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South Ben4 Redevelopment Commission Regular eting - February 1, 1980 6. NEW BATS INESS Mr. H�11: Thank you very much. 0 Ms. A burn: T have a question relating to a policy issue. How do you choose the houses that you are going to purchase for Renew, because I noticed that the addresses are scattered throughout the City? Mr. Hill: The people who are going to live in them choose the houses and buy them from us. We talk to them about their credit situation and we tell them that they are going to be able to afford a house at this particular price range and tell them where the houses are locat d. They are then on their own. If they want help, we get in touch with the realtor. We.dr ve them around, and the staff also goes out aid makes a preliminary inspection. If we don't screen out the house for some reason or of er, then we invite in an appraiser to take Look at the house and find out what they think the house is worth. We then get an inspection from the Bureau of Housing to get an idea of what it is going to cost to rehab the house. All of this is done before an offer to purchase the house is made. The original selection comes from the people. Ms. A*burn: Thank you. f. Commission approval requested for Otder No. 2. with River emend Remod Incorporated, for an increase in contract P-Tice of 300.00, for an a–m-e—nded contract total of 52,310.40, at the address of T043 Portage, as pet letter from Ws. Kathryn Baumgartner, Acting Director B reau of Housing. Mrs. Baumgartner: The increase involves the installation of sub - floor, underlayment and tile in the bathroom of the house of James Williams, 1043 Portage. These items were omitted in the original contract ted September 13, 1979, and are necessary i order to bring the home up to standard.