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Federal Works Agency - John M. Carmody, Administrator Vol. 2, No. 12 - September 17, 1940 U. S. Housrng Authority - Nathan Straus, Administrator
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New PUbllcatIOH Sums UP Nation Better Prepared Than In 17
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Defense Housmg Need For Defense Housmg Need, Says Straus -
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In Phlladelphla WORSE housing emergency than that of 1917 ﬁnds the Nation far better
Th bl' t' ‘th’ th 1 t 2 1 prepared to solve its defense housmg problem, declared Nathan Straus, -
of Hfusptleig EchlgzeVEattgnul 6D 52913 6 gig: USHA Administrator, in a recent radio address over a coast-to-coast network.

- Philadelphia Housing Association is a forth- “The mistakes and “the delays of a quarter of a century ago” will not be
right analysis of housing in terms of Phila— repeated, and “Within the next few months” there Will be new homes for
deiphli’s gefense aCUVltIeS- 1 _ 8,100 families in 21 communities, Mr. Straus predicted.
dent; Efetlgeig‘ifilg’diptﬁa ngglgsﬁgnxsgési: The. speech, called “Homes for Defenders,” follows in abbreviated form:

' tion, clearly explains the position of Phila— _ “Tonight I would like to take you behind the scenes for a conﬁdential
delphians in the present emergency. View of one of the most Vital problems that confronts the defense program—
“In Philadelphia} we are particularly 6011- the problem of housing the defenders.

Ezin‘ﬁ gﬁ'scﬁggugt‘; $105? Sttﬁjteggnijg' “Let us start on the Paciﬁc coast in the Navy Yard City of Bremerton,

. Increased employment will place additional There are men, women, and children who are sleeping tonight on the grass in
stress on an already serious housing situa- the parks of that town. They are sleeping curled up on the seats of auto-
tion. Eighty-two thousand Philadelphia % . mobiles and in makeshift beds in garages.
families now live in homes which fall below 2.4%”, - ji , 1' :7 They are pitching tents on the outskirts of

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the American standard of decency. Even in Mite»: » .3 , fax», the city. So says the Seattle Times. To
1939 our vacancy rate was abnormally low. 53%”? ’ " ' ”E. ”57%;? the ViSitOI' it might appear that Bremerton
We must prevent further aggravation of with f W» f” ”C is suffering from a wave of unemployment
this condition, and we must insist that what— ”9;, g " . A» and that those families sleeping in the

ever housing is done creates sound economic ; mg, "Q" parks are destitute or have been evicted

» and social values that will stand . . .” x i 7' from their homes. But the truth is the oppo—
32,400 New Defense Jobs . ’\ ' ' I site. Bremerton is not suffering from unem-

. a ‘ ployment; it is enjoying an unprecedented

. -The booklet asks and answeis the ques— ” increase in employment—due to great ex—

, tion: How Will the national defense program 4 ,1: . pansion at its navy yard To quote an ofﬁ—

. - affect Philadelphia? In the shipbuilding, ; . cei' of the Bremerton Police Department-

metal, textile, and other industries, heavy 1’s; ‘ , . . ... '

. increases in personnel are to be expected, “if 75! ‘C‘mhmm 0“ "at mg)

‘ the booklet states. A brief summary of _, 3;; , ‘ ~
known possibilities for employment in— ‘ww%f I 1 , , , , ‘
creases reveals that at least 32,400 addi- ‘ "a ire . §“%% '

' tional jobs will soon be necessary. This . .. . , .. ”it" ,. Wﬂ, “f
prediction was based on reports from 32 Df h . I . , ’ I , ”3/ . x.
private industries, the Frankford Arsenal, 9 ense °usmg_P.a"5 are CPECkEd a .. —-~ __ , ., : a; , H.
' the Philadelphia Navy Yard, the Quarter- gy USHA édllénniitraltor, Nathan ,45Ah f i, ,35_:; j,‘ ._‘,’:I', ll . 'i'7”
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on relief to ﬁll these jobs numerically, the authority. g~f~j;j,f,,r,, ‘ ' p " " ',

' positions require skilled labor. As a result, .. ,ﬂi'i ””5”?”4‘MQ’ I. L ’
skilled workmen will have to be imported >._ . 34.? ,» 7:94,.
from less strategic industries. Unless some— ’"i » , -. -, _ " «gs; " ..,(,, . g, m "
thing is done quickly’ the booklet afﬁrms, '5. ' ‘ g . .. '.'. .,..‘- .‘ *?M¢ i . "2': " x’. 7,’",,, '1,
rents will increase, the narrow margin of " 1:»: ~; ‘ . 1:!) "‘r - H L ' . . ' ’ , , g ,
vacancies (most of which are substandard) ‘gfg'gggg' MW. . 4... to; A
will decrease, serious overcrowding will be w‘x‘ ’ 53:51,.311W,
the rule, and a heavy labor turn-over will be a.&_“£-3'é§ . «W » _,ﬁ§:(,;“?““'g “" ” ‘1‘ ﬁvfggw 'W 2'4" —. ‘
the ﬁnal result. Wig: * ")txx\'1‘_ ‘ , , . L “131“!” 5354‘ Egg/g}; ’5 tam-w;

Philadelphia is not wholly unprepared to WNW“ ‘ W- ‘niﬁnm‘ " . i 1,."
meet the housing emergency, the booklet ngmsgmﬂﬂwﬁggt‘ g _‘*-.‘Lp.‘ ,1 «1.422.; Mew
says. “We are much better equipped for “R-MW.§§§:$% tm‘, rift.“ fir-71;." all”,
local action than we were at the beginning Firms; @W%g%“mg¢%«,pj yw‘ ”’9

. of the World War. . . . The city has estab- (“i *EE‘W “wwzmi‘re 1“":
ﬁshed an ofﬁcial housing authority with Egstmtszéikﬁk .. A...
almost 3 years of experience in the design, :§:§Q%N§ ”WK; “BELNM, 5 3"" ..
construction, and management of housing 5*“ NW. ”fie “may“? {‘3‘va
projects. . . . The city is in a position to ggww-. '1, "t“;“fﬂghmq _’,' mthyﬁ’sg’-wﬂ"f\”\:; *

. prove that it is capable of dealing with its An arr force Of 50,000 planes will mean serious housing shortages near Army Air Bases such as
own problem, even under the stress Of an Maxwell Field at Montgomery, Ala. Shown above are hundreds of new homes being pushed
emergency as great as the one we face.” rapidly to completion by the Montgomery housing authority.

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the navy yard. They arrive here in the city ‘ . .
and go from door to door asking for a place ‘ W" a»
to live, but there just are not any vacancies. , M,“ . '_ . A
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Rock Island, 111., where men are ﬂocking to toszagmwwﬁﬁgtgggA“ A _ , "A ‘g‘;§§‘nq§» 8 ~37? :3 .. , ﬂ .
work at the Army’s largest arsenal; Hart- 3; afﬁrﬁ‘rﬁ“ ””7 : 3.711;: ~ .Jx “3 1’ «3.5% as' 4" » - '
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ford, Conn., where, as a result of a housmg 31W: éih:"Lfli:‘A§f»f-y: 2 ‘ . 2 .‘ y; {a ‘3:- 1:154 “”1233 ,
shortage, thousands of workers have to live ”~33: ﬂay" aegff,wf;§’.3”“§3¢:ﬁ . :3,” 1; " ‘E’L'SZ, ' 323.33, X“ ‘
far outside the city and travel long diS- %’;§3¢§5§%ekﬁh”§°ﬂ;f v. M . 3. r. , V: I. : :3“‘£7:“:.é'
tances, yes, as far as 70 miles to work each ﬁﬁﬁ‘gﬁiaﬂaa‘e,ﬁﬂ3$ﬁ. ,N 4.: L '_ . I {a s33 «3
way; Beaver Counts Pe: where some of 333»er«33 ,. ‘
the world’s lar est steel mills are movin' ' A ' . ' ‘ ' : ' . " _ . A ' ' ‘
full blast aheadg- Columbus Ga. where a: MBH and machines l‘USh work on the defense housmg prOJect in Corpus Christi, Tex. The concrete
cording to Brigadier General Singletoii a crew (above, right) follows hard on the heels of the excavation machines to pour cement for
- g , .- ’ 20-foot pilings. A ditchdigging machine is shown directly above extending the city sewer lines
thousand additional homes aie needed iight . , , ,
~ - - to the prOJect site. Foundation work was started here before the contractors ofﬁce was ﬁn—
now to house the families of enlisted men . . . . . . . ,
2+ For, Benning' Newport P T where ished. Blueprints are being checked in the picture at the left, above, by Chief Architect Bob ‘
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because of tremendously expanded naval ac— Vogler (comm), A. J. McKinnon, Clerk of the Works (left), and Roy Gardner, General Supt.
15111:]: lesn’agﬁleoﬁlisciaals Shgfl tiﬁgi‘eaiﬁinnggoog “But today, America is prepared to solve “However, in the defense housmg, the
homes ’ I , 7-753 7166(lf09‘f16f07786 housing. greatest emphasis is being put upon speed
“In one way we are much worse Off today “There are today existing, functioning, of construction. In most cases, two shifts
, - . 1918. There is toda no Government agenCies, equipped to under— of workers are being used and the new .
than in 1317 and y .
surilus of homes and vacancies to act as a take the defense hous1ng program. In fact, homes will be occupied less than 6 months
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cushion while the defense housmg program 0’79 agency 135 {3193 y S eppe into 19 after the ground—breaking. Yes, 171 some
is getting underway. Although thcnational breach. The United States Housmg Au— cases, the construction timetable calls for
defense activity is only starting, the housing tholl-ltl’Man‘l ﬁhe 4S.)8t1 active [5190211 liogiintg such (mnazing speed that tenants will move
shortage ls nearly as acute as during the aut 101.1.1es & OVEI. 1e (201.111 1y cons l u e in 120 days after the construction contract
worst days of the last war. an eflic1ent mechanism which has already let
undertaken the construction of new homes 1“ n ; ‘ 1 . . d d A3 d
Nation Better Prepared Today for national defense. “here iousmg is nee e on imy an
H . , , “W1 th .. . . 1 b 'lt Navy posts, the Army and Navy Depart-
But there is also a bright Side to the . 1811' e emeigency is over, iomes ui ments are building it and should continue
picture. At the outbreak of World War in established communities will be commu- to do so. Other Federal agencies are ready
Number 1’ housmg was a field In Whmh our mty assets to be used. for families from the to do their part and should be utilized. The
Government had no experience whatsoever. slums and areas of blight. Sound construc— local public housing authorities throughout
AS a result, PUbliC housing for defense P111" tion and lowest COStS are htmg achieved the country, with the aid and guidance of
poses did HOt get under way until the sum- under the defense program Ju.St as these the United States Housing Authority, are
mer of 1918, and the ﬁrst tenant did not tWin goals are also being achieved under now launched on the job of providing defense .
move into one of these homes until 2 months the. regular slum clearance program of the housing, and their capacities should continue
after the Armistice was signed. United States Housmg Authority. to be utilized to the utmost.”
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g e aven oses 0 ice tatlon
1‘ P . L . C . . 5 FROM THE
: As reject owers rime In City A a, . . .
. . The beneﬁts of public housing were illus- No police records are available in such 7” l” ZStrd t0 7'
. trated graphically and early in New Haven, form as to indicate the percentage of the
I (Clonn, recently, when the Board of Police decrease in crime in the vicinity of the hous— ————————-——
l ommissioners ordered the Dixwell Avenue ing project, but it is generally conceded to
_ ’ police precinct, located immediately adja- have been noticeable enough to inﬂuence the The Golden Meat]. One Of the mOSt dimcmt JObS
cent to the city’s ﬁrst low—rent housing police commissioners to close the 47-year— .Of the.Adm1mStr.ator Of any 13“th program \
project, to be closed and offered for sale. old station house. is the 10b 0f ﬁnding the gOIden mean’ Of Stefﬁ— ’9
. The Dixwell Avenue station, built in 1893 mg the b?“ Poss‘b‘e “me- The quest“
and operated continuously since, is located 200 Families Moved From Slum comes up m a hundred ways‘
‘ i in one of the most congested areas of bad Elm Haven, the housing authority’s ﬁrst thiaf: ﬁggxesﬁlonldd Sltes' 50”.“? tfeheive
‘ honSIng In New Haven, With dark tenement low—rent project, will not be completed until 1 ad 6 t t IS, ouThnOt Crammer" ”5.6 f w‘th .
buildings prOViding curtains behind. which next spring, but has been responsible for sibnsizgisli: aofaﬁ'le 10::1' :HEKOSEY‘ :4: tr;-
.. petty criminals might operate. 1301106 rec- the “breaking up” of a concentration of per- USHA shzuld allow the 10ca1 auihor't te
:501'd5 have 1011?; shown a lllgh percentage 0f sons who have kept police constantly on the - - 5 x y 0
ts . . - . . . pay what it pleases for such Sites as it chooses.
N aiiests in that distiict. l '-t Th ' 1 ' — ‘ ’
__ . a e1 . e p10ject is c eaiing out a 17 ac1e Oth b 15 th t th USHA h 1d 5 .
3‘ Mayor JOhD W5 Murphy and Chlef 0f slum district and to date has evacuated ers elm-[e a e S on mSlSt
t, . . . . ‘ ’ , 4 4 . that all housmg projects be built on sites that
Police Philip T. Smith have each gone on —h 1f f h 400 f -
w . .. . one a o t e ainilies Oiiginally M n W 1 e fbl' ht S .11 h
5; ; record as crediting the work of the housmg housed in the district 6. O 3 “ms or at as 0 1g .‘ .t1 M ers
3:5: , . . . . . . _ j . believe that the USHA should mSist that all
(is authouty in establishing better conditions Chlef of Police Smith m a recent discus— . h 1 b . .
:73 iii the neighborhood as one of the prime sion with B M Pettit director of the ho s— prOJeCtS S ou d. e built oniOW‘CPSt’ OUtlymg
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o factors leading to the deCiSion to close the ‘ tl A ' . d h - . -u land’ thus savmg SUbStantlany m land COSt
it? 4, reciiict ing au .1011ty7 aglee t at one inteiesting and at the same time giving tenants better
“Li. ‘ p - M P _ . _ factor in the cleaning out of the Dixwell living conditions.
3.55% 33’01 15115.95 PrOJect Avenue area was the fact that police pi'ob- The USHA has attempted to followamiddle
“The low—rent housmg project in that lems dld “0t recur 111 other parts 0f town, course between unwise leniency in respect to
5; neighborhood was a deﬁnite factor in con— 1101‘ was there any particular 111019359 1Y1 cost of land purchased with USHA fundS and,
' Sidering the closing of the police station the same (301141th113 elsewhere as a 173511” on the other hand, an equally unwise policy
directly across the street,” Mayor Murphy 0f the relocation-of the inhabitants. of prescribing rigidly the nature of sites and
,. 5 said, “We anticipate further and more cer- The police chief attributed this to the the prices to be paid for them. The policy
" tain beneﬁts when the project is open and breaking 11D 0f the groups, bearing OUt the of the USHA is to allow a local authority to
fully occupied.” general theory that negative elements mag— choose its own sites, providing the land
“The removal of the old, dark, high and nify when concentrated, and tend to decrease chosen is suitable for a IOW-rent housing proj-
i unlighted buildings where crime and mis- when dIStl‘lbuted- ect and the price to be paid is the fair market
‘ behavior could take place undetected, and N ‘sanc D m 1. h d \" S't value.
_ the substitution of neat, well-lighted and u] e e 013 e i earii c When an unusually high-priced site is
well—supervised buildings makes the closing The housing authority, in evacuating a chosen by the local authority, the USHA re—
of the station possible,” he said. “We look portion of the site, relocated many of the quires that a part of this excess land cost be
".1 ‘ forward to innumerable beneﬁts, not the fornlel' tenants in Widely separated areas. met by a cash Or other contribution by the
‘ ' . least of which will be an incentive to live It has already begun demolishing a “busi- locality. This policy may not be the golden
> T decent lives in the decent and healthful sur- ness” block across the street from the police meanAbut it seems about the best approach
_ . roundings being provided. It has been a station which has a long history of vice and to it at present.
,3, 5 blessing to have those old buildings demol— delinquency.
, ; ished.” Chief of Police Smith said that the dis-
Eel. ‘ Chief Smith said that “there is no denying trict would now be policed from the Head—
If that the building of the project played 2. quarters station located in the heart of the
. part in the decision to close the Dixwell city and more than a mile from the Dixwell
5 Avenue precinct station.” Precinct. ————————
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£11151: For Sale. Clearance of the above slum, to make way for a housing project, ended the need for
New Haven’s Dixwell Avenue Police Station. The building has been closed and is oilcred for sale.
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 Short-Term Notes Save - - i I _ i,— _d_ —p_ _ _ _ _ — _ _'
Schedule 0? Bid Opening Dates ang on 0812 t0 Head I
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on IntereSt Charges Project locationu thither. and INumliei-I Dateor I Reglon VII for USHA I
It was recently announced that 28 more __mm:mllnﬂe)i miylmrinig_ I H Langdon Post, former. New York City I
local housing authorities will sell $44,- _ I | Ienement House Commissmner and na- I
580,000 of Temporary Loan Notes to Champalgn 00411174373, l)cl’enSO)1‘ I I tionally known housmg expert, has been
private bidders offering the lowest interest 'Ita'ntloulhln.__,_.______._...‘ 100 I OCt‘ 3 appointed Director Of USHA’S Region I
rates. ClngglnaI'.(;’I‘I¥:"’3II_ I 770 ' O t 3 I VII, including the States of Arizona, I
The short—term paper will be offered at ‘71-‘71“ " oof‘b‘""”"’" a C ’ I California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, |
public sale in two groups, one to be adver- COIIIIIIEELS (lifzilcll‘iigiiizel I 2,2 Oct 1 | and Washington, and the Territory of | ‘
tised for 0ienin of bids on Se tember 19 I '8 O ‘ " ' . . . _
and the otlier fog bid opening onpSept. 26. ’ Danville (”I‘IHI: I I 3:113:11]. DWI-utters {laidfuk’ for??? Re I
S‘ N b , l 1 ﬁ‘ f Fair Oaks Pt17‘]:._.._..,.__I 179 Oct. 3 '3 . Irec 01" lb eing reca ed to
th ince t ovem e1 $98921 v¥1en tlie 1st 0 Danville (1117114): I I Washington to assist Mr. William P. I
10:lehliiseiig“:dfh:ri:ile: hag: 55:12 3:13:81 Bed...- 10.... 50, Oct. 3 I Seaver, USHA Assistant Administrator- I
of ap roximate1y$361000000 of such notes Granite City “11’5"”: I I Mr. POSt’ now on an extended tour 0f I I
Thp ’ ’ . ' Rq'dgcdale Homes..._.___, 151 Oct. 1 defense housmg and slum clearance proj-
e sale of these notes makes possible . . . a | ects .‘ tdt ,_ _ S I
substantial savings, because local authori- Halllesburg(I\Ilss.—1-l),,.._"""‘ 120 ~Oet. 9 l . , IS expec e 0 arrIVePI an Fran-
ties will pay interest rates of less than Hopewell (Va—54),-__,,,,",,_"I 96 . Sept. 17 01500 Oct- 1 to take over his new duties. I
one—sixth of what the USHA is required to Key Weslti‘l > I 136I O t 3 I— — _ — —- — — — — - -— — —- — —I
charge for its loans. These savings in in- ”AH I o'.
terest will reduce the cost of the projects Key West (Fla.—13~2)._____an... 84I 00t- 3 NOI‘fOIk StUdentS Make '
of these authorities by at least 2 percent, Lawrence (MasseltHLm... .. I 291 I Sept. 17 __
and this will also reduce the Federal sub— Newark (N. 1—2—8): " 7‘ 7' ' '
sidies which are computed on the basis of Fdiﬁ Fuld 001‘” I 300 I Sept. 26 PUbhc HOUSlng MOVle
capital cost of the projects, Norfolk (\Til.’6’1, Defeiise)"_.....I 500 I Sept. 25 F _ 4 _ . ‘ . _
With part of the lower-interest funds thus North Little Rock (At-1,2,1 in.» 152 Oct. 8 mg? Selig? liheﬁgﬁfoel‘llts ‘3: 13%;: “52:11]
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Sgtzmii’ £1: éoggAhZIllsﬁgnzuzhﬁggﬁ :3} Philadelphia (1“' 2 3IW1’250 Sept. 17 learning about public housmg and Slum con—
militia on their loan contchts to ytl . , ditions in their own city through the medium
, ge 1‘31 Rock Island (111,—18—1, Defense)... 300 Oct. 1 of various ro'ects Su ested b ’61 '. ' '
with accrued interest. With the remainder s A ' . -_~_ _. I , . p J gg y 1811 CIVICS
, an ntonio (m. (1 1 MW 248 Oct. 16 t l . M . J J M Ph I .
the will meet the costs of construction of eac 161’ 1' ' 3 C erson. ‘aSt year
th I" USHA 'd d . . t d .~ tl t . 53" Juan (P. 11-24): ,4 ‘ I they produced their own 16 mm., 20—minute
ofethe notes —a1 e pIOJeC s uilng 16 e1m W 2:180:70 SQ" Amomowi 132 . 00t- 8 movie, entitled “This Is Our Challenge.”
. .- . 1 as Ving on (p. (L—i—r): I All work on the ﬁlm was done by the
will: 1:13:25inogfvTeillslSIigOOBfOOEheierZhosldl-dmimn AM” lartl_.__,--__ 31ttI 801m” students themselves, including preparation
July at interest rates rangihg from .456 to 9f the scenario, photography, direction, edit— .
r7 0f 1 ercent I There is usually a 30-day period between bid advor- 1ng’ and liltlllig‘. EXtel'lOl‘ scenes were taken
-0 I) . ' .' . . . . tisiugandbidopening. . on location in Norfolk slum districts, but
Local housnig authorities in the follow1ng Zitirormatton not deﬁnite. for the interior scenes a special set was
cities WIH partictpate m the Offellmg: built across from the school. Pictures of
. . ‘ ‘ . . . Bids advertised Sept. 1.9, opened Sept. 26: COMPIEIGd housing projects were secured 011
Bids adtctttsed Sept. 12, opened Sept. 1!). City Amount ﬁeld trips, and were supplemented from
City Amount Athens, Ga111"_,,_1,,_,_,,_,,,,,,,,, $900, 000 USHA photographs, taken in cities all over
Atlantic City, N. J $1, 720, 000 Beverly, N. J 300,000 the country- ‘
Augusta, Ga, 2’ 090, 000 Iliridgeporit, Conn-...-.-.-......-... 1, 700, 000 The completed ﬁlm, one of the ﬁrst of its .
. . ton ex- 4 150 000 kind re orted b an school in the countr
~ 1 - t , T 900, 000 0‘15 , . , . , 1 , p y , Y y,
$01.53;: iildsIlnd ex 275 000 L05 Angeles Clty)(/a11f--l--------- 1, 700,000 was shown to Blair students at an admis—
0 y ’ ” L05 Angeles County, Calif.-..... 4:980: 000 sion price of 10 cents, to cover production ‘
Gary, Ind 880, 000 Marietta, Ga 000, 000 costs of the picture.
Hammond, Ind 850:000 litighiii’glgdiDicii i’égg’ggg In previous years Mr. McPherson’s stu—
Hartford, Conn............-........ 1, 545, 000 ’ ' ' ’ ’ dents have prepared models of slum districts
Holyoke, Mass, 820, 000 Total_______.---.__________.__.___ $15, 840, 000 and of housing projects and have presented
New Haven, Co" 2, 400, 000 Grand Total-.i.-.,..,-.,,,_, $14, 580, 000 a housing play, entitled “A Day in the. City.”
Norwalk, Conn,................_.... 560, 000
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333133332.Git:::::::::::::::::::j: 3’ 233’ 333 W €6le Constructlon Report
\Vaco, Tex-..____...___________.__.._ 500 000 Week ended W k d d Week ended
Wheeling, \V_ Va...--...---.-.-..-. 1, 070: 000 Item Scptltéilrbblei' ‘7’ Atigeifst 33, 16940 Septeggiger 8’
Williamson, W. Va 855, 000 j‘m‘ W— m "
Number of prOJects under construction 2_-___.__, 267 267 92
. r r Number of dwellings under construction 2______ 97,450 97,450 39,377
Total $11, 860, 000 Total estimated over—all cost3 of new housing__ $421,481,000 $421,481,000 $182,417,000
Average over-all cost 3 of new housing per unit_ $4,325 $4,325 $4,633
Bids advertised Sept. 12, opened Sept. 25; Average net construction cost 4 per unit_________ $2,717 $2,717 $2,905
City AW'OU‘M til “Iitlh thilstxlvcck’s issue of PIUIIUCIHOCSING the date 0i the hVOCklly constrgctiophrcréortt is Chalilghdf’so thatﬁit represents 3
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Memphis, Tenn‘""""""'"""" $ I’ 800’ 000 tdepieZSPq Iii theisrilsztgirtifrllhgiciorel,Lth((3):;Sstriizllijgrsisrggoriedoeslliri3tagxiiheszztlggl‘ullewerlelg’griii‘loglriun. UInI theol‘tdiureFtOhO
Montgomery, Ala.....i.._,__._..._, 1, 400, 000 1940 data will be represented as of a Thursday, whereas data for 1939 will represent the status of the program at the close
T 1 d O] . ”.5 000 of bustness on Friday ofeach week.
0 e 0: 110----»--A-~—-~—»--»----»-— L“ i :lncliiges pfoiercits'ihhwhiiavrl been Corlupleted. t 1 t d I b h t 1 1 I: 1 t 11 t (b)
- ~ ncu cs: 1 ' t ,‘ . l' gut s i r, ,. inc, ant cec rica ins a a ion;
ZaneSVille, Ohlo'""""'"""“""" 1’ 100’ 000 dwellingequipincntl, arthiztecti’fgdisﬁioéglcaltllnlirinissttfhiltcivuereaxpcguszsflliuariicliarlchraigesodluring construction,aud contingency .
—..____ expenses; (c) landlfor present development; (r1) nondwclling facilities. . . . .
Total . . » I $10 875 000 4 The cost of building the house, including structural, plumbing, heating, and electrical costs.
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