Page 6 THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1978
Grants rehabilitate substandard Bryan housing H
By STEVE MAYER
Special to The Battalion
Hesitation. Hope the porch
holds. A wall is supported by tim
bers. Wires dangle from the ceiling.
God, the smell. No wonder — re
frigerator’s unplugged. Roaches ex
plore sawdust from freshly cut win
dow frames. A carpenter curses one
of the frames.
This deteriorated northeast Bryan
house is owned by a crippled black
man in his 80’s. It’s one of 1,459
substandard housing units in Brazos
County, according to a survey last
year by the Brazos Valley Develop
ment Council. Bryan had 1,177 sub
standard units and 84 dilapidated.
College Station had 198 substandard
and none dilapidated. Substandard
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tions exist — structural damage, in
adequate electricity or inadequate
plumbing, according to explained
John Emerson, BVDC regional
planner. A dilapidated structure
isn’t suitable for habitation, he said.
The old crippled black man
doesn’t know much about surveys,
urban renewal and city planning.
Nor does he know about the great
amount of work and the problems
involved. However, he does know
that he will survive the winter
months better. His house is being
rehabilitated with a new roof, win
dow frames, paint and pest extermi
nation — at no cost for him.
It’s done through the federally
funded Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974. The
Bryan city planner’s office handles
federal lending, local lending and
grants established by the act. It is
the same program which HUD re
cently terminated with College Sta
tion because of the city’s failure to
provide assistance in low cost rental
housing.
The grant program is the most
popular with Bryan residents, said
Elisa Eubank, Bryan community
development planner. Thus far, al-
nost 100 appheants have or will re
ceive health, safety and winteriza
tion work on their houses. Appli
cants must live in certain Bryan dis
tricts, own their house, and earn
ings must be below poverty level,
Eubank said.
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on E. 20th St. is just in time. Aged and poor in certain sec-
Hiiltnlion pliolo by Steve Miw [raduatin
tions of Bryan can receive up to $5,000 in repairs through the
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DECEMBER GRADUATES
The Association of Former Students invites graduat
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December to a steak dinner at the Ramada Inn £
6:30 p.m., Monday, November 20.
The program is making pr ress,
and governmental efforts seem to be
Brazos County’s only available
means to combat urban blight
Private efforts in Brazos
are virtually nonexistant, sai
Sindt, associate research ec
for the Texas Real Estate P
Center. “You really need to
entire block in order to cha
character of the neighborht
achieve some economies of
he said. “If a developer b
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nner city housing hasn't reached
this point.
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If you are a member of the Class of 1978, this
senior induction banquet is for you, who are grad
uating in December.
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council meeting, we won’t get paid It publi
until they meet again. iery two
Although Brazos County housinj traded
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