Virginia M Se Homme Association
Virginia Home Bunders Asssention
ATCL301 titute of Arch tests
League of Wome Voters

American A atiuror + University Women
Virginia Modular Home Burder, Association
Three Hals Non-Profit Housing Inc
Legal Aid S Liety of Roanoke Valley
Ruanoke Valley Welfare Rights Org

Cencerned Citizers

Roanoke Valley Council of Human Relations

Governors Youth Advisory Council
Construction Spec fications Institute

West Virginia Housing Devel: pment Corporation
North Carolina Housing Corporation

Northern Virginia Fur Housing inc

Newport News H meownership Association
Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority
Richmond Housing CommiLS:CA
Norfolk City Planning Commission

Charlottsville Redevel, pment & Housing Authority

Progressive Community Club Inc
Southwest Virginia Housing Corp

T dewar Association of Home Builders
Peninsula Association of Home Builders
Southside Association of Hume Builders
Richmond Area Association of Home Bunders
Blue Ridge Assucation of Home Builders
Northern Virginia Association of Home Builders
Richmond Planning Commiss. ብ

Richmond Redevelopment & Housing Authority
Portsmouth Planning Commission
Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency
Fairfax County Coalition for Ho..s ng Action
Fairfax County Citizens for Adequate Housing
Neighbors for a Better Community

Lawrence W Cox (Consultant

Lynwood Robinson

James Scott

Mrs Doris Reiber

Richard Miller

Bernard Wiesman

Mrs Marguerite Thomas

Robert W Nordstrom

John Colem an

Mrs Witham Morris

Mrs Beverly Beidler

The Honorable W B Hopkins
Mrs Margaret Scattergood
The Honurable C R Burnette

Mr. Vincent Arbelaez

Gray Per

Eugene A Walsh

Juhr, Smith

Henry Walton

Mrs Evelyn C Furrow

Richard Meagher

Mrs Lucite Marsh

Mrs Charlotte Parker
M Fred Murs
Mr James Bardwir
Mrs Barbas, Har
Mrs Lucite Mor
Mrs Charette Farker
Mrs Sarah Croix an
Fred Moss Jr
Mrs L H LaRue

Rev Charles T. Green
James Baldwin
John J Beal. Jr.
Robert H Clark
William C Newman Ill
Steven Jones
JeRoyd W Green
Mrs Albert H. Las/day
Nevile C Jehrson
James H Bryant
Mrs Ruth Crone

Richard B Robertson
John W Max Jr
Joc E Eagles

Mrs Dianna Wrench
Revelle M Young
Leonard V Shelton
Le Gum an

Mark Sauers
Carlton F Moffatt
Meade Christian
Dalcy Craig
James Ha!. III

Mrs Robert Rattley
Marvin M. Parr
Irvin L Siege!

William J O Brien

Mrs Norvcate Downing
Col Robert Biglow

Lee Gifford

Mrs William Egelhoff
Thomas E Glascock
William Franklin
Wendell L Winn
Mrs Juanita Green
Mrs Emma N Brown
Hon H. H Bateman
Mabry L Minter
Jack H Shiver
Wayland W. Rennie
AJ Stadgh !!
Thomas Todd
Robert M Shannon

JA Kes ler Jr.

The Commission's Recommendations

State Department of Housing 34
Uniform State Building Code 35
State Housing Development Authority 36
Continuation of the Commission 38
Summary 39

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We Recommend Establishment of a State Department of

As the State becomes more and
more involved in housing activities,
so must the State initiate and im-
plement a statewide housing policy.
It is obvious that something must
be done to improve the quality and
supply of housing in Virginia. But
any actions must be the result of
continuing analysis, statistics and
program studies. In order to assure
the maximum results from such
programs it is essential that the
present fragmentation of housing
programs throughout the state
government be coordinated.

Housing

To implement a state housing
policy, housing needs to be ele-
vated to a position of state purpose
and concern. It needs to be granted
the same importance as health,
education, public safety, highways
and industrial development.

We therefore, recommend the
establishment of a State Depart-
ment of Housing to:

1 Establish housing policy and
goals.

2 Determine present and future
housing requirements of the State
and design programs to
coordinate the elements of
housing production to assure the
availability of housing where and
when needed.

3 Implement and administer
regulatory legislation related to
housing.

4 Assume administrative coor-
dination of the various state
housing programs now frag-

mented throughout state govern

ment and cooperate with the
various state agencies in their
programs as they relate to
housing.

5 Establish public information and
educational programs related to
housing. Devise and administer
programs designed to inform all
citizens about housing and
housing related programs that
are available on all levels of
government. Design and adminis-
ter educational programs to
prepare low income families for

home ownership and counsel
them during their first years as
homeowners. Promote education
programs to assist sponsors in the
development of low and moderate
income housing as well as
programs to lessen the manage-
ment problems of rental housing
management.

6 The Department of Housing
would be the mechanism by which
state government would relate to
the citizens of the State, and the
citizens to state government.
7 The Department of Housing
shall coordinate the preparation of
its plans and projects with the
Division of State Planning and
Community Affairs.