is now prepared to pay the price. Massive and sweeping changes now to convince the deprived in our cities that they can live their cency and hope rather than in squalor and despair. We have come to the point where it is patently clear that a sin hensive and coordinated approach to the treatment of an entire area path which will produce a transformation of our city's image. T to plan and execute whatever action is deemed necessary in hous and transportation, community facilities, education, human betterme reference to specific project boundaries, represents a daring departu past. The city of Philadelphia is now prepared to take up the chal Developing homes and neighborhoods which finally eliminate pove cial insecurity as called for in this legislation means a marshaling and economic resources of the total community-the citizens and sionals the architects, sociologists, planners, builders, bankers, and ers of all types, as well as thousands of others. The route to large ments demands this level of investment. The direction to be take common acceptance of a common goal. Historians have said that past were never really designed for the common man. Now, for th in history, the resources can be assembled to design and build such reward, if we accept the challenge, may very well be uncommon citi common men. To this end, the city of Philadelphia, on the basis of of existing programs and proposals for their augmentation, is requ ning funds in the amount of $750,000 to give definition and precisio programs designed to meet President Johnson's 14 basic requirem demonstration program. Background THE PROPOSED PHILADELPHIA PROGRAM The format of this proposal is purposely cast to coincide with the requirements of the Demonstration Cities Act of 1966. The plans an that are now operational in the city of Philadelphia are definitely with each of these requirements, but the lack of funds has limited the ness to a mere fraction of what is really needed to produce a decent e Thus, for each of the eight requirements a summary statement conce ing programs is set forth as a goal yet to be achieved and is then fo proposal for extraordinary action which would be made possible by stration cities program. The city of Philadelphia is completely geared for such action as a 3-year effort on its community renewal program. The plans and r tions which emerged from that effort anticipated the philosophy demonstration cities program; namely, that the entire core of blig terioration must be considered as a single problem and a single Throughout the city's problem area the program called for an ever able distribution of renewal activity with the additional requiremer investment have a clearly demonstrable specific return. The major a for included selected clearance, accompanied by a relocation pla maximum coordination between the displacement rate and the conte crease in housing supply for the entire city, strengthening of remain and neighborhood environment, the injection of schools, communit apropriately priced housing, generators of economic activity, and ma tation facilities. This proposed demonstration program is set forth in the convicti is the logical and needed step toward consolidation of renewal ef fronts. We believe that the actions proposed herein will bring a stantial alteration in the physical and social environment for 20 pe city's population. General strategy for reducing segregation The program outlined below incorporates the following strategies reduce housing segregation by race and income levels: 1. The provision of first-rate schools strategically placed with ect area will attract families of all backgrounds who place the their children before other considerations. HOUSING LEGISLATION OF 1966 255 2. Through the new concept of community schools, the provision of social, economic, and medical services of every description to produce in the disadvantaged residents of the project area the upward motivation along with the skills that will enable them to survive in an environment of their own selection when and if they should decide to leave the ghetto area. 3. The production of well designed attractive neighborhoods reflecting totally new concepts in community living which will be sufficiently attractive to other than minority groups as a place to live. 4. Intensification of the full range of housing programs now operating throughout the city which have been specifically oriented to producing integrated housing and open occupancy. 5. The development of a program to generate employment for minority groups in suburban industrial and commercial centers. 6. Enlargement of a centralized housing information service to keep the low-income minority family informed on housing availability throughout the metropolitan area. I. SCOPE OF THE PROJECT A. Physical and social dimensions North Philadelphia constitutes the single most deteriorated, socially cancerous, and economically depressed area in the entire city. It covers an area of 5,000 acres and contains 15 percent of all the dwelling units in the city-shelter for 341,042 people. Table 1 places this area in relation to the city as a whole. The 8,978 derelict structures and rubble-strewn lots located in north Philadelphia comprise nearly 50 percent of all structures so classified in the entire city. These are some of the representative physical dimensions of the problem. A measure of the human dimension of the problem is set forth in the selected social indicators set forth below which were assembled from standard sources and based on data collected frequently and uniformly by agencies concerned with specific problem areas: TABLE 1.-Physical magnitude of the north Philadelphia problem North Philadelphia as a percent of total of city of Philadelphia Present programs.-1. Vacant housing: A proposed joint effort by the city of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Housing Authority, and the Philadelphia Housing Development Corp., to execute a concerted attack on the 20,000 derelict structures and lots cited in table 1 is awaiting Public Housing Administration approval. Five thousand of these units located in the north Philadelphia area will be the major target of the first year's effort. The program calls for an additional 5,000 to be treated each year for the succeeding 3 years in other sections of the city. 62-551 0-66-pt. 1- -18 The first year's expenditure is expected to amount to $80 million. To bolster thi 2. Code enforcement: Philadelphia has developed one of the stro enforcement programs of any city in this country. new program is now being drafted for approval by the Department o and Urban Development for funds amounting to $7.5 million to be sp 3-year period to bring 127,000 structures to code standard. Unfortun administrative restrictions of the program specified under the 1965 H prevents the application of any part of this accelerated effort to th north Philadelphia, where it is most urgently needed. 3. Public housing leasing program: As part of a citywide program delphia Housing Authority is now developing a plan for rehabilitatio dwelling units which will be tailored to the public housing leasing Rehabilitation costs 1 provided for in the Housing Act of 1965. program were to be borne by the landlord. The difference between th tive occupant's ability to pay rent and the competitive market lev defrayed by the housing authority. This program calls for an ann of $1 million. 4. Neighborhood amenities: The city has presently budgeted app $2,374,000 for neighborhood improvements which include two major centers, street and curb improvements, tree planting, improved stree traffic signals, and police and fire boxes. 5. The city has recently completed plans for a housing informati center: This office is to be financed by a section 207 demonstration g the Housing Act of 1949 as amended. It will provide guidance for and low-income families in their search for the best shelter available of the city at prices which they can afford. Proposed programs.-The three-pronged attack on blight and deca below is designed to reach every structure in the demonstration pr Obviously the magnitude of the action will create employment for of residents in the area as well as involve the participation of the munity. Succeeding sections will spell out how this marshaling of be achieved. 1. It is proposed that the remaining 4,000 derelict structures and in the north Philadelphia area not presently scheduled for treatm joint effort stated as item No. 1 under present programs above be in in the 6-year demonstration program. However, not all of these pro be rebuilt or totally reconstructed. For one of the goals will be th positioning of open green spaces, plantings, connecting walkways, a opening up of those areas long congested by rubble-filled lots and The budget for this program is estimated at $24 million. 2. Implementation of a comprehensive rehabilitation program for standard units: Here it is proposed that the low interest loan and sions for residential rehabilitation of the 1965 Housing Act be utilized ing owners who are willing to participate. Alternatively, of course ness to participate will mean major acquisition. A first estimate of this phase of the program would be $140 million. 3. It is proposed that the 110,000 structures in north Philadelp brought up to or above code standard within the 6-year period of the tion program. It is estimated that funds in the amount of $8 mill needed for the execution of this operation. C. Narrowing the housing gap Despite the fact that the city of Philadelphia has carried out a dyn renewal program over the past 17 years, there are still 8 square teriorated housing in the city of Philadelphia. Present programs, insufficiency of funds or delays in making them available, are unabl this deficiency at a pace which makes general upgrading of the cit stock possible. The extent of Philadelphia's housing supply problem has been dete recent market analysis. It is estimated that demand for 81,000 addi ing units for low- and moderate-income families will be generated 6 years by growing population as well as demolition for public devel grams. What follows is a schedule for the next 6 years of the addi ing supply expected to be produced by present city programs: HOUSING LEGISLATION OF 1966 Present programs-1. Philadelphia's 6-year housing program (1965–71) New dwelling units: (all agencies) 257 Urban renewal_. Public housing___. Total_____. Rehabilitated dwelling units: Public housing, used housing____ Urban renewal, conservation____ Philadelphia Housing Development Corp--. Total-. 6, 960 3, 419 10, 379 4, 630 13, 900 1,500 Total dwelling units_-_-_ 20, 030 30, 409 This schedule applies to renewal and conservation action throughout the entire city. However, even this figure is subject to revision. Conservatively, it is expected that the 6,960 units scheduled to be provided in urban renewal clearance areas will not be in the price range that low- and middle-income families can afford. In addition, the 13,900 units scheduled for conservation cannot really be recorded as net additions to the housing stock. At the maximum the entire program will produce only 9,459 additional units. This means that only slightly more than 10 percent of the city's low- and moderate-income families' new housing demand over the next 5 years will be met by this program. The anticipated gap is 71,000 units. Proposed program.-1. The city's goal is to create a floor in the level of physical and social existence below which it will no longer permit human beings to fall. The demonstration program proposes three major actions which will be executed concurrently. These include new construction, rehabilitation, clearance and replacement, and extension of the used house program. (a) New construction: Construction of a totally new environment is proposed for approximately 300 acres of available clear ground and/or air space in north Philadelphia, which will incorporate new design concepts in the general use of space, in neighborhood development, and in the individual family dwelling unit. The new enviroment would be orientated toward the human condition, the need for human interaction, the need for identification, and the need for some sense of beauty in one's environment. The housing units so constructed will represent the relocation accommodations for families to be displaced by various clearance projects that would be executed through the entire north Philadelphia area. They would also be part of the total supply of 71,000 new dwelling units required by 1970. At varying densities and dwelling units types these unused or underused space resources would be expected to accommodate as many as 13,500 single and multifamily dwelling units, and house a population approaching 55,000 persons. The investment here would approach a total of $150 million. (b) Rehabilitation: In the past 6 months two significant operations to facilitate rehabilitation on a broad scale have been constituted. The first is the Philadelphia Housing Development Corp., a nonprofit agency, funded by the city, in the amount of $2 million, which has the authority to acquire, rehabilitate and resell salvageable houses. It also has the authority to lend money to individual owners to complete rehabilitation programs. The second operation consists of a $20 million fund subscribed to by four lending institutions in Philadelphia. These funds are designated to be used in the purchase of FHA-insured first mortgage and home improvement loans. It is expected that these two operations will work closely together in dealing with the two possible decisions property owners will make under the demonstration pro gram. The decision to participate will mean that the owner, whether resident or absentee, will have extensive architectural, financial and community relations services available to assist him in carrying out his individual program. Where the decision is not to participate, the Philadelphia Housing Development Corp. as well as other cooperating agencies will be ready to acquire, rehabilitate, and resell such properties as a matater of normal operating procedure. In all likeli hood 7,000 to 10,000 of the 71,331 dwelling units judged to be sound housing census will require some form of maintenance and/or impro (c) Clearance and replacement: While extensive new constructio place, the pattern of demolition and replacement will, for experience stration purposes, require careful planning and be limited to one o projects at a time. With the gradual assemblage of cleared land area, which will permit total reconstruction on a neighborhood basis, experimentation in space planning and dwelling unit relationsh executed. (d) It is proposed that housing programs now operative through that are designed to produce integration and open occupancy be The used house program in particular will be intensified. A. Schools II. THE PLAN FOR COMMUNITY FACILITIES The Board of Education of the city of Philadelphia has adopted a s 6-year building program for the entire city. The program is kn K7-4-4 plan. It consists of lower schools of 3 years for presch first four grades, followed by 4-year middle and upper schools. The would be fairly uniform in the first 4 years, with differentiation in the middle 4 years through appropriate programs for those who s of leadership and academic accomplishments as opposed to those groomed for trades and technical responsibilities. Other curriculu special attention to slow learners. Separate high schools will devote to either.technical or academic training. Part of the construction program calls for facilities which have but are felt to be major steps toward accomplishing integration as viding new directions in education. The first is the concept of the m in which, initially, facilities will be added to existing high schools. net schools will provide instruction and training in concentrated su such as the sciences, fine arts, applied arts. In addition, special tuto would also be available. Under this program students could come part of the city to use the special facilities. Wherever possible, would be constructed or made available in the vicinity of these s concept of magnet schools will also be applied to lower level schools stration and laboratory purpses. As stated earlier, this part of P proposal is viewed as a key factor in achieving integration. The entire program places integration ahead of convenience and re fifth- to eighth-grade students can be expected to travel reasonab from their homes and would permit 63 percent of middle-school ch perience integrated education. High schools, on the other hand, likely to be placed in the fringe areas, that is, the outer, less densely of the city. This would permit schools to serve students drawn f population base and would set the stage for gradual merging of city a school systems. In addition, shared time programs, shared use of m centers and community schools are viewed as ways of increasing parochial school contact. Finally, there is the community school concept designed to develo leadership, bring about improvement in the physical and material the people, and a closer relation of curricular content and instructi with the life and needs of the immediate community. These sch ceived of as operating during evenings and weekends as well as th day. Within these community schools, there would be systems of individual services which will form the foundation for every prog services would include: 1. Diagnostic services for health, education, and welfare proble 2. Mental health services. 3. Leadership identification, recruitment, and training for re in new civic programs that are developed. 4. Cultural activities in the visual and performing arts. 5. Manual arts. 6. Employment services. 7. Communications and liaison services with other public agen |