, deterioration resulting in blighted
areas on the economic development of the
Metropolitan Area.

3. Assess the potential effect of equal oppor-
tunity in housing on the total community.

4, Explore ways and means to inform the entire
public concerning the problems and poten-
tial solutions available to the Atlanta
Metropolitan Community.

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