proves the general area and the maximum number of acquisitions to be made for reuse and development; therefore

The Council of the City of Philadelphia hereby ordains:

SECTION 1. Approval is hereby given for the acquisition by the Philadelphia Housing Authority of not more than two hundred structures and tracts of land for reuse and development in the general area bounded by Fifty-second street, Sixty-third street, Market street, and Girard avenue, known as the Haddington area, in accordance with the ordinance approved May 19, 1950, as amended. CERTIFICATION: This is a true and correct copy of the original Ordinance approved by the Mayor on January 27, 1959. NATHAN WOLFMAN, Chief Clerk of the Council.

[Bill No. 2545]

AN ORDINANCE

To approve the acquisition by The Philadelphia Housing Authority of not more than five hundred existing structures and tracts of land for reuse and development in the general area bounded by Lehigh avenue on the North, Glenwood avenue and Fairmount Park on the West, Girard avenue, Girard College, and the College Avenue Redevelopment Area on the South, and Broad street on the East (excluding, however, the area bounded by Broad street, Eighteenth street, Susquehanna and Columbia avenues), known as the Midtown area, in accordance with the provisions of the ordinance approved May 19, 1950, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing and directing the execution of a Cooperation Agreement among The Philadelphia Housing Authority, the City of Philadelphia and the School District of Philadelphia, in connection with the construction, maintenance, and operation of ten thousand low-rent homes in the City of Philadelphia, by The Philadelphia Housing Authority," as amended. Whereas the ordinance approved May 19, 1950, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing and directing the execution of a Cooperation Agreement among The Philadelphia Housing Authority, the City of Philadelphia and the School District of Philadelphia, in connection with the construction, maintenance, and operation of ten thousand low-rent homes in the City of Philadelphia, by The Philadelphia Housing Authority," as amended, authorizes The Philadelphia Housing Authority to acquire existing, non-contiguous structures and tracts of land in a general area for reuse and development, provided that the Council first approves the general area and the maximum number of acquisition to be made for reuse and development; therefore

The Council of the City of Philadelphia hereby ordains:

SECTION 1. Approval is hereby given for the acquisition by The Philadelphia Housing Authority of not more than five hundred structures and tracts of land for reuse and development in the general area bounded by Lehigh avenue on the North, Glenwood avenue and Fairmount Park on the West, Girard avenue, Girard College, and the College Avenue Redevelopment Area on the South, and Broad street on the East (excluding, however, the area bounded by Broad street, Eighteenth street, Susquehanna and Columbia avenues), known as the Midtown area, in accordance with the ordinance approved May 19, 1950, as amended. CERTIFICATION: This is a true and correct copy of the original Ordinance approved by the Mayor on December 27, 1963.

NATHAN WOLFMAN, Chief Clerk of the Council.

[Report No. 104, Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 9, 1963]

STATEMENT OF THE CITIZENS' COUNCIL ON CITY PLANNING ON EXTENSION OF THE USED-HOUSE PROGRAM OF THE PHILADELPHIA HOUSING AUTHORITY

(Presented to a public hearing of the Committee on Municipal Development and Zoning, Dec. 3, 1963)

The citizens' council is pleased to support the extension of the used-house program of the Philadelphia Housing Authority. It is in accord with the basic purposes of Ordinance No. 2545-the provision of as many as 500 additional units of individual public housing. Citizens' council asks, however, that the present ordinance be amended to permit the housing authority to acquire these units throughout the city of Philadelphia, rather than confine the acquisition to a limited section of North Philadelphia.

Working through the Committee on Public Housing Development Policy, which it sponsors jointly with the Philadelphia Housing Association, the Citizens' Council on City Planning has long followed the development of the Philadelphia public housing program. In the opinion of the citizens' council, the pilot used-house program conducted in the Haddington area has shown that the acquisition of individual properties offers the most satisfactory method yet devised for providing public housing for low-income families.

One of the major advantages of this program over conventional public housing project construction is the relatively low initial cost of providing a suitable housing unit. Citizens' council believes that there are additional advantages to this program which are of equal or even greater significance.

1. Individual houses cannot be distinguished from well-maintained privately owned structures in surrounding areas. Thus, the institutional appearance of the public housing project is avoided and much of the stigma of low-cost housing is eliminated.

2. Individual families can readily be absorbed into the life of the community. Thus, by limiting the number to be settled in any one vicinity the impact of large numbers of public housing families on any area is avoided.

3. The used-house program provides the only effective method of providing a sizable number of units for the many large families which require four or more bedrooms.

4. The used-house program can be used as an element in neighborhood conservation or rehabilitation programs.

The citizens' council believes that the most appropriate method of extending the used-house program would be to permit the Philadelphia Housing Authority to acquire individual houses which meet acceptable criteria throughout the city. In this manner, families eligible for such housing would be able to continue to live in neighborhoods within which they had developed strong social and community ties. Further, the authority would be in a position to acquire houses at reasonable costs without artificially inflating property values in limited areas. In addition, houses could be selected in a manner which would contribute most directly to private efforts for community improvement as well as publicly sponsored renewal programs.

The citizens' council endorses and restates the recommendations developed by the Committee on Public Housing Development Policy on the extension of the used-house program:

1. The housing authority should be free to purchase suitable existing housing without concentrating in any single area.

2. Houses should not be acquired in the slum or near-slum areas.

3. Preference in selection of properties should be given to locations which provide the following: A setting conducive to normal family living, an active renewal program and under-used school capacity.

4. The Philadelphia Housing Authority, in acquiring existing structures for low-rent use, should place emphasis on the acquisition of houses with four, five, or more bedrooms.

5. The housing authority should make a study of the costs of operating large units, with the goal of developing a new subsidy formula if this proves necessary to permit the operation of units for large families.

Using these principles as a guide, the citizens' council believes that a sound and effective program can be instituted by the Philadelphia Housing Authority in all parts of the city in which appropriate houses can be found. Therefore, it urges that the city council amend ordinance No. 2545 to permit the acquisition of 500 additional units of used housing within the city of Philadelphia.

AMENDMENT TO COOPERATION AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 19, 1950, AS AMENDED, AMONG THE PHILADELPHIA HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA

This Amendatory Agreement made this 30th day of January 1959, by and between the Philadelphia Housing Authority (herein called the "Local Authority"), the City of Philadelphia (herein called the “City”) and the School District of Philadelphia (herein called the "School District").

WITNESSETH:

Whereas the Local Authority, the City, and the School District entered into a Cooperation Agreement, dated June 19, 1950, as amended, concerning the devel

opment and administration by the Local Authority of low-rent housing projects to contain a total number of dwellings not in excess of twenty thousand (20,000) units; and

Whereas the Local Authority wishes to avail itself of Federal funds proffered for the reuse and development of existing structures and tracts of land not necessarily contiguous; and

Whereas the parties desire to amend the said Cooperation Agreement by enlarging the definition of the term "Project" to include the concept of reuse and development of such existing structures and tracts of land;

Now, therefore, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained in the said Cooperation Agreement and in further consideration of the covenants hereinafter set forth, the parties do hereby agree to amend the Cooperation Agreement as follows:

1. Whenever used in this agreement:

(a) The term "Project" shall mean any low-rent housing hereafter developed as one operation by the Local Authority with financial assistance of the PHA and included within any program reservations issued to the Local Authority by the PHA which in the aggregate may not exceed twenty thousand units of low rent housing. A Project will generally be located on a single, site but may be on scattered sites, and may include the acquisition of existing structures and tracts of land, not necessarily contiguous, located in a general area, for reuse and development by the Authority, but no project shall be commenced on any site until such site or the general area, in the case of a reuse and development project, shall have been approved by the City Planning Commission, and, in those cases where the site or general area shall be within an area certified by the City Planning Commission for redevelopment, by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia. No acquisition for reuse and development shall be made (1) unless the Council shall have first approved the general area and the maximum number of acquisitions to be made therein for reuse and development by the Philadelphia Housing Authority, and (2) until the Authority shall have obtained an appraisal of the property to be acquired and has secured the approval of the Public Housing Administration of the purchase price thereof. Prior to final determination of any site, the Philadelphia Housing Authority shall hold a public hearing not less than ten days after advertisement thereof in three newspapers of general circulation in the City which advertisement shall adequately describe the location of the proposed site: Provided, however, that where the Authority determines to acquire existing structures and tracts of land for reuse and development, as aforesaid, such advertisement shall be sufficient and adequate if it describes the boundaries of the general area or areas concerned and states the maximum number of existing structures and tracts of land to be acquired.

2. Except as further amended above, the Cooperation Agreement, dated June 19, 1950, as amended, shall, in other respects, remain in full force and effect.

In witness whereof, the Local Authority, the City and the School District have caused this Amendatory Agreement to be executed in their respective names and have caused their respective seals to be hereunto affixed and attested as of the date first above written.

On the 30th day of January, A.D. 1959, before me, the Subscriber, a Notary Public in and for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, residing in the City of Philadelphia, personally appeared Richardson Dilworth personally known to me and to me known to be the Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, who being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he resides in the City of Philadelphia and is the Mayor of said City; that he affixed the seal of the said City of Philadelphia to the above and within Agreement and that the seal so affixed thereto is the common or corporate seal of the said City of Philadelphia, one of the parties to the foregoing Agreement; that the same was duly sealed by him as and for the act and deed of the said City of Philadelphia for the uses and purposes therein set forth; and the said Agreement was executed by him and the seal of the said City affixed thereto under and by authority of Ordinance of the Council of the said city of Philadelphia approved October 7, 1958; that he signed his name thereto by the same authority, and that the name of this deponent subscribed to said Agreement as Mayor of the said City in attestation of the due execution thereof is in deponent's own proper handwriting.

RICHARDSON DILWORTH. Sworn and subscribed before me, the day and year aforesaid. Witness my hand and Notarial seal. MARJORIE CARRALL,

My commission expires February 23, 1959.

Notary Public.

On the 9th day of February A.D. 1958, before me, the Subscriber, a Notary Public in and for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, residing in the City of Philadelphia, personally appeared Add B. Anderson, of the School District of Philadelphia, who being duly sworn according to law, says that he was personally present at the execution of the within Agreement and saw the common or corporate seal of the said Corporation duly affixed thereto; that the seal so affixed is the common or corporate seal of the said Corporation; that the said Agreement was duly sealed and delivered by Leon J. Obermayer, President of the said Corporation as and for the act and deed of the said Corporation for the uses and purposes therein mentioned, in accordance with a Resolution unanimously adopted at the meeting held January 14, 1958, and that the names of this deponent as Secretary and of Leon J. Obermayer as President of the said Corporation, subscribed to the within Agreement in attestation of its due execution and delivery, are in their and each of their respective handwritings.

ADD B. ANDERSON.

Sworn and subscribed before me, the day and year aforesaid. Witness my hand and Notarial seal. WILLIAM V. HOPKINS,

My commission expires February 17, 1959.

Notary Public.

On the 11th day of February A.D. 1959, before me, the Subscriber, a Notary Public in and for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, residing in the City of Philadelphia, personally appeared John B. Deans, Secretary of the Philadelphia Housing Authority, who being duly sworn according to law, says that he was personally present at the execution of the within Agreement and saw the common or corporate seal of the said Corporation duly affixed thereto; that the seal so affixed is the common or corporate seal of the said Corporation; that the said Agreement was duly sealed and delivered by P. Blair Lee, Chairman of the said Corporation as and for the act and deed of the said Corporation for the uses unanimously adopted at the meeting held January 8, 1959, and that the names of this deponent as Secretary and of P. Blair Lee as Chairman of the said Corporation, subscribed to the within Agreement in attestation of its due execution and delivery, are in their and each of their respective handwritings.

JOHN B. DEANS.

Sworn and subscribed before me, the day and year aforesaid. Witness my hand and Notarial seal. RITA D. BURNS, Notary Public.

My commission expires January 4, 1961.

July 1, 1956..

200,000

Housing Act of 1957.

(Plus $100,000 more at discretion of President. See Presidential approval in fiscal year 1959.)

200,000

350,000

Housing Act of 1959:

100,000

September 23, 1959.

July 1, 1960..

Housing Act of 1961.

Enacted authorization..

Fiscal year:

1950.

1951.

350,000

300,000

21,975, 000

3,975,000

$101, 400

1952..

1953.

1954.

1955.

1956

1957.

1958.

1959.

1960

1961.

1962.

1963..

342, 700 738,000 598, 300

3,323, 100

650,000 700,000

4,673, 100 701, 900

5,375,000

5, 375, 000

1 Reservations 1950-55 are reconstructed figures since authority was not controlled on reservation basis until December 1954.

2 Does not include $25,000,000 exclusively for mass transit demonstrations.

Or such higher amount as may be authorized by the Congress.

Source: Division of Budget and Management, Office of the Administrator, Feb. 6, 1964.