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Federal Works Agency - John M. Garmody, Administrator Vol. 2, No.8 - August 20,1940 U. 8. Housing Authority - Nathan Straus, Administrator
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PreSIdenl Authorlzes W 11111 ington, V . C., Prejeet Opens;
' More Defense Housmg N B 1 l 11 H F t W11 St t
President Roosevelt recently approved 6W r00 { y 011168 11‘s 1 a 6
loans and allocations 0f $13,773,000 0f With the opening of the New Brooklyn ﬂoors, the sturdy dwellings are ﬁre—resist—
United States Housmg AUthf)1"1ty funds to Homes housing project in Wilmington re— ant, attractive, and commodious. The esti-
bmld 3,6101 homes. for families 0f defense cently, Benjamin Jenkins, his wife, and their mated over—all cost of the development, in—
workers 111 eight Yltal defense centers. 9-year-old son became the ﬁrst family in the cluding the cost of land, construction, and
The loans,totaling.$ti,548,000,went to four State of North Carolina to move into a nondwelling facilities, is only $3,878 a
local housmg authorities to construct 1,876 USHA home. dwelling. Net construction cost, including
’- homes for families attached to three naval The Jenkins famﬂy (see picture below) structural, plumbing, heating, and electrical ._ .
stations and one Army post. In addition, formerly lived in a substandard house not costs, is only $2,570.
21111003610?“ tﬁalléng $71,320,930 wire fmade to 50 feet from the location of their new home. Wilmington (population 32,270) is the
tn? fal Sn th avyf 19,135; men 5} 01 con; Mr. Jenkins is a bag printer for a Wilming— seat Of New Hanover County, 111 the south—
$11.1“: ionh y en; 0 {,1 more wines a ton fertilizer plant, and his salary is not eastern part Of the State. ,A river-port
, “1:6 0t 81 nava sta 40115 am one Aimy sufﬁcient to obtain decent housing for him— City for more than two centuries, it has old
po’srl. 1 d 11 . .- ‘ self and family from private enterprise. At houses of which the townsmen are ‘Justly
lethns SWm-da ocations biing the total New Brooklyn Homes, the Jenkinses’ rent proud (The Cornwallis House and St' James
$304341; Oggt agile Ioli1 defense housing to bill (between $12 and $15 a month) will Church) and old houses, such as those in the
'_ , , , W.1C wi prov1de 5,151 dwell- include the cost of heat, refrigeration, light— picture on this page, of which they are not
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loans are as follows: I Associate Justice A' A’ F‘ Seawell 0f the (thWileltﬁianilnItholri-thugiii A tSIUTYEY liWWfde bWt
Bremerton, Wash—Loan of $2,003,000 to North Carolina Supreme Court, speaking at received a %SHA Isa g au ulna Wth (10113616
. the Housing Authority of the City of Brem— the dedication ceremonies on July 3’ said white and 2025 Nggijo rfajiiiWiliWes waere ,liv
erton for two projects, recommended by the the pto-lQCt was a momma.“ to “an aroused ing in substandard houses ‘Residential
Navy Department totalinO‘ 600 dwellings consc10usness of public soc1al duty, a monu- . . . _ -
. _ ‘ ) o T . ment to a new conce t‘ f 1 _1 . construction in the City in the past few
neai the Puget Sound Navy laid 1) ion 0 he 16 ation 0f
‘ .7 7 _ . . _ , years has been conﬁned largely to dwell—
Charleston S Cm—Loan of ($1 416 000 to goxeinment to the soc1al life and needs of . . . . .

. , - - . , ,1 th 1 f _ 1 _ t . , ,, ing's for families in the middle— and upper-
the Housmg A11th01'lty 0f the Clty 0f epeope 01 WWom goveinmen EXIStS' income brackets New homes for the most
Charleston for project, recommended by the Located in a semi—slum section, New part are constructed in the suburbs Con-
Navy Department, of 400 dwellings near the Brooklyn Homes affords decent housing for struction of homes for low-income families
Charleston Navy Yard. 246 Negro families in two-story row houses according to the local housina' authority has

Columbus, Ga.—l.oan of $2,024,000 to the and two—story ﬂats. Built 0f bl'iCk and tile been “sadly neglected.” b ’
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