Annual Gross Income, by Type of Family, Under Section 235 Program, Annual Net Cash Flow as a Percentage of Net Rent Received by Periods of Page 723 Annual Net Contribution to Debt Depreciation and Profit as a Percentage of Net Rent Received by Periods of Tax Arrearage, New York City, Assets, By Type of Family, Under Section 235 Program, Fourth Quarter, 723 Backlog of section 236 applications by State, as of July 24, 1970.. 1834 679 Between 1960 and 1968, The Inventory of Undermaintained Housing Grew 918 Breakdown of Construction Costs in New York City-10 Trades Hourly 499 Calculation of Subsidy Needed in All U.S. Metro Areas, Renters Below Social Security "Economy" Standard, 1960.- Child Lead Paint Poisoning 1931-1967-.. Childhood Lead Poisoning-Estimated Cost Factors-Baltimore, 1969. City Worker Earnings, Consumer Prices, and Public Housing Operating Comparison of Housing Costs Under Various Programs (graph). Comparison of Proposed Income Limits Based on 80 Percent of Median Comparison of Proposed Income Limits With Section 235-236 Exception Comparison of Rent Under 1970 Legislation With Present Rents (as Comparative Hourly Wage Rates Including Fringe Benefits in Construc- Detailed Cross Reference Table Showing How Provisions of Existing Law Are Adopted, Changed or Omitted From Proposed Title V of Housing 1046 87 86 88 93 489 510 Detailed Cross Reference Table Showing Provisions of National Housing Act Adopted, Changed, or Omitted From Proposed Mortgage Credit 197-203 Detailed Cross Reference Table Showing Present Provisions of the United Detailed Cross Reference Table Showing How Provisions of Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961 Were Adopted, Changed, or Omitted From Proposed Section 401 of Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970--- Effect of Adoption of HUD Rent Formula Upon Nonwelfare Tenants in 511 Effect of 1970 Legislation on Present Rents (as Adjusted for Brooke) of 94 Federally Aided Projects-Nonwelfare Tenants-Comparison of Rent Under 1970 Legislation With Present Rents (as Adjusted for Brooke) by Foreclosures of Apartment Houses in New York City. 920 Gross Annual Income of Families of Whom Assistance Payments Are Made 718 General Trend of Mortgage Increases Over Past 5 Years (Cumulative List Page Fireproof (Reinforced and Concrete Plank) 498 498 Illustrative Cash Flow Statement: Inner-city Row Houses Held Free and 799 Local Government Grant Applications for Water and Sewer Assistance Not Maintenance and Operating Costs Have Risen Much Faster Than Con- 472 919 1061 Median Incomes, All U.S. Families and Families in Public Housing- 723 Monthly Mortgagor's Share, By Type of Family, Under Section 235 Pro- 724 Monthly Rent Controlled Maximums per Apartment by Periods of Tax 865 Monthly Rent Controlled Maximums per Thousand Square Feet by 864 Monthly Subsidy, By Type of Family, Under Section 235 Program, Fourth Mortgage amount by type of family, under section 235 program, fourth Normal Operating Reserve Requirements Compared With Actual Re- 724 724 510 114,000 Housing Units Have Been Abandoned or Withdrawn From the 917 Percentage Increases Since 1952 In Tenant Incomes, Rent Charged, and 509 Planning Requirements for Growth Policy (chart) 1805 Profile of Homeowners Under Section 235 Mortgage Subsidy Program, 722 Proposed Funding Authorization for Major HUD Assisted Programs 523 1016 Real Estate Tax Delinquency in Relation to Rent Reduction by Building 874 Rent Change (1955-59) as a Percentage of 1955 Rent by Periods of Tax 866 Rent Change (1959-63) as a Percentage of 1959 Rents by Periods of Tax 866 Rent Change (1963-67) as a Percentage of 1963 Rent by Periods of Tax 865 Rent Expenditure Patterns of Renter Families Gross Rents as a Percentage 510 725 Sale Price of Assisted Homes Insured Under Section 235(i) – Subsidized Homeownership Programs, Section 235, Existing Formula Subsidized Rental Program-A Hypothetical Aggregated Project, Special Subsidized Rental Program, Section 236, Existing Formula_ Subsidized Rental Program, Section 502, Special Formula for Use in Summary of Changes in Present Rent of Families in Public Housing (as 92 92 Summary of Results of ABA Survey of Commercial Bank Residential Page Mortgage Activity___ Tax Delinquencies and Vacant Buildings-Monthly Rent Controlled Maximums per Room by Periods of Tax Arrearage, New York City, 1967. 1247 864 Tax Delinquencies and Vacant Buildings-Number of Open Violations 862 Tax Delinquencies and Vacant Buildings-Periods of Tax Arrearage for 858 Tax Delinquencies and Vacant Buildings-Tax Arrearage by Borough, 860 Tax Delinquencies and Vacant Buildings-Summary of in REM Buildings. 877 876 Tax Delinquency—Interior Maintenance Rating by Tax Delinquent Versus 861 Tax Delinquency-Number of Structures by Periods of Tax Arrearage by Welfare Tenantry, New York City, 1968-- 863 Trend of Tenant Incomes and Wages of Authority Employees in Federally 509 United Nations Development Corp. Projected Land Acquisition and Construction Costs, July 1970_. 1369 HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT LEGISLATION OF 1970 FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1970 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY, SUBCOMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to recess, at 10:07 a.m., in room 5302, New Senate Office Building, Senator Edward W. Brooke presiding. Senator BROOKE. The meeting of the Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs will come to order. In the absence of our chairman, the distinguished Senator from Alabama, Mr. Sparkman, I will preside this morning. I have a statement which I will make and then immediately call witnesses according to the list which has been presented to you. I am very pleased that this committee has seen fit to hold hearings on the crisis in public housing and the problems encountered in seeking proper implementation of the Brooke amendment. I am also pleased that Senators Cranston and Goodell have joined with me in the introduction of Senate bill 4086 which is designed to clarify the legislative framework in which this program is to be executed. Last year, Senator Sparkman and I introduced legislation designed to alleviate intolerable conditions which have been allowed to exist far too long in public housing projects throughout the Nation. The Sparkman amendment made it clear that Federal assistance to local public housing authorities was not limited to debt service requirements, but could be extended to cover operating needs as well. The Brooke amendment authorized the Department of Housing and Urban Development to contract with local housing authorities to make payments for three purposes: First, to eliminate operating deficits which existed in public housing authorities when the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1969 was signed into law; Second, to assure that local housing authorities have sufficient funds to maintain adequate operating and maintenance services and reserve funds: And third, to make up the loss in rental revenue caused by reducing tenants' rents to a maximum of 25 percent of their incomes. At the same time, the 1969 act placed a ceiling equal to 25 percent of their incomes on the rent which public housing tenants pay. Seventy-five million dollars in contract authority was authorized for these three purposes. However, congressional intent was clear as |