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‘ Federal Works Agency - John M. Carmody, Administrator Vol. 2, No. 6 - August 6, 1940 U. 8. Housing Authority - Nathan Straus, Administrator
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Atlanta Opens Fll‘si Over 1,500 Defense Housmg Umts
' Of SIX USHA PI‘OJCCtS U d C o I F C. -
With two USHA-aided projects already 11 er OHStrUCtlon 11 our ltles
- open. to tenants, .three under construction, Some 1,550 defense workers’ families will ders for various types of warships call for
one in the planning stage, and two. more, have new homes built with USHA assistance an additional expansion of 8,000 employees
constructed by the PWA Housmg D1v1s10n, within 7 months as a result of loan contracts within the next year. Meanwhile, 3,094 of
completely occupied, Atlanta,-Ga., boasts signed recently by President Roosevelt. Newport’s 12,437 homes are in need of ma-
the most extensive. public housmg program The four loans, totaling $5,670,000, to build jor repairs or unﬁt for habitation. In the
0f any City Its Slze 1n th‘e'country.' , homes for families of enlisted and civilian last 10 years, the number of dwellings con—
The 3:536 homes prov1ded 1n 51X proJects personnel, went to the housing authorities structed has exceeded the number demol—
under the present program, plus the 1279 of Corpus Christi, Tex., Newport News, Va, ished by only 116. »
’ built by PWA: W111 prov1de homes for some Portsmouth, Va., and Pensacola, Fla. . i T 7
20,000 persons, 8 percent of the city’s entire The Corpus Christi loan of $989,000 will Portsmouth l\avy lard Expands
POPUIation 0f 31301113 2701000 (1930)- provide 250 homes for the families of work— The Portsmouth loan of $2,160,000 Will
John Hope Homes and Clark Howell ers employed in building a huge naval base provide 600 homes for families of workers
. Homes, the ﬁrst tWO projects ready for 00“ there. Work is alreadv under way and will in the expanding Portsmouth Navy Yard.
, cupancy under the USHA program, are be rushed to completion as an important The Portsmouth housing authority says
communities planned to accommodate in link in the national defense program. Some the defense program there has created a
healthful surroundings, 606 and 630 fanl' 1,325 civilian families will be employed at need for at least 3,000 bottles for defense
ilies, respectively. The remaining PTOjeCtS the base. There are at present only 25 va- workers. Within the next year, the Navy
' for which USHA loans have been made are: cant houses available. The commander of Yard personnel Will be increased by 4:130-
Capitol Homes, Henry Grady Homes, John the Corpus Christi Naval Station has esti— Of this number, 880 are scheduled to begin
J. Eagan Homes, and Alonzo F. Herndon mated that there is an immediate need for work this month, with an additional 900 to
liornes. These projects, Atlanta housers at least 700 low—rent homes to meet the pres— report in October, the others to be added
mSISt: are only the beginning Of a 15-year ent needs of defense activities in that by next July.
7 plan to house some 20,000 Atlanta families. locality. The $715,000 loan to Pensacola will pro—
. The authority iS going quietly about the Newport News gets a loan of $1,806,000 vide 200 homes for families of enlisted per-
business 0f examining sites and perfecting to provide 500 homes for families of work— sonnel and civilian employees connected
its plans for the whole program. Only a ers to be employed in the NeWport News With extension of aviation training opera-
lack of further ﬁnancial aid from the Fed— Shipyards. TheiNewport News Shipbuild- tions at the Naval Air Station. This con-
eral Government, local oﬁicials feel, COUId ing and Drydock Company had about 6,000 tract is a substitute for one approved before
prevent realization of their plans. persons employed in 1939;. it has over 11,000 enactment of the National Defense Housing
Atlanta Authority Active now. Millions of dollars in Government or- Amendment.
Atlanta’s enthusiasm for public housing ,. -
arises from 3 main sources: a widely recog— . Row houses of Clark Howe/l ‘ ,
' nized need for slum clearance and homes for ., . . - . ,rgije.» , ., . ,. M .
_ low-income families; nearly 4 years’ success- :12” W" Homes, 630-unn‘ prolecf m cj‘ ‘ ff?” l ‘ ‘ ~ * .
. ful experience with occupied public housing “_ Af/anfa, 60., opening fhis ,:f//{;, f , .‘
Pl‘OjeCtS; and a housing authority made up i ‘ i», M month. Atlanta's presenf leek/h
of alert, civic-minded townsmen headed by 3c“, $3“~ . . ”I, #22:}?wa . "
. Chairman C. F. Palmer, businessman hous— j-wiﬁlFi’l-‘gﬁii-v program W'H provrde homes ”a? ””3111 "';-f " ""
ing expert recently appointed Defense Hous- $15 fig for 20,000 people, 8 peI- /,*'v1 v
' ing Coordinator (see statement, page 4). ' 3: 5‘1" “if? cent of fhe popu/afion. . yew-5135.: ' " '
The facts about Atlanta’s need for hous- i ii 7', ““5”, r . ' . .
ing were clearly stated in the 1939 report "'2'“, l 'y‘ «5:; ”i .y ,i
of the local authority. “Within Atlanta’s ;-j ‘ , ' We, * ‘
city limits there are 83,171 dwelling units, Sn .. ‘ 57", “I Shaw/“Wt; “3”,": 7i?‘""" i?
exclusive of hotels, dormitories, and institu— ' ' ‘ ~- . ﬁe .~ _ :3 {.‘z~§ij§?§: (:3; f3?“ 3-
tions. Of these, 45,644 are substandard— (5‘ » . 539;" *{v “ ,, ;~ :- " 'iagiigm: "It”? “3431,? 7"
Yes, 54.85 percent of Atlanta’s dwellings are ‘ . +5, 23"“ . 5w ' , rvwwfﬁffwg _._ gg'w
unfit for decent livmgi - cw“ ,4" it! ii .. *5“;qu Weig- 559%
Says Mayor Wm. B. Hartsﬁeld, “We can- aimwﬁﬁ,g:j i‘iiﬁgilillli jgmii awe-“2'3: :Z-SzZ-agé ,
not blame the poor but the poor can blame "‘5 -» '- *Vigﬁé’e‘eraﬁﬁuﬁ‘l ‘ . “313i ’53“? 5:17»;- i W-“ is”
us if with our housing authority we do not :_ “*imgll'i’:ﬁﬂﬁﬁa&r é gif‘j’ Van. 3.3?" i .3 . ~
promptly improve conditions.” _, Mgwmwwiulziﬁiti ii“ at“; i a i .
B. Graham West, City Comptroller, says: 03%“ H '1 . w’g‘l . El“ %.,,“~; _ 4:13;; :.,',::-,- .1 _ i
“Atlanta’s budget mainly goes into hos- ‘ , ., ~> "w”? ’9'“ “r ,r :2: 3-2,: ._ ‘
’tals olice i n ﬁr r t tion he 1th Wig .1" .2?” '1' ' If“ V "" .
p1 ,p. _, pr so 5, 9p 0 ec , a , %a% W . - .. , . ., . —
and sanitation. These items cost $3,267,— nyig§,;§%§wt§,ﬁ?VN§W . ' ﬂ; .3: .
. 678.87 each yea.1f an people w wags mm a” ...,.~ ., ' '
' decently housed, every item of city expense iixavcaﬂﬁgewc i2? v.
would be substantially less.” ”tr/«729‘: ’ x" ‘9
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