The Auraria Project and Relocation Report on the Auraria Site by DURA's Executive Director J. Robert Cameron

              THE AURARIA PROJECT AND RELOCATION
For clarification of any of the following points, contact Dave
Ball in the Student Government Office on the 2nd Floor of the College
Center at 13U5 Bannock St.
RELOCATION PROBLEMS
*A11 persons and agencies involved in the concept of a center of
higher learning in the Auraria Project recognized that there were many
human as well as physical problems involved. It was recognized that
100 families would have to be relocated from their homes. A study has
just been completed by DURA which sets forth the socio-economic condition of these families and their special housing needs. It should be
noted that in this report it is specifically stated that the Department of Housing and Urban Development will not approve the Auraria
project until the Denver community can prove to the officials of HUD
that the 100 families will be rehoused in safe, decent, and adequate
housing and in a manner which will not be detrimental to any of the
families involved.. DURA recognizes that this is its responsibility
and hopes that the groups and organizations concerned with the well-
being of the people will stand ready to assist DURA in providing
this housing* This should not merely satisfy the requirements of the Jaw
but must truly meet the needs of the people invblve&j naHBsly, the ISO
families living in the Auraria area*. In gpite of mistakes and erroir
tha% may have been made by urban renewal agencies in other cities, wa
believe Denver Urban Renewal Authority has demonstrated its concern
for people through its past relocation efforts* DURA has relocated
over 600 families into safe, decent, sanitary housing with a minimum*
of adverse effect on the families involved. Weare confident that if
all of the agencies, both public and private, concerned with the development of Auraria work together and work with the people involved, this
community will be able to rehouse the families that are to be relocated
from Auraria.
DURA!S Executive Director J. Robert Cameron
Report on the Auraria Site 9-29-69
The following is taken from a letter to Dave Ball from J* Robert
Cameron, Executive Director of the Denver Urban Renewal Authority,
dated October 2, 1969«.
!!We have been informed by the Regional Office of HUD in Fort
¥orth, Te2sas, that they expect us to adhere to these requirements
(that all families being relocated must be rehoused in safe, decent $
and adequate housing, and in a manner which will not be detrimental
to any of the families involved) in all urban renewal projects* I
wish to assure you that the Board of Commissioners of the Authority
recognize that they have this responsibility and that we must solve the
problems of relocation before we start the acquisition of any properties in the Auraria area.
".♦•It should also be emphasized that when the urban renewal plan
and the relocation plan are completed, they must be presented to City
Council at an open public hearing. This is a requirement of both Federal
regulations and the Colorado Urban Renewal Law. At this time, if the
Authority cannot adequately prove that their efforts and those of the community will adequately meet the relocation needs for the families living