[National Capital Housing Authority, Annual Report 1972, for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1972]
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National Capital Housing Authority Annual Report 1972
PUBLIC HOUSING IN CRISIS
NATIONAL CAPITAL
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National Capital Housing Authority Annual Report for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1972
PUBLIC HOUSING IN CRISIS

NATIONAL CAPITAL HOUSING AUTHORITY
Washington, D.C. 20430
April 2, 1973
THE PRESIDENT The White House Washington, D. C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
In accordance with the Seventy-third Congress, the submits herewith its report 1972.
requirements of Public Law No. 307, National Capital Housing Authority for the fiscal year ended June 30,
Respectfully your
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’ER E. WASHINGTON National Capital Hou^i
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CONTENTS
Page
Letter of Transmittal	ii
Highlights of the Year. .. 1972	iv
Public Housing in Crisis	1
NCHA Organization and Personnel	2
Developing New Housing	5
Modernization	8
Management and Maintenance	10
Housing New Residents	16
Security and Special Projects	18
Community Involvement and Social Services 19
The Financial Picture	21
Appendix
LIST OF TABLES
Page
Table 1	NCHA Organizational Structure	2
Table 2	NCHA Employment	3
Table 3	Units Under Development	7
Table 4	Status of Projects Under
Development	7
Table 5	Housing under NCHA Manage-
ment, June 30, 1972	14
Table 6	Applications for Housing at the
End of the Fiscal Year	17
Table 7	Status of Bonded Indebtedness	22
Table 8	NCHA Statement of Receipts
and Expenditures	23
Table 9	Consolidated Balance Sheet,
June 30, 1972	24
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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR 1972
□ Acquired and occupied The James Apartments, a 151-unit building for the elderly located at 1425 N Street N.W.
□ Broke ground for four new townhouse sites in the Shaw Urban Renewal Area providing a total of 54 three-, four-, and five-bedroom houses to be offered under the Turnkey III Homeownership Program.
□ Housed 1,264 new families and elderly individuals in public housing, including 417 families displaced by public action.
□ Received a three-year, $892,087 grant from HUD for “Demonstrating a Comprehensive Management System”.
□ Implemented a new rent schedule in compliance with the Brooke Amendment.
□ Established a Grievance Procedure to give a resident or applicant who has a grievance with NCHA the right to a written answer to a written complaint and, if he is still dissatisfied, a hearing before an impartial Hearing Officer.
□ Added a Security and Special Projects Office to respond to crime and vandalism problems.
□ Developed “Operation Housewarming” to speed the process of unit restoration and reoccupancy.
□ Reduced the number of vacant units.
□ Opened Valley Green Day Care Center to be operated by the National Capital Area Child Day Care Association.
□ Ended the year with a deficit of $1,099,631 because sufficient operating subsidy funds were not available. Added to a carry-over deficit from fiscal year 1971, the cumulative deficit was $1,301,728.
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Public Housing in Crisis
During fiscal year 1972, conditions in the National Capital Housing Authority (NCHA) were similar to conditions in other large housing authorities in urban areas throughout the country. The Housing Authority was faced with multiple financial problems brought on by a reduction in rental income and subsidies and a continued increase in operating expenditures. Thus, at the close of the fiscal year, the Housing Authority had not even started to make many structural and site improvements that had been programmed for completion during the past twelve months. In spite of the cutback in planned activities, the Housing Authority closed the fiscal year with a deficit of $1.3 million.
However, noticeable accomplishments were made in the overall operation of the Housing Authority. To bring a positive change in operation, a massive and concerted effort was put forth to achieve a higher level of competency and efficiency in order to provide more and better services for the poor and disadvantaged families and individuals living in public housing in the Nation's Capital. We believe that this effort helped to relieve the strained relationship that had been building up for some time between management and residents of public housing. Actually, at the close of the fiscal year, NCHA staff and residents were working very closely to overcome many of the financial problems facing the Housing Authority. In addition, there was a noticeable resumption of efforts by many residents to improve their homes and work with neighbors to bring an improvement to public housing communities.
Although the Housing Authority's primary responsibility is to provide housing for low-income families who are unable to obtain housing in the private market, the Authority is concerned with the cultural, economic, health and social conditions of families who move into public housing. Thus efforts were made, with little success, to locate resources that could be channelled into the public housing communities. There still exists an overwhelming need to improve the economic and social fibre in the low-income communities. As has been alluded to in previous Annual Reports,
the trend of center city population growth shows that families remaining have all the syndromes of poverty.
While the future prospects do not appear rosy at this time for planned expansion of the housing stock for low-income families residing in Washington, D. C., the Housing Authority may have the opportunity to increase programs for upgrading the present housing inventory. Rehabilitation of the existing housing stock, regardless of the suitability of such action, will become imperative if future expansion does not take place.
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NCHA Organization and Personnel
THE AUTHORITY
Graham W. Watt, Assistant to the Commissioner of the District of Columbia (Deputy Mayor), continued as the “National Capital Housing Authority”, a designated responsibility he has held since January 2, 1970, pursuant to Executive Orders 11401 and 11571.
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES
During fiscal year 1972 NCHA continued to expand and restructure its administrative organization to increase the operating efficiency and effectiveness of the agency. The expansion of the Authority’s data processing system led to the creation of a new position, Special Assistant to the
Executive Director, with specific responsibility for the operation of this computerized information system. Another new position, Security and Special Projects Officer, was established in recognition of the severe economic and social impact on NCHA residents of the crime and vandalism problem. It is expected that financial assistance for the new security program will be available from the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration.
The expansion from two decentralized Group Management Offices to four Group Offices with significantly increased Management and Maintenance responsibilities is perhaps the most visible change in the Authority’s structure. Each office contains a Management Supervisor, a Maintenance Supervisor, and supportive staff. Each Group Office supervises several Area Offices. The latter manage one or more neighboring properties.
Table 1—NCHA ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
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In October 1971, the Training Officer was reassigned from the Division of Management to the Division of Administration. In March 1972, the Realty Officer, concerned primarily with leasing and acquisition programs, was transferred from the Division of Management to the Division of Project Development.
The responsibilities of the Management Aides located in the 16 NCHA Area Offices were clarified. More specific objectives relating to the social service function were included in recognition of the benefits accruing from improving social service assistance to residents at each Management Area.
Table 1 illustrates the revised organizational structure of the Housing Authority.
NCHA was one of thirteen local housing authorities whose proposals in response to a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) request for a proposal (RFP H-32-71 dated June 25, 1971) to “Design, Implement, Monitor and Document a Comprehensive Public Housing Management System That Provides Increased Tenant Services on a Cost-Effective Basis” were accepted. The contract was signed at the end of June and will be implemented early in fiscal year 1973. The three-year Management Demonstration at NCHA will focus on improving policies and procedures while simultaneously experimenting with innovative management and maintenance approaches. The proposal, prepared with the help of an outside consulting firm, incorporated many of the recommendations contained in two recent studies of the Housing Authority. These suggestions appear in the April 1970 Report of the Task Force on the Condition and Operation of NCHA and in the Comprehensive Consolidated Management Review of the National Capital Housing Authority conducted by HUD from January 18 through February 12, 1971. The organization of the Demonstration was designed to include a special Resident Involvement Workgroup and Workgroups in the areas of occupancy, maintenance, social services, security, development, administration, and planning and control. Each of the regular Workgroups will consist of NCHA staff, a resident,
and a consultant. The Resident Involvement Workgroup will be made up of the residents on the other Workgroups and a Chairman who will be a resident employed by the Authority especially for the Demonstration. All of the Workgroups will be under the direction of a full-time Demonstration Coordinator.
Total employment in the Authority at the close of fiscal year 1972 was 764 persons, as compared to total employment for fiscal year 1971 of 630 persons. Although staffing of General Schedule positions was restricted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, additional staff for maintenance and modernization activities was authorized.
During the fiscal year there were 281 employment accessions and 147 employment separations. Comparative statistics for the last two fiscal years are shown in Table 2.
Table 2—NCHA Employment
Employment Category	Number of Employees June 30, 1971	Number of Employees June 30, 1972
Permanent & Pro-		
bational		603	(95.7%)	741	(97.0%)
Temporary Limited		27	(4.3%)	23	(3.0%)
Total Employment		630 (100.0%)	764 (100.0%)
Veterans		240	(38.1%)	297	(38.9%)
498-713 0-73-2
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Developing New Housing
During fiscal year 1972 the National Capital Housing Authority continued in its efforts to produce low-rent housing for the low-income families of the District of Columbia. However, the goals of the Development Program for fiscal year 1972 were not reached for a variety of reasons, most of which stemmed from the lack of funds.
Construction continued on the 334 dwelling units at DC 1—46, Edgewood Terrace, where building construction started in fiscal year 1971. Completion and occupancy are expected in December 1972 or early January 1973 for both the 292 efficiency and one-bedroom elderly units and the 42 three-bedroom family units.
Construction was started on DC 1-73, Shaw Urban Renewal Area Sites 1, 2, 3, and 4, in April 1972. This project is located on four scattered sites and will have 13 three-bedroom, 36 four-bedroom and 5 five-bedroom units, for a total of 54 dwelling units. The proposal for DC 1-73 was offered to the Housing Authority in October 1969 by D. C. Frontiers, Inc., the local chapter of Frontiers International. The project suffered many delays from October until the start of construction because of cost problems. After working with many builders, D. C. Frontiers, Inc., was finally able to locate one, the United Housing Corporation, that was willing to produce the project for the available funds. DC 1-73 is being developed under the Turnkey III program with provisions for Homeownership Opportunities and is scheduled for completion in the early spring of 1973.
On December 29, 1971, Project DC 1-70, The James Apartments, was acquired by the Housing Authority for occupancy by the elderly. The James had been under consideration for quite some time and, when acquired, provided 151 sorely needed units for the city’s low-income elderly. The downtown location of this property provides housing with convenient access to all of the shopping, service, and transportation needs of its residents.
Planning proceeded intermittently on another project, DC 1-61, Knox Hill Replacement, and in December 1971 the Housing Authority was authorized to proceed with construction documents. In
April 1972, further review of the documents raised questions in the Area Office of HUD relative to the size of the project and the potential child population. At this time the approval of the preliminary documents was rescinded with the recommendation that the project concept be re-evaluated with a view to reducing the density and the number of children by decreasing the number of units. By the end of the fiscal year the re-evaluation and reduction had been accomplished and concept drawings completed.
During the fiscal year other projects were studied and formulated. None were proceeding at the end of fiscal year 1972 due to the inability of the Housing Authority to demonstrate that the cost of operating each project would not exceed 85% of the project’s income; a new HUD requirement. Projects falling in this category were DC 1-76, St. Mary's Replacement, and DC 1-80, Wylie Courts Turnkey III. St. Mary's Replacement proposed 120 dwelling units for the elderly on the former Title I site of St. Mary’s Apartments. The original property was built in 1938 and had deteriorated to a point where rehabilitation was both impractical and too costly. In March 1972 the Authority was authorized to award a contract for the demolition of the 24 existing units. The site has been cleared but no further planning or development activity has been authorized.
DC 1-80, Wylie Courts, is a 32 unit townhouse development in the H Street N.E. Urban Renewal Area offered to the Housing Authority by JDA Consultants, a firm from the West Coast, and the Redevelopment Land Agency. This project is to be built in conjunction with an FHA project on a non-contiguous site. At the end of the fiscal year authorization to proceed with this project had not been received.
DC 1-74, 51 townhouse units under Turnkey III in the Northwest Urban Renewal Area No. 1, remained in planning until the late fall of 1971. At that time it was determined that the prefabricated modules proposed by Stirling Homex, the developer, would not meet the requirements of the District of Columbia Building Code. The Developer attempted a redesign of the modules to comply
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The James Apartments
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with the building code but informed the Authority in March 1972 that the project could not be produced. Subsequently, the need for an additional elementary school in this project area resulted in a change in the project site location. The available area for this project has been reduced and will now permit construction of only 26 dwelling units. Other sites are being reviewed with the National Capital Planning Commission to permit development of the remaining 25 dwellings.
At the end of fiscal 1971, planning had been suspended on DC 1-72, Parkside Replacement, while a comprehensive analysis was being conducted by the D. C. Office of Housing Programs. Based on its studies and recommendations, the Authority abandoned the project and is currently proposing to dispose of the land.
One hundred and fifty-one (151) units were added to the National Capital Housing Authority’s inventory during the fiscal year by the acquisition of The James Apartments. At the end of the fiscal
year 917 units were under development in various stages, as shown in Tables 3 and 4.
Table 3—Units Under Development
Under Construction________________________________388
In Planning______________________________________ 306
Sub-Total____________________________________ 694
Projects Under Study_____________________________ 223
Total________________________________________ 917
Although the production record for the past year has not been encouraging, the National Capital Housing Authority’s Development Division will continue to seek methods of producing quality housing at reasonable costs and hopefully, through joint efforts with the Division of Management and the Maintenance Engineering Office, find solutions to the problems encountered.
TABLE 4—STATUS OF PROJECTS UNDER DEVELOPMENT							
PROJECT NUMBER	NAME	NUMBER OF UNITS	BOUNDARY APPROVAL	DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM	PLANNING	CONSTRUCTION	INITIAL OPERATING PERIOD
DC-1- 49 DC-1- 56 DC-1- 61 DC-1- 72 DC-1- 46 DC-1- 73 DC-1- 74 DC-1- 76 DC-1- 78 DC-1- 80	CONVENTIONAL PROJECTS: HOPKINS PLACE STODDERT MODERNIZATION KNOX HILL (REPLACEMENT) PARKSIDE (REPLACEMENT) TURNKEY a ACQUISITION PROJECTS: EDGEWOOD TERRACE SHAW SITES 1,2,3, a 4 SUB-TOTAL PROJECTS UNDER STUDY N.W. URA - SITE 5 ST. MARY'S REPLACEMENT V-ST. HOUSES WYLIE COURTS SUB-TOTAL GRAND TOTAL	118 42 146 334 54				0	
							
							
								
			P R 0 J	E C T	A	B A N D 0 N E		
							
									
		694 51 1 20 20 32					
		223 917					
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Modernization
In addition to developing new buildings to increase its housing supply, NCHA devotes considerable time and attention each year to the modernization of existing properties. This year the Maintenance Engineering Office obligated contracts totaling approximately $4,000,000 and ranging in scope from roof and heating system repairs to the rehabilitation of vacant and firedamaged units. The monies for these renovations come from the NCHA Operating Budget and from a Modernization Program which is financed separately by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
OPERATING BUDGET MODERNIZATION
Security locks and door views were ordered for all the exterior doors at 25 properties in order to provide the residents with added security. NCHA also contracted for the installation of exterior doors and door frames for all of the 432 dwelling units at Barry Farm, DC 1-9. In another measure to provide increased protection, security window guards were installed at some properties. The air conditioning system at Claridge Towers (DC 1-60), a 343 unit high-rise building for the elderly, was completed during the year. Another project to receive interior improvements was Kenilworth Courts, DC 1-19. Units there had kitchen and bathroom faucets replaced.
In an effort to improve the heating system at Langston Dwellings, DC 1-25, two new boilers
Improving the Security of Residents
were installed and a portion of the underground heating lines repaired.
The exteriors of all the units at four properties —East Capitol Dwellings (DC 1-18), Benning Terrace (DC 1-22), Stoddert Dwellings (DC 1-26) and Carrollsburg Dwellings (DC 1-7)—are being painted.
SEPARATE MODERNIZATION PROGRAM
The separately financed Modernization Program included funds to renovate the heating systems of several properties and significant progress was made this year in continuing the improvements. At Lincoln Heights, DC 1-13, contracts were awarded to replace approximately two-thirds of the domestic and underground piping systems which supply heat and hot water to the units. Of the total work requirement, approximately 33% had to be deleted from the contract because the original contract amount exceeded the budgeted funds. Twelve (12) new boilers were installed at Carrollsburg Dwellings, DC 1-7, and ten (10) at Fort Dupont, DC 1-1, completing the modernization of the heating plants at these locations.
Refrigerators were replaced in 250 units at Carrollsburg Dwellings and the units at Fort Dupont are being plastered by the Maintenance Engineering Plastering Crew.
Contracts were awarded for brick veneering and window and door replacement for the 303 units at DC 1-4, Frederick Douglass Dwellings, and the work is well on the way to completion. In addition, plastering has been completed in all of the occupied units. Plans are underway to correct the drainage and to rehabilitate the grounds.
The Day Care Center at Valley Green, DC 1-51, was completed and opened this year. Another community project, a Community Center for Lincoln Heights, remains in the planning stage.
A contract was awarded for the installation of trash compactors at Carrollsburg Dwellings (DC 1-7) under one phase of the Modernization Program while another phase is providing compactors for eleven (11) other NCHA properties. HUD approved the $801,800 program for the eleven
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New Brick Veneering at Frederick Douglass Dwellings
properties in September of 1970 but no funds were received until this fiscal year. Compactors have been installed at Greenleaf Gardens (DC 1-21), Arthur Capper Dwellings (DC 1-20), and Garfield Terrace (DC 1-37). These compactors replaced the incinerators in compliance with the D. C. regulations on environmental control. The Authority is awaiting final funding from HUD before awarding contracts for the eight (8) other properties authorized to receive compactors.
The rehabilitation of vacant units, insofar as funds were available under another phase of the HUD-financed Modernization Program, was completed at Sheridan Terrace (DC 1-31), Stoddert Terrace (DC 1-23), Lincoln Heights (DC 1-13), East Capitol Dwellings (DC 1-18), Hopkins Apartments (DC 1-30), and Barry Farm (DC 1-9).
Other projects awarded but not completed by the end of this fiscal year included Benning Terrace (DC 1-22), Arthur Capper Dwellings (DC 1-20), and Lincoln Heights (DC 1-13). In all, 261 units were rehabilitated by contract under this phase.
Of the total units completed, the D. C. Department of Corrections was responsible for 84 under an experimental program started during the last fiscal year. Of benefit to residents, the Corrections Department, and NCHA, this program is expected to continue in fiscal year 1973. Buildings were converted to Halfway Houses, first at Lincoln Heights and then later at Barry Farm due to the work requirements in this area, for some of the “work release’’ personnel under the supervision of the Department of Corrections staff. The presence of these workers on a 24-hour basis provides a deterrent to the vandalism which plagues the Authority. The men involved in this program to rehabilitate dwelling units are skilled and semiskilled craftsmen and they are paid the prevailing wage rates. Using manpower under the supervision of the Department of Corrections has enabled the Authority to rehabilitate more units within the budgetary limits than the use of private contractors would have allowed.
The Authority continued to be plagued with the necessity to reduce the scope of work in the different phases of the Modernization Program in order to award contracts within the budgetary limits for the various properties.
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Management and Maintenance
Effective and responsive management of low-income housing is the primary function of the public housing program. Such management encompasses a variety of responsibilities ranging from rent collection to maintenance and the restoration of vacant units to occupancy.
In fiscal year 1972 the Division of Management completed a reorganization process initiated a year ago upon the recommendation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The expansion mentioned earlier to four supervisory Group Offices has resulted in more effective supervision and guidance of staff at the property level. In turn, communication between residents, field staff, and Central Office staff has dramatically improved.
The key aspects of the Division of Management's year included some new elements. One was the implementation of the second phase of the Brooke Amendment to the Housing Act of 1969. This Amendment limited the amount of rent which could be charged to public housing residents to 25% of their income after certain exemptions and deductions. In order for this new rental rate to be determined, each family’s income had to be reexamined.
A second new feature which became operational during the year was the NCHA Grievance Proce-
Horizon House & NCHA Central Office
Stewart Bros. Inc.
dure. This established a formal opportunity for residents and applicants, who had problems with some aspect of NCHA operation, to bring these problems before an impartial Hearing Officer.
Rent collection continued to decrease in fiscal year 1972. NCHA records show that 3,185 residents owed a total of $1,565,323 at the end of the fiscal year. Some residents say that they are on a rent strike because of poor maintenance service. The Authority, not wanting to evict residents but only to collect the rent which is due so that essential maintenance work will not be further hampered by additional loss of revenue, has been forced in many cases to begin eviction procedures for non-payment of rent. The new Grievance Procedure allows each resident the opportunity to have a hearing conducted by a Hearing Officer. If a resident waives his right to a hearing or if the Hearing Officer decides in favor of the Authority, then NCHA may take the case to the Landlord and Tenant Court. It is estimated that the period from the first step taken in the eviction process through the Grievance Hearing to the court trial is about nine months. There were very few evictions during the year.
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Maintenance has been a perennial problem for the Authority. In recent times, sufficient funds, even for necessary repairs, have not been available in a period of soaring expenses. Ordinary maintenance costs per unit month rose 25.5% in one year, from $34.38 in 1971 to $43.15 in 1972. Realizing the seriousness of NCHA’s inability to keep up with repairs, HUD suggested that the Authority implement a five year financial plan to improve the maintenance program. This plan called for additional subsidy money that would be available for all five (5) years, beginning in fiscal year 1971, and was intended to enable the Authority to bring all units up to D.C. Housing Code standards. HUD’s own estimate, made in February 1971, placed the cost of this undertaking at over $11 million. This year’s budget as approved by HUD incorporated the added money but the budget was revised during the year and the subsidy figure which resulted was $3,489,370 less than had been allowed originally.
At the beginning of the fiscal year there were 712 vacant units scattered throughout the Authority. Virtually all of these units were vacant because they needed repairs, in many cases major repairs, before they could be re-rented. Many units had been vandalized after their former occupants had moved out and before the required repairs, which might well have been only minor, could be made and new residents found. This serious vandalism problem, which is not new to
the Authority, compounds maintenance difficulties. A vigorous campaign was launched to protect vacated units and to time the inspections made by the D.C. Office of Licenses and Inspections to coincide with the completion of repair work. Scheduling was also coordinated with the Occupancy Office so that units could be occupied as quickly as possible.
The newly established Management Group Offices of NCHA, the D.C. Department of Corrections, and private contractors were responsible for the completion of many units needing major repairs. The Area maintenance staffs scheduled and prepared for occupancy dwelling units which required minor repairs. Although the rate of turnover remained high, the Housing Authority was able to maintain a constant reduction each month in the number of vacant units. At the end of the year the number of vacant units had been reduced by 18% to 584. This reduction of vacancies in NCHA has had a positive effect not only on the atmosphere of Authority properties but also on the stabilization of neighborhoods which include these properties.
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J 14 TH STREET URA K H-STREET URA
NO.	NAME	DWELLING UNITS
73 SHAW URA - SITES 1.2,3 8,4 * 54 .
74 NORTHWEST ONE URA-SITE* * 51 .-
75 CAPITOL VIEW PLAZA-HOPLIF 92 - -
76	ST.MARY'S (REPLACEMENT)	120	1
7 8	V-STREET HOUSES (REPLACE.)	2 0	•	»	J
7 9	WILLISTON MODERNIZATION	3 1
8 0	WYLIE COURT H-STREET	3 I	y*
8 1	PROJ.REHAB.(SCATTERED SITES) 160 V*"
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PUBLIC HOUSING NATIONAL CAPITAL HOUSING AUTHORITY NO.	NAME	DWELLING UNITS
S	ST. MARY'S APARTMENTS	24
V	V STREET HOUSES	18
W	WILLISTON APARTMENTS	31
I	FORT DUPONT DWELLINGS	322
2	ELLEN WILSON DWELLINGS	134
3	JAMES CREEK DWELLINGS	267
4	FREDRICK DOUGLASS DWELLINGS	303
7	CARROLLSBURG DWELLINGS	314
8	KELLY MILLER DWELLINGS	169
9	BARRY FARM DWELLINGS	432
13	LINCOLN HEIGHTS DWELLINGS	440
14	STANTON DWELLINGS	348
15	PARKSIDE ADDITION	42
16	HIGHLAND ADDITION	246
17	RICHARDSON DWELLINGS	190
18	EAST CAPITOL DWELLINGS	577
19	KENILWORTH COURTS	422
20	ARTHUR CAPPER DWELLINGS	612
21	GREENLEAF GARDENS	456
22	BENNING TERRACE	274
23	STODDERT TERRACE	200
24	SYPHAX GARDENS	174
25	LANGSTON DWELLINGS	274
29	SiBLEY PLAZA	246
30	HOPKINS APARTMENTS	158
31	SHERIDAN TERRACE	183
34	PARK MORTON APARTMENTS	174
35	GREENLEAF ADDITION	32
36A	WOODLAND TERRACE	234
36B	KENTUCKY COURTS	163
36C	CARROLL APARTMENTS	60
37	GARFIELD TERRACE	279
38	EASTGATE GARDENS	230
39	A	LE DROIT APARTMENTS	124
39B	GREENLEAF EXTENSION	4
40	LANGSTON ADDITION	34
42	DEANWOOD GARDENS	56
43	POTOMAC GARDENS	352
44	MONTANA TERRACE	155
46 EDGEWOOD TERRACE *	334
48	6TH AND H STREET LOCATION
49	HOPKINS PLACE * *	118
50	SURSUM CORDA	28
51	VALLEY GREEN	350
53	HIGHLAND MODERNIZATION	196
54	HIGHLAND EXTENSION	12
56	STODDERT MODERNIZATION**	42
57	FORT DUPONT ADDITION	87
60	CLARIDGE TOWERS	343
61	KNOX HILL REPLACEMENT**	254
62	HORIZON HOUSE	105
64	FT. LINCOLN URA-PROJ. NO. I	120
65	JUDICIARY HOUSE	270
67	CAPITOL VIEW PLAZA-ELDERLY	228
68	HARVARD TOWERS	193
69	REGENCY HOUSE	160
70	THE JAMES APARTMENTS	151
PROJECTS UNDLR CONSTRUCTION *■
PROJECTS UNDER PLANNING
Table 5—Housing Under NCHA Management,			June 30, 1972								
Area		Housing	Year	Dwelling							
No.	Program Property Name and Location	Act	Built	Units On Site	0-BR	1-BR	2-BR	3-BR	4-BR	5-BR	6-BR
1	GREENLEAF GARDENS, 1, N, Canal and 3rd SW	 GREENLEAF ADDITION, NW corner of Delaware Ave.	1949	1959	456	—	16	294	86	40	20	—
	& M St. SW		1954	1960	32	—	—	24	4	4	—	—
	JAMES CREEK DWELLINGS, M,0, Half and IstSW....	1949	1942	267	—	44	196	8	9	—	10
	SYPHAX GARDENS, 0, P, 2nd & Half SW		1954	1960	174	—	—	126	48	—	—	—
	GREENLEAF EXTENSION, 3rd and M St. SW		1954	1965	4	—	—	—	—	4	—	—
	Total				... 933	—	60	640	146	57	20	10
II	ARTHUR CAPPER DWELLINGS, 2nd, 7th, M & Virginia										
	Ave. SE		1949	1958	612	—	80	419	88	25	—	—
	CARROLLSBURG DWELLINGS, 1, M, 3rd and 5th SE..	1937	1941	314	—	96	194	24	—	—	—
	ELLEN WILSON DWELLINGS, 1,6th and 7th SE		1937	1941	134	—	72	34	28	—	—	—
	CARROLL APARTMENTS, 410 M St. SE		1954	1964	60	—	”60	—	—	—	—	—
	Total				... 1120	—	308	647	140	25	—	—
III	BARRY FARM DWELLINGS, Sumner & Wade Roads & Firth Sterling Ave. SE	 SHERIDAN TERRACE, Sheridan Road between How-	1949	1943	432	—	—	194	190	38	—	10
	ard & Pomeroy Roads SE			1954	1960	183	—	—	100	45	29	9	—
	Total						615	—	—	294	235	67	9	10
IV	FREDERICK DOUGLASS DWELLINGS, Alabama Ave.										
	& 21st St. SE		1937	1941	303	—	—	289	—	4	—	10
	STANTON DWELLINGS, Alabama & Stanton Road SE.. WOODLAND TERRACE, Langston Place, Bruce Place,	1949	1952	348	—	20	96	136	56	40	—
	Reynolds Place and Ainger Place SE		1954	1964	234	—	36	42	78	39	26	13
	Total				885	—	56	427	214	99	66	23
V	LANGSTON, Benning Road & 21st NE		PWA	1937	274	—	180	88	6	—	—	—
	LANGSTON ADDITION, 21st & H NE		1954	1965	34	—	—	—	26	8	—	—
	FORT LINCOLN, 2855 Bladensburg Road NE		1965	1971	120	*‘96	”24	—	—	—	—	—
	Total							428	96	204	88	32	8	—	—
VI	KELLY MILLER DWELLINGS, W, 5th and Oakdale Place NW	 PARK-MORTON APARTMENTS, Park Road and	1937	1941	169	—	54	87	28	—	—	—
	Morton St. NW		1954	1961	174	—	—	174	—	—	—	—
	V STREET, V between 4th & 5th NW..			1934	1938	18	—	—	18	—	—	—	—
	WILLISTON, W between 2nd & 4th NW		1934	1937	31	18	7	6	—	—	—	—
	GARFIELD TERRACE, 11th & Florida Ave. NW		1954	1965	279	—	”228	—	42	9	—	—
	LEDROIT, 4th & W Sts. NW		1954	1965	124	—	”106	—	18	—	—	—
	Total							... 795	18	395	285	88	9	—	—
VII	EAST CAPITOL DWELLINGS, E. Capitol at DC Line NEand SE.		 EASTGATE GARDENS, 50th St, 51st St, E, F, & G	1949	1955	577	—	36	204	157	147	33	—
	Sts., Drake Place & 50th Place SE		1957	1966	230	—	—	—	124	57	22	27
	Total				807	—	36	204	281	204	55	27
VIII	LINCOLN HEIGHTS, 50th & Washington Place NE		1949	1945	440	—	66	225	107	42	—	—
	RICHARDSON DWELLINGS,53rd and Clay Sts NE		1949	1953	190	—	—	67	80	19	24	—
	DEANWOOD GARDENS, 54th, 55th, and Clay Sts. NE...	1957	1965	56	—	—	—	—	—	56	—
	Total				686	—	66	292	187	61	80	—
IX	HIGHLAND DWELLINGS, Condon Terrace and										
	Atlantic St. SE		Lanham	1942	208	—	28	99	53	3	9	16
	HIGHLAND DWELLINGS ADDITION, 8th, 9th, Valley Ave., & Wheeler Road SE	 VALLEY GREEN, Wheeler Road, Varney Place, Valley	1949	1954	246	—	—	72	124	36	14	—
	Ave. SE		1957	1964	320	—	37	60	74	74	75	—
	Total				774	—	65	231	251	113	98	16
											
											
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Table 5—Housing Under NCHA Management, June 30, 1972 (Cont.)
Area No.	Program Property Name and Location	Housing Act	Year Built	Dwelling Units On Site	0-BR	1-BR	2-BR	3-BR	4-BR	5-BR	6-BR
X	BENNING TERRACE, G between 47th & Alabama Ave. SE		1954	1960	274					48	176	25	25	—
	FORT DUPONT DWELLINGS, Ridge & Anacostia Roads SE				1937	1940	322	2	108	157	55	—	—	—
	STODDERT DWELLINGS, Ridge and Anacostia Roads SE		Lanham	1942	46	—	—	44	—	—	—	2
	STODDERT TERRACE, Ridge Road between Anacostia Ave. & D SE		1954	1960	200	—	—	8	88	72	32	—
	FORT DUPONT EXTENSION, Corner of Ridge Road and D Street SE				1965	1971	87	—	—	—	87	—	' —	—
	Total						929	2	108	257	406	97	57	2
XI	KENILWORTH COURTS, Kenilworth Ave., between Douglass & Eastern Ave. NE		1954	1959	422			—	36	207	119	60	—
	PARKSIDE ADDITION, Anacostia Ave., between Grant & Hayes NE..					1949	1957	42	—	—	42	—	—	—	—
	Total								464	—	—	78	207	119	60	—
XII	HOPKINS APARTMENTS, K, L, 12th, 14th StreetsSE..	1954	1960	158	—	—	108	50	—	—	—
	KENTUCKY COURTS, 13th, 14th, C & D Sts., Kentucky Ave. SE		1954	1964	163	—	118 (**76)	45	—	—	—	—
	POTOMAC GARDENS, 1, G, 12th and 13th Streets SE...	1961	1968	352	—	**144	64	144	—	—	—
	Total						673	—	262	217	194	—	—	—
XIV	CLARIDGE TOWERS, 12th & M Sts. NW		1965	1967	343	**285	**58	—	—	—	—	—
	HORIZON HOUSE, 1150-12th St. NW		1965	1967	106	**79	**27	—	—	—	—	—
	JAMES APARTMENTS, 1425 N St. NW		1965	1960	151	**105	**46	—	— •	—	—	—
	Total										600	469	131	—	—	—	—	—
XV	JUDICIARY HOUSE, 461 H St. NW			1965	1968	271	**155	**114	2	—	—	—	—
	Total				271	155	114	2	—	—	—	—
XVI	HARVARD TOWERS, 1845 Harvard St. NW			1965	1964	193	**175	**18	—	—	—	—	—
	REGENCY HOUSE, 5201 Connecticut Ave. NW		1965	1964	160	**123	**36	1	—	—	—	—
	Total				353	298	54	1	—	—	—	—
	GRAND TOTAL (PROJECTS)		—		.. 10,333	1,038	1,859	3,663	2,381	859	445	88
XIII	Housing Under Private Management CAPITOL VIEW PLAZA, 5901 East Capitol Street		1965	1971	320	**184	**44		37	37	18		
XVII	SIBLEY PLAZA, North Capitol and M Streets NW		1961	1968	246	—	**144	80	—	22	—	—
XVIII	MONTANA TERRACE, Montana Ave., 15th & Bryant Sts. NE				1961	1968	155	—	—	—	89	36	14	16
	Total					721	184	188	80	126	95	32	16
XIX	Special Programs: Rehabilitation—DC 1-41				10			—	—	4	5	1	—
	Sursum Corda—DC 1-50				28	—	—	—	10	10	4	4
	Leased Housing—DC 1-55				225	—	32	12	34	92	33	22
	Rehabilitation—DC 1-77				11	—	—	4	7	—	—	—
	Acquisition—DC 1-58				97	—	1	4	62	16	3	11
	Total				371	—	33	20	117	123	41	37
	Grand Total (All Housing)		—		.. 11,425	1,222	2,080	3,763	2,624	1,077	518	141
** Units for Elderly—2327
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Housing New Residents
Townhouses at Capitol View
In fiscal year 1972 NCHA housed 1,264 new families. This figure includes 417 families displaced by government action and 99 families of veterans and servicemen. In addition, 254 families already living in NCHA homes were transferred within or between properties. Virtually the total supply of four-, five-, and six-bedroom units which became available was occupied by displaced families because the Authority was compelled by the lack of funds to restrict the number of transfers within NCHA. Each transfer means that the maintenance staff must complete two units, the new unit and the vacated unit which must be prepared for reoccupancy.
The Occupancy Office conducted a total of 2,251 personal interviews with applicants during the fiscal year (as compared to 3,481 in fiscal year 1971). A great number of these were scheduled in expectation that the still uncompleted Edgewood Terrace would be available, and as a result, a considerable workload was generated in necessary review and reverification.
A total of 2,828 processed applications were referred to the Area Offices for possible assignment. Those offices returned to the Occupancy
Office 1,601 folders for applicants who for various reasons were not assigned—e.g., units were refused or not yet ready for rerenting, applicants failed to respond to communications or family circumstances of income and/or composition had changed.
In connection with “Operation Housewarming”, a special project to restore to occupancy quickly units needing only minor repairs, an unusual telephone survey was made to determine which of the families whose record processing had been completed would accept the first available units and be able to move in on very short notice. This information is now obtained at the personal interview.
Special-handling status was extended to residents being displaced by Metro from the Conard, a privately owned apartment building, for assignment to The James.
Notices of ineligibility were sent to 1,020 applicants, 104 of whom responded by appearing in person to discuss their status. None filed complaints.
The most significant changes in applications on hand are the increase in applications for 0-bedroom (efficiency) units and the decrease in those for three-bedrooms. Although we have considerably increased our supply of efficiencies, the growth in the elderly population and the publicity given our acquisitions for the elderly would account in large part for the increased demand for this unit size. Another contributing factor is the displacement of many single persons from the Fourteenth Street corridor. The unusual decrease in the three-bedroom waiting list is partially due to the opening in 1971 of the 87-unit Fort Dupont Addition which consists entirely of three-bedroom units, and partly to the loss of applicants who had waited so long for assistance that they either could not be located or were no longer interested enough to respond to communications from the Authority. An inventory of applications on hand on June 30, 1972, on June 30, 1971, and a comparative analysis are found in Table 6.
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Table 6—Applications for Housing at the End of the Fiscal Year FISCAL YEAR 1971										
	Total	0-1	IE	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
On Hand			 5165	1387	57	304	976	928	1090	363	56	4
Displaced			 275	17	3	11	48	47	94	38	15	2
Veterans			 273	34	12	13	6	25	141	42	0	0
All Others			 4617	1336	42	280	922	856	855	283	41	2
FISCAL YEAR 1972										
On Hand			 5760	1835	70	403	1237	650	1153	351	58	3
Displaced			 319	84	1	26	62	31	60	42	13	0
Veterans			 295	38	20	20	26	29	134	25	3	0
All Others			 5146	1713	49	357	1149	590	959	284	42	3
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS										
On Hand			 +595	+448	+13	+99	+261	-278	+ 63	-12	+2	-1
Displaced			 +44	+ 67	- 2	+15	+ 14	- 16	- 34	+ 4	-2	-2
Veterans			 +22	+ 4	+ 8	+ 7	+ 20	+ 4	- 7	-17	+3	0
All Others			 +529	+377	+ 7	+77	+227	-266	+104	+ 1	+1	+1
										
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Security and Special Projects
The Office of Security and Special Projects was created by the Authority on March 15, 1972. It was established primarily to combat the conditions of frequent crime, vandalism, and community disruption which occur in public housing.
SECURITY
The first mission of the new Office was to work in conjunction with residents and staff to develop a proposal for an on-site security force. A total program was developed at a cost of approximately $1,220,000 and a proposal for a Discretionary Grant of $993,841 was submitted to the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA). LEAA notified NCHA in June that it could not approve this request due to limited funds but suggested that we apply for a Block Grant which would be awarded by the LEAA "State Planning Agency" for the District of Columbia, the Office of Criminal Justice, Plans and Analysis. The proposal was being appropriately revised as the fiscal year ended.
The Security Office has also been meeting with staff, residents, and the contract security services to improve the effective use of existing resources.
The main objectives of the Security Office for the next year are two:
•	To reduce the incidence of crime in public housing and increase residents’ sense of safety through increased, effective resident participation; an NCHA on-site security force; and the development of a total NCHA security strategy which encompasses all the functional areas in the Authority.
•	To foster strong working relationships between residents and outside agencies.
SPECIAL PROJECTS
The Special Projects aspect of this Office has the responsibility for certain special programs
which the Authority undertakes. In this initial year, the Office will administer the customary summer Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) program wherein it is anticipated that a record number of young people, many of them residents of the Housing Authority, will be hired for the summer (1972). The programs planned for these enrollees include landscaping, cabinet-making, glazing, and plumbing.
Early in the fiscal year the Authority experimented with a program to use volunteers to paint vacant dwelling units which were otherwise ready to be restored to occupancy. Called "Operation Housewarming” the Saturday events attracted volunteers from among the residents, staff from NCHA and Southeast Neighborhood House, and the community at large, including a Member of Congress. In order to avoid vandalism new families were asked to move in the same day their units were painted. The First Lady, Mrs. Patricia Nixon, and Mrs. Lenore Romney, the wife of HUD Secretary George Romney, toured the units which were involved in Operation Housewarming at Barry Farm in an effort to highlight the value of volunteers in community improvement programs. Although the program was successful in stimulating community participation, the Authority did not expand the experiment due to cost factors related to the overtime work of maintenance employees needed to perform the last-minute jobs, such as installing stoves, which were beyond the skills of the volunteers. Special Projects is investigating similar, less costly, means to restore units with community participation. The main objectives of this aspect of the Office are:
•	Testing new ways to incorporate the willingness and ability of the residents to work with the Authority for community improvement, and
•	Helping the agency develop training programs to relate NYC openings to regular staff positions, thus assisting motivated youths to seek and find employment in NCHA and elsewhere.
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Community Involvement and Social Services
The National Capital Housing Authority believes that the provision of adequate housing structures is not the sole purpose of the public housing program. Because housing involves people as well as buildings, the aim of the Authority must be to develop viable communities. NCHA and residents continued to work together toward this goal.
RESIDENT INVOLVEMENT
The National Capital Housing Authority Advisory Board, composed of 22 elected residents and 11 appointed members, continued in its second year of existence to meet monthly and to advise the Housing Authority on policy matters. The Board was especially active in the development of a new lease to be implemented Authoritywide.
The HUD-approved budget for the Advisory Board in fiscal year 1972 included the employment of a full-time secretary and made provision for the reimbursement of the transportation expenses incurred by members when they attend Board meetings. The members of the Advisory Board serve without compensation.
Advisory Board in Session
SOCIAL SERVICES
The social goals of the National Capital Housing Authority seek the full involvement and active participation of residents in every phase of the public housing program; they seek a working partnership and mutual participation with residents in creating and maintaining clean, safe, and sanitary housing in a sound community.
In order to attain these social goals, the social service staff of the Division of Management initiated steps to organize on each property several “Resident-Management Programs.” These Programs consist of: a Welcoming Committee, a Clean-up and Beautification Committee, a Maintenance Committee, an Organization of Building and Block Captains, and an Area Advisory Board. The Programs are designed to improve resident-management relations; to stimulate interest in cleaning and beautifying the properties; and to involve and encourage residents to participate in the management and maintenance operations on the properties.
A revised program for Management Aides, intensifying their social service functions and establishing specific objectives and tasks, was also implemented during the fiscal year. As part of the program, the Management Aides make home visits to every family on each property on a planned, rotating basis, in addition to responding to emergencies and complaints.
Each Management Aide is responsible for the identification of general and specific needs and/ or problems of the residents. To assist residents in meeting their needs and solving their problems, the Aides initiate and follow up on referrals to appropriate agencies; make concerted efforts to develop resources to meet expressed and observed needs of residents; conduct group discussions with families who are experiencing similar difficulties; and provide direct counseling service whenever possible. In an attempt to meet the residents’ needs for employment and vocational training, NCHA arranged with the United States Employment Service (USES) to have Management Aides serve with the USES Job Bank as Job Bank Community Agency Counselors. This aspect of the program will become operational in fiscal year 1973 and will enable Aides to assist residents directly in securing employment and training.
The second major component of the Management Aide Program relates to program planning sessions with resident leaders and the various resident groups. These sessions are scheduled on
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a regular basis by the Management Aides to provide the necessary expertise and technical assistance to ensure maximum benefit from resident programs and activities and to develop resident leadership potential.
The Management Aides’ efforts in the implementation of such a comprehensive program are supplemented by Group Program Specialists who provide technical assistance to the Aides and secure additional services and resources from the wider community.
Recognizing that these new efforts could not substantially meet the needs and solve the problems of the residents, NCHA submitted a proposal in June to the D. C. Department of Human Resources (DHR) for the provision of additional social service assistance to public housing residents. The proposal requested a Management Aide and two (2) Youth Coordinators for every 200 family units in NCHA and a Help-Mate for every 50 senior citizens. This proposal also included the provision of transportation services in the form of four fifty-passenger buses and two twelve-passenger mini-buses to be used for shuttle service to and from elderly locations. NCHA also proposed thirteen (13) day care centers to be constructed on thirteen (13) family properties and requested additional recreational services which included increased staff, equipment, and supplies in existing recreational centers; roving recreation specialists to visit properties that do not have centers; and an expanded mobile recreation program.
As NCHA’s existing social service program continues and the committed funds* are received from DHR to implement the social service proposal described above, the National Capital Housing Authority will be well on the way to attaining its social goals.
*Funding for this program was eliminated early in fiscal year 1973 with the passage by Congress of a ceiling for funds available under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act.
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The Financial Picture
FINANCES
During fiscal year 1972 the National Capital Housing Authority continued to operate in a precarious financial situation. Since fiscal year 1967 rental income has been unable to keep pace with the rising costs of routine maintenance. While the per unit monthly rental for Title II properties decreased from $51.66 in 1971 to $49.44 in 1972, total routine operating expenditures per unit rose from $79.10 to $94.50 during the same period. The following is a comparative costs statement by fiscal years:
Routine Costs	1971	1972
Administration			 $14.11	$16.49
Tenant Services				.69	.81
Utilities			 24.70	28.52
Ordinary Maintenance			 34.38	43.15
General				5.22	5.53
Total Routine Costs			 $79.10	$94.50
Based on the approval of the 1972 Operating Budget by the Department of Housing and Urban Development it had been anticipated that the Authority would receive an operating subsidy in
the amount of $7,498,740. This would have enabled the Authority to continue to upgrade its properties, correct many maintenance problems, restore units to housing code standards and establish an operating reserve of $601,340. However, sufficient operating subsidy funds were not made available; the anticipated amount was reduced to $4,009,370. As a result, the Authority suffered an operating deficit for fiscal year 1972 of $1,099,631. This coupled with a carryover deficit from the previous fiscal year resulted in a cumulative deficit for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1973 of $1,301,728.
At the close of the fiscal year the Authority had outstanding the following Project Notes sold on the private market to finance the development and construction of low cost housing and the rehabilitation of properties under the Modernization Programs:
Project Notes 4th Series 1971_________________$12,932,000
Project Notes 1st Series 1972_________________ 13,549,000
Project Notes 2nd Series 1972_________________ 2,044,000
Total Outstanding___________________$28,525,000
The Authority also had outstanding Notes due to the Department of Housing and Urban Development as follows:
Preliminary Notes______________________ $ 208,959
Advance Notes________________________________ 380
Permanent Notes__________________________ 625,000
Other (Deferred)_________________________ 369,876
Total Outstanding___________________ $1,204,215
No new Housing Authority Bonds were sold in fiscal year 1972. Table 7 indicates the status of bonded indebtedness as of June 30, 1972.
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Table 7—Status of Bonded Indebtedness, June 30, 1972
New Housing Authority Bonds	Final Maturity Date	Total Issue	Retired	Outstanding
First Issue		May 1, 1994	$ 11,420,000	$ 5,827,000	$ 5,593,000
Second Issue		May 1, 1994	7,020,000	2,314,000	4,706,000
Third Issue		May 1, 1994	6,010,000	69,000	5,941,000
Fourth Issue		May 1, 1994	10,505,000	2,885,000	7,620,000
Fifth Issue		May 1, 1994	7,505,000	1,854,000	5,651,000
Sixth Issue		May 1, 1994	5,670,000	880,000	4,790,000
Seventh Issue		May 1, 2000	15,650,000	2,485,000	13,165,000
Eighth Issue		May 1, 2001	2,765,000	452,000	2,313,000
Ninth Issue		May 1, 2004	7,990,000	1,005,000	6,985,000
Tenth Issue		May 1, 2005	4,790,000	455,000	4,335,000
Eleventh Issue		May 1, 2005	7,740,000	885,000	6,855,000
Twelfth Issue		May 1, 2007	5,015,000	265,000	4,750,000
Thirteenth Issue		May 1, 2007	5,250,000	335,000	4,915,000
Fourteenth Issue		May 1, 2007	10,075,000	655,000	9,420,000
Fifteenth Issue		May 1, 2008	2,265,000	85,000	2,180,000
Sixteenth Issue		May 1, 2008	6,690,000	315,000	6,375,000
Seventeenth Issue		May 1, 1994	1,400,000	125,000	1,275,000
Eighteenth Issue		May 1, 2008	4,000,000	170,000	3,830,000
Nineteenth Issue		May 1, 2009	2,485,000	45,000	2,440,000
Total			$124,245,000	$21,106,000	$103,139,000
Series “A” Bonds		Sept. 1, 2000	3,744,000	2,190,000	1,554,000
Series “B” Bonds		Sept. 1, 2000	*3,263,000	*3,263,000	0
Total All Issues			.	$131,252,000	$26,559,000	$104,693,000
* Refinanced in 1964 by Temporary Notes; currently part of Project Notes, Fourth Series 1971.
INVESTMENT OF FUNDS
The Annual Contributions Contract requires that excess monies on deposit in the General Fund be invested in securities approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Earnings from management and modernization funds invested in Government Securities totaled $57,-039. This revenue was used to help defray operating costs. Investments made from debt service funds on deposit with fiscal agents earned $12,-123. There were no development funds available for investment purposes.
ACCRUED PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES
Normally the National Capital Housing Authority would record, as an expense, payment in lieu of taxes due the District of Columbia Government in the amount of 10% of the net shelter rent charged for public housing. However, because of the continual increase in operating costs and the grave financial crisis facing the Authority, the Department of Housing and Urban Development did not approve payment in lieu of taxes as an operating expense in the 1972 Operating Budget. The amount of payment in lieu of taxes would have approximated $277,535.
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Table 8—NCHA Statement of Receipts and Expenditures
Receipts
Rents $6,783,179
Miscellaneous Rents, Charges & Other Income $234,548
Interest on Funds Invested $57,039
Federal Contributions: Debt Service $7,405,506
Operations $4,009,370
Leased Dwellings $365,033
Special Subsidy Families $1,028,180
Existing Operating Deficit $519,237
Expenditures
Administration $2,245,069
Tenant Services $110,467
Utilities $3,840,435
Maintenance $6,114,276
Improvements and
Additions $442,114
Employee Benefits and Terminal Leave $569,908
Collection Losses $144,825
Casualty Losses $79,457
Amortization and Interest $7,401,040
Rent for Leased Dwellings $430,937
Others $123,195
Total Receipts $20,402,092
Total Expenditures 1 $21,501,723
1 Deficit Operation for Year $1,099,631.
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Table 9—Consolidated Balance Sheet, June 30, 1972
	U.S. Housing Act	Alley Dwelling Act	Consolidated
	ASSETS		
Cash:			
With Treasury			 $	486,579	—	$	486,579
On Hand and in Transit			 25,358			25,358
Accounts Receivable 1			 2,123,596	$ 3,447	2,127,043
Accrued Receivables			 4,500			4,500
Debt Amortization Funds			 7,959,365			7,959,365
Deferred Charges			 481,490	—	481,490
Land, Structures & Equipment2			 166,813,701	287,124	167,100,825
Total Assets			 $177,894,589	$290,571	$178,185,160
	LIABILITIES AND SURPLUS		
Liabilities:			
Accounts Payable			 $ 3,771,592	$ 1,599	$ 3,773,191
Notes Payable (HUD & Non-HUD)3			 29,729,215	—	29,729,215
Accrued Liabilities			 2,886,810			2,886,810
Deferred Credits			 155,818	224	156,042
Fixed Liabilities-Bonds Payable-Non-HUD__.		 104,693,000	—	104,693,000
Total Liabilities			 $141,236,435	$ 1,823	$141,238,258
Surplus:			
Government Investment			 $ 36,496,931	$288,748	$ 36,785,679
Non-Federal Contributions			 161,223	—	161,223
Total Surplus			 $ 36,658,154	$288,748	$ 36,946,902
Total Liabilities & Surplus			 $177,894,589	$290,571	$178,185,160
Inter-Project receivables of $524,994 and a like amount of payables were eliminated from this consolidation.
' Estimated Uncollectible: U.S. Housing Act $500,000 4- $1,000 Alley Dwelling Act = $501,000.
2 Excludes uncompleted portions of contracts in process: U.S. Housing Act, $8,781,779.
3 Non-HUD Notes are secured by requisition agreement whereby HUD guarantees payment at maturity $28,525,000.
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973 O-489-713
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Appendix
Public Law 86-400, 86th Congress, S.1159, approved April 4, 1960, provides in part that the Authority shall give “a full and detailed account of all operations under the provision of the Act for the preceding fiscal year, including an itemization of all properties purchased during such fiscal year setting forth the assessed value of such properties, together with the purchase price.” To fulfill the requirements of Public Law 86-400 for this fiscal year, the following list is presented.
Address Lot Square Assessed Purchase
Value Price
DC 1-70 The James
Apartments
1425 N Street N.W___ 856	211 $1,184,782 $1,750,000
Nate Fine Photo
The Mayor’s Committee on Housing for the Elderly Witnesses the Purchase of The James Apartments
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE LIBRARIES
U005 25075 385 9
HD 7288.78 .1152 W374 1972