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Public housing stock improving;
but modernization lacks funding
WASHINGTON D.C.
While significant progress has
been made in reducing modern
ization and rehabilitation needs
in public housing, a new Depart
ment of Housing and Urban De
vélopment study finds that $22.5
billion in funding was needed in
1998 to meet existing moderniza
tion needs.
Thereport - Capital needs ofthe
Public Housing Stock in 1998:
Capital Formula Study-shows
there was a backlog of existing
modernization and accrual needs
in public housing despite a sharp
reduction from the last study of
capital needs in 1990. IN that
year, the total existing unfunded
need was $33 billion (in 1998 dol
lars).
HUD’s 2001 budget proposal
request $2.95 billion for the Pub
lic Housing Capital Fund, which
housing authorities use todevelop,
modeinize and rehabilitate units.
The budget request also seeks
$650 million for HOPE VI, which
housing authorities use to demol
ish and replace severely distressed
public housing and to revitalize
affected communities.
Existing modernization needs
are the cost of repairs and re
placements for plumbing, heat
ing/air and electrical systems to
keep them in working condition.
These costs include adding, up
ATC honors three for
outstanding service
Aiken Technical College has
announced its Outstanding Fac
ulty, Support Staff and Adminis
trator of the Year.
Dental assistant program coor
dinator Amelia Capers, media spe
cialist Nelle Tyler and counselor
Rich Weldon each received a
plaque and a check for SSOO dur
ing the college’s recent gradua
tion ceremony.
Ms. Capersjoined ATC in 1990.
She is known to be a caring and
concerned instructor who is al
ways looking for new ways to as
sist students. She is active in
providingdental health education
tolocal elementary schools and is
the coordinator of ATC’s annual
dental sealant clinic. Shehasalso
played an integral part in the re
affirmation of the college’s dental
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gradingorreplacing systemsthat
are old and outdated, but not rou
tine maintenance. The study also
found that approximately $2 bil
lion is needed on an ongoing basis
for accrual needs. These needs
are the cost needed annually to
cover expected ongoing repairs
andreplacementsbeyond ordinary
maintenance, assuming existing
modernization needs are met.
Theneeds estimatesin the study
are based on physical inspections
of a sample of 684 public housing
developments containing 229,973
units in 219 public housing au
thorities. This representative
sample covered the majority of
public housing units nationwide.
In addition to estimating the
capitl needs for public housing as
0f1998, this study was also devel
oped to help HUD revise the allo
cationrules for distributing funds
by formula to public housing au
thorities under the new Capital
Fund. After negotiating a new
formula with representatives of
housing authorities, residents,
and other public housing experts,
HUD published a new formula
this past March.
Copiesofthe study are available
from the Public and Indian Hous
ing Information and Resource
Center, P.O. Box 8577, Silver
Spring, MD 20907, telephone 1-
800-955-2232,fax 301-585-6271.
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Mrs. Tyler has served ATC for
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media forinstructors and for com
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past president of the South Caro
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the South Carolina State Employ
ees Association.
Weldon joined ATCin 1990. He
reaches beyond his normal duties
to promote ATC’s goals and phi
losophy through his service to co
workers, faculty, students, and
the community at large. Hehasa
special interest in students with
disabilities and serves on both
state and local boards in support
of special needs students.
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