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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Atlanta's Department of Urban Renewal year-end report reviews 1959 activities, lists program needs like long-range planning and investor incentives, highlights leadership in 221 housing for Negroes with 1,534 units and $18M in construction, and hopes for all project approvals by end of 1960.
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The Department of Urban Renewal of Atlanta has said in its year-end report that it hopes for final approval and commencement of work on all its projects by the end of 1960. The report reviewed urban renewal in the city for 1959.
The department listed specific needs of the program, which included adoption of a long-range plan for UR; a revolving fund to acquire substandard property;
adoption of some incentive to get private investors to redevelop areas in the city; stimulation of interest in rehabilitation techniques, special amendments to the housing code and inspection services, and a complete reanalysis of the 1954 zoning ordinance.
The department pointed out that according to the January edition of House and Home, Atlanta led the nation in 221 housing with 1,534 of a total 13,856 for the nation. It also said that:
Most of the 221 homes for Negroes were for displaced families;
new land devoted to 221 housing for Negroes in areas adjacent to already established Negro communities amounted to 524 acres last year;
the Relocation Housing Office has processed 1,980 applications for relocation assistance - 1,357 were issued to Negroes, and
221 housing has accounted for $18,000,000 in new construction.
All of UR's five projects have been approved by the city.
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Atlanta
Event Date
1959
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all of ur's five projects have been approved by the city; 221 housing has accounted for $18,000,000 in new construction; the relocation housing office has processed 1,980 applications for relocation assistance - 1,357 were issued to negroes; new land devoted to 221 housing for negroes in areas adjacent to already established negro communities amounted to 524 acres last year; most of the 221 homes for negroes were for displaced families; atlanta led the nation in 221 housing with 1,534 of a total 13,856 for the nation.
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The Department of Urban Renewal of Atlanta has said in its year-end report that it hopes for final approval and commencement of work on all its projects by the end of 1960. The report reviewed urban renewal in the city for 1959. The department listed specific needs of the program, which included adoption of a long-range plan for UR; a revolving fund to acquire substandard property; adoption of some incentive to get private investors to redevelop areas in the city; stimulation of interest in rehabilitation techniques, special amendments to the housing code and inspection services, and a complete reanalysis of the 1954 zoning ordinance. The department pointed out that according to the January edition of House and Home, Atlanta led the nation in 221 housing with 1,534 of a total 13,856 for the nation. It also said that: Most of the 221 homes for Negroes were for displaced families; new land devoted to 221 housing for Negroes in areas adjacent to already established Negro communities amounted to 524 acres last year; the Relocation Housing Office has processed 1,980 applications for relocation assistance - 1,357 were issued to Negroes, and 221 housing has accounted for $18,000,000 in new construction. All of UR's five projects have been approved by the city.