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2 . IRIEP7KY ON 1F A1811RO (CONIF]EIRIENGIE - MAIMIS ON , W]ISiC ;GNSiIIN April 5 - 8, 1959 Mr. Sucher Igave a brief summary of the NAHRO Conference which he and Mr. Neidi-ah had attended in Madison.- Included in is summary were examples of how different "Fight Blight" organi- zations could be quite effective. A staff interprets the city's rehabilitation requirements to the property owners, and obtains lists of approved contractors. In some cases where the families involved don't have the money, the work is done by taking the monies from a revolving fund and paying the contractor with same. The family will then pay back into the fund. on a monthly basis. The money originally supporting this fund comes from private citizens, with $10, 000 being the original investment (in Wilmington, Delaware). He also rep rted that in general rehabilitation needs more ironing out. In some cities private construction firms have gone in and bought run down homes in sound neighborhoo s, rehabilitated them, and after the rehabilitation, got FHA commit - ments ands ld them at a profit. 3. EDIRG 051EED 'I�K1I&' YQ JERK IIUH.R11�3.� N IRIENIEV AIL, AIIDMIINIISiUIRA - '1 I1O ®FIFIICCIE - CCIIHIIICAGO Mr. Helmen brought up the fact that the planning process of the Sample Street Project seerned to be moving rather slowly, and wanted to know how faster action could be obtained. Mr. Sucher stated that our proposal was to complete the planning, and obtain the necessary approvals by the Planning Commission, City Council and Urban Renewal Administration on the project by July 1960. Some of the requirements just necessitate that amount of time, such as the three separate sets of appraisals for each of t e 350 properties in the area, with individual plan sketches and photos of all units, etc. The date of July 1960 has been based on the amount of work yet to e done. Mr. Sucher went on to explain that each major step takes one to two months for federal reviews. In the future, while federal reviews are being conducted, we hope to be able to spend this time on another project.