Box 18, Folder 25, Document 23

Box 18, Folder 25, Document 23

EXTRACT
from
ATLANTA'S COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM REPORT
SECTION TWO: DEVELOPING AN AFFIRMATIVE RELOCATION PROGRAM

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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.