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Show Mn mfr. .!)wni'itifWWrig'g wiTiiiajmiiii ,Ji y- mii 3 8: I i i i t i f 1 ? I non-prof- Community of intent from the CityCounty Housing Even Authorities, stated Medina. though there has been publicity of "proposed" new housing construction elsewhere in the community, Medina said, they are still "just proposals." Utah is probably one of the lowest ranking states in the construction of e housing, said the COOP director. Building Low-Incom- agency has received a it letter Organization e Family Units. low-incom- by Kirk Terry The Community Medina said that COOP Board of Directors has been (COOP) is building 25 assembed for over three years, and that this particular housing project has been in the planninng for more than 14 months. COOP is more commonly known for the supplemental food Organization Operation Program family units near 1450 West 450 South. The housing will include one to five bedroom units in a "town house" style, said Ben Medina, director of COOP. But there is alot of red tape involved, he added. Medina said the housing is earmarked for gound breaking on low-incom- e October 1, but that the contraction date might be set back to spring becasue of "bureaucratic red tape." The director said the red tape delay comes from the many forms that need to be completed, design approvals and funding I I allocations. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), stated Medina, is funding the bulk of the $400,000 project, but that supplemental Model Cities funds in the amount of $40,000 is also being sought. There has also been I a delay from Model continued Medina, as well Cities, as from FHA. If the delays persist, stressed Medina, the ground breaking and construction date would have to be set back to spring. Delaying the project, even though the housing could be completed in nine months, "would only bring more suffering to families in sore need of adequate low-incom- e housing," Medina said. The town house style will be rent subsidized with the family paying as low as 25 per cent of their income for rent, the balance will be paid by the government. f f f I mi r I I ij The housing complex will include 13 two bedroom units at - $145.00; 9 three bedroom units at $165.00; 2 four bedroom units at $185.00; 1 five bedroom unit at $225.00. These total rent figures, said Medina, are just what COOP will charge for rent. The families, he said, again will only segment of COOP efforts. What COOP will be doing in activities after the housing is erected, said Medina, will be the analysing of exactly why the families living in housing are there and why they need this type of housing. The project will follow-u- p try to determine, also, he continued, the social aspects of the families, focusing on the reasons for there needing the subsidized rent housing. Palace, stated Dedric, is another portion of the city where low income housing threatened. further said that is He government and business have their eyes on that area and that the concentration of old men that live in the area are in jepordy of tenants said they were satisfied with the living conditions at Mondel as the buildings were well constructed and clean. Dedric said that Travel Lodge has leased some property Mondel Apartments and the battle being carried on by the Tenants Union and the Union of the Poor, said Dedric, was the between the motel and a fire house to the rear of the Lodge. He said they are paying the City $125.00 a month to lease the property, but that the City should have required more from the business. He said that leasing like this and the revenues received could be put into the General first mass concerted effort by the Fund and used for housing public to bring the housing construction or low income rent subsidy. Dedric said that when Mayor Jake Gam was approached with the idea, Gam said the City had no authority to use the General Fund for those purposes. being evicted from their residences. shortage crisis into light. Travel Lodge, said Dedric, has been permitted to demolish nearly 45 apartments for Lodge expansion. Dedric said that the former Jefferson Free Community School Begins Spokesman Fall Classes by Kirk Terry "Extremely critical." The gap between demolition of housing and the lack of new construction of public housing is widening, said Fred Dedric, staff member of the Crossroads Urban Center, 347 South 400 East. Dedric said there is no public housing as of yet and that measures need to be taken to ease the severity of the low income housing shortage. He outlined some actions that could be taken by government authorities in the Salt Lake area: (1.) Initiate a four to six month moratorium on the granting of demolition permits. Dedric said by taking this response to the critical condition of the housing shortage, the lag presently evident in the construction of new housing could be closed. (2.) Procure and develop more programs of housing repair. This idea, said Dedric, would provide the means of maintaining present housing that is within the economic limits of repair. Dedric cited an article printed in the Tribune's Common Carrier determined by their income. Should the project schedule remain intact, Medina said, with the October 1 construction date the housing will be ready for occupancy by July 1 , 1973. section, August 29, written by Martin Wall, of the Crossroads Urban Center. The article calls for government rent subsidy for low income families in the assistance of renting middle income housing No other incorporated important The area around the Salt Stop Demolition Of Houses Advises to pay the amount have program it administers to area residents. But housing projects like the preserve, said Medina, are future ones on the planning board and also very much an that is available. A subsidy program, maintains the article, would permit a social lifting of low income families to middle income housing environments and the subsequent breaking up of the "poverty cycle." Dedric said, however, that rent subsidy programs might tend to take pressure off the City and County Commissions where as public concern must still be directed at those government authorities for timely and adequate actions not as of yet manifested by the Commissions. He said that the City should rearrange priorities and enlist the State to grant the authority to the City for the building of public housing. Dedric said that it should be noted that the City is limited in its authority to construct public houisng; limited to the point that the City has no authority at all to constuct needed housing. Fall quarter at Jefferson Free School, 1071 South West Temple, will begin September 11 with registration. Both high school completion and remedial skills, plus G. E. D. preparation will be offered. Students unable to register during that week are welcome to join the program at any time during the quarter. All adult classes will be offered for hour sessions, Monday through Thursday, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.at no cost. Director Al Church says that although he has worked with several agencies over the summer to implement a program within accommodate the so-calle- taken effect. Therefore, an afternoon program from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. Monday through evening program will be working outline minimum parking space that property owners must maintain tor the parking of on situation where a property owner was forced to tear down a house for parking and the subsequent eviction of tenants from the house. Office. The new volunteers will have dual assignments in the Jefferson program: teaching and coordinating activities and, also, doing outreach for the School Ombudsman, concentrating on the Title schools in the Salt Lake District. For more information on Jefferson Free (School, call I 359-496- 9. disruptive student, it has not housing. Those ordinances a for VISTAAction Regional d parking ordinances have had a detrimental effect on low income vehicles. Dedric related American Technical Assistance Corporation, the training agency several junior highs to Thursday will be offered for the students under 16 years of age who are out of school. The adult teachers from the Dedric said that recent On July 28, 10 new VISTA volunteers were graduated by the the development and implementation of Summerhill.a program which will provide free adult education for the residents of Central City, Church added. 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