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Januar~ l~tJa~ lq42 all~, is net a credit ~o our City. The demolition of~such a-se,ctien will be a small loss,par- ticularly when compared~ ~e t-he tremendous~ benefit ~ be derived ~h~ugh t~he erection of adc - ~ildinge. While we ~pe Sha$~ ~e are never smbJec,~ ~o ~ aStmo~,, aPeas~.o.f-closely buit~,, f~msy~ns~e~e~es~i~ma~e,~.ly~p~ee~ ~ ~he prem!ees~,b~, wa,~er ~e more subJec~ to cemple-$e~des~e$i~on by lnee~dla~ ~mbs $~ prope~ly ~ns$~c~d dwel!imgs. The survey ~rk on ~e ~ea Is ~pproxl~te!y ~irty per cent coreD!etc. The entire pro~y ~s Deen appr~se~ options ~Ve been ob~ned, on eve~ sevent~ per cem~ ~ ~itle ex~i~$i~ is ove~ o~ne-~2~rd complete, We ~e~ ~e.~ended to ~te. app~mately $3,200.00 ~vema~e ~e~mttments for ~rvey ~rk, aDDraisals, option~, e~c. in the ~oun$ of app~mate~y $9,~0.00. ' Subsequen~ .~o the.~ ~op~e~l ~by ~he Presiders of o~ ~pli~n for~ El. n~ci~ Assts~ce~. and ~e execu~ion of-~amand ~ Contributions Oont~ct ~th ~he U.S. H.A.., we ~ve filed wi~h ~hem our reques~ for a temporary loan in the ~e~nt of $~GO0,~, wi~h ~i~ to fin~ce the p~se of p~per~ and prelimln~ work in ~nec$ion with the p~Jee$. !~ Is an~icipa~ed~ t~ ~is mone~ will be In ou~ ~s during the cu~en~ mont~ ~e Oommissio~s of ~he.Housing Aut~rtSy of t~ City of Po~s~u~h r~quest ~at this letter be re~ ~o ~he City Council ~d tha~ ~hey Call upon us for ~y f~he.~ Informatian w~ may assist ~hem in their consideration of ~ suggestion made by ~he Acting Mayor. Yours very truly, Housing AuthoriSy of the Cite o f Portsmouth By George T. MoLests, Chairman. Our Executive Director has Jus~ called my attention to the fact that a review of the ap- praisa! shee~sindica~es~that several of the buildings on the area seem to be sound enough~o, mo~e ~o ot~her sites and raise ~o standard dwellings~ We propose to offer them for sale, and o~-eperaSe wi~h the building department to the.end that ~hey may be provided with sanitary facilities ~ud made to comply with fire reE~lations on their new sites."