xt776h4crf75 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt776h4crf75/data/mets.xml  United States Housing Authority 1940 v.: ill.; 29-40 cm. UK holds archival copy for ASERL Collaborative Federal Depository Library Program libraries and the Federal Information Preservation Network. Call Number FW 3.7: 1/25 journals English Washington, D.C.: Federal Works Agency, U.S. Housing Authority: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. Works Progress Administration Housing Publications United States Housing Authority -- Periodicals Public housing -- United States -- Periodicals Public Housing: Weekly News from American Communities Abolishing Slums and Building Low-Rent Housing January 30, 1940 text Public Housing: Weekly News from American Communities Abolishing Slums and Building Low-Rent Housing January 30, 1940 1940 2019 true xt776h4crf75 section xt776h4crf75 t We a
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Vol. 1, No. 25 Federal Works Agency, U. 8. Housing Authority—Nathan Straus, Administrator January 30, 1940
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USH A Rural program Wins Cleveland Housmg Center Serves Both
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, . Pledge Of Texas Women Students and General Public, Says Bohn
And Latm Amerlcans Cleveland, Ohio, the city which in the destinies of the Regional Associa—
‘ The Texas Federation of Women’s l933 Organized the first public hous— tion, and who has long been a leader
Clubs with members throughout the mg authority in the United States, is in the struggle for a national public
State, and the Brownsville Tex., also the first Cityto add to its public housmg program, the Housing Center
‘ League of United Latin American buildings a Housmg Center. In this “is an example .of the kind of long—
‘- Citizens, one of 160 chapters in Texas, building are located. the offices of the term constructive public relations
» New Mexico Southern California, Cleveland Metropolitan Housmg [iii— program for housmg that we have
, Arizona and other Southwestern thority and the Regional IASSO-ClatIOII conducted Since 1982.
States recently went on record in of Cleveland, an unoffic1al citizens’ “Wedo not place much value on
' support of the proposed USHA TULal planning and housmg organization sporadic ‘publiCIty pushes’ unless
2 .. . program. created “to guide the growth of there is need for them as a result oi
, The Texas Federation of Women’s Cleveland. ' . unusual Circumstances. A Housmg
- . Clubs’ resolution reads: “Be it re- Originally a Six-room model brick Center such as'this fills a great need
solved that it (TFWC) endorse the house bu11t as a demonstration build- as a center of interest in both public
United States Housing Authoritv ro— mg for the Great Lakes Expos1tion in and private housmg, a center of 111-
_ . 01 th‘ h th thd 1986—37, the building was donated for formation for students and the gen-
- iigrguiigfifié: OEIthe hzégerentestatlg its present purposes. Two large eral public,. and a place. for exhibits
of the Union and as carried on in Wings have Since‘been added. . and discussions of planning and hous—
. Texas and that it endorse and urge According to Ernest J. Bohn,.D1— mg actiVities.
2 the assage of the legislation and ap- rector Of the Cleveland Metropolitan (sh CIFVJFT -\\'i) Hm‘siv‘ ‘3'
~ . progriation 110W pending in Congress Housmg Authority, who also directs ” ’0 ‘ ‘ ‘ * . . ”11 in 'J
to continue the United States Housing 2 . .
Authority’s program, so as to extend '
“ it into the rural areas of the Nation.” ,
The League of United Latin Arner- i
ican Citizens’ resolution is similar: 3| 2 ‘ - . .z .. 2 :
“Be it resolved that it (LULAC) en- . , f ‘ fie: . 4%
dorses the low-rent housing program , ~1 ' _, -- jaw} a} iii i‘
“ of the United States Housing Author- xg-n ?_~“‘“-»-E . 1’- %.%5
proving the passage of legislation in him“. maflr—Ztc .. " l a My; }::~v.' is“?
public housing to rural areas of the . . it“??? r’ii‘ Eli-:7 ‘ 1 ii E IN “5M2:
‘ Nation and to continue the general e m ’” H V I V W 4],”,
' These resolutions are in accord _ , , i [If ' ' E
with the strong plea of Governor ‘ .2.‘ . . 2 (vfi’
. Olson of California for a rural pro- y -9” «We»? w“.
. 2 gram in his State. For the Gover— ,— Wag‘fic Wt
' « nor’s statement, see PUBLIC HOUSING, ' H M “y WW" WM ” ‘ "l
. NO. 22. In Cleveland, Ohio, one of the newest public huildings is the Housing Center, pictured
above. It is the first building of its kind in U. S. public houSing history.
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Henry Street Settlement Demonstration Unit B d H - B d H l h ,
a ousmg, a ea t m.
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Shows Home Furnishm s For Slender Bud ets 0 -
g g Are bvnously Related 13.
As a se1'v1ce to res1dents 1n the Women are inv1ted to v1s1t the dem- . . p
_ ,, Says Prof. Horwood re,
Henry Street neighborhood and to the onstration room and there develop t'
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future tenants of Vladeck Houses, ideas for the improvement of their Speakmg before the recent Re- ,
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New York City Housmg Authority own homes. g1onal Conference on Housmg Ad-
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project to be completed 111 the autumn, People 111 the neighborhood bring m1111strat1on and Management at the f3
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the Henry Street Settlement, Whose their furniture to the Settlement Hotel Bellevue 111 Boston, Dr. Murray
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quarters overlook the new project, workshop, where, under the gu1dance P. Horwood, professor of bacteriology d
has instituted a practical home fur- of the directors, they remodel and and sanitation at M. I. T., said: “It is flo
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n1sh1ngs demonstration. repa1r 1t. Settlement staff members not necessary to establish a stat1st1cal t
Although plans are now going visit the homes where problems of relationship between poor housing :6
ahead to furnish a five-room apart- overcrowding are acute to advise in and poor health in order to demon- ,0
ment as a demonstration unit, the possible rearrangements for greater strate that poor housing is unde- ISS
Settlement, under the leadership of comfort. sirable, me
Miss Helen Hall, already has utilized Aiding Miss Jenkins and Mr. Lock- “All that is necessary is to observe me
furniture renovated in its workrooms wood are James Ashley, who directs the intolerable conditions usually as— ~ I?
to equip a demonstration living room the shop work, and Dean Fausett, sociated with slum dwellings. Poor S 3
at the astonishingly small cost of prominent young American painter housing conditions, attended by over- we
$24.73. and muralist, who supplies design for crowding, favor increased opportuni— t 1
According to information received drapes and walls and guides the ef— ties for contact infection and hence da
from Miss Susan Jenkins, who shares forts of home makers in creating make for the dissemination of the HY”
the responsibility for the Home Plan- their own designs. The National disease’s spread in that way. h
ning Project with Mr. Douglas Lock- Youth Administration has assigned “No one can view the Federal hous— S ,‘
wood, the largest item in the decora- four young men with training in car- ing projects in South Boston and W1
tions is $6 for paint. Unbleached pentry and cabinet work to aid on the Cambridge without realizing that p:
muslin drapes, carrying a linoleum project and at the same time improve such improved housing conditions for E; ‘
print design of Brooklyn and Wil— their own skills. The demonstration the poor are destined to have a pro— . . e
liamsburg bridges, cost 9 cents a unit will help tenants to furnish their found and beneficial effect on the ,
yard. They have evoked sincere ad- new homes both economically and health of the people fortunate enough WI,
miration from many visitors. well. to be accepted as tenants.” W1
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The materials used in transforminga chair like the one above 75 cents. All the furniture in the room has been renovated. $7.
(left) into an attractive and useful article of furniture, as in the The table is “made over” with a linoleum cover. Drapes are
demonstration room (right), at the Henry Street Settlement, cost unbleached muslin at 9 cents a yard.
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 A saving of approxi- o o Wading pools in USHA—
mately $280,000 in project K e e p l n g U p W1 t h aided projects “should of-
construction costs on the fer no health problem,” in
balance of the USHA’s the opinion of Dr. J. M.

. . present program may be US HA ResearCh DallaValle, P. A. Sanitary
realized if recommenda— Engineer of the U. S. Pub—
tions of'the USHA Tech- . Wooden Window Standards lic . Health Service, now
nical D1v1s1on governing acting as an adv1ser to the
use of standardized sizes 0 New Leaflet on Construction Costs USHA.
of double—hung wooden - In a memorandum to
and steel casement win— . USPHS Approves Wadlng P0015 A. C. Shire, USHA Tech-
dows are adopted by local housing au— dictions by the manufacturers. nical Director, Dr. DallaValle said:
thorities. The establishment of five Because the establishment of stand— "The pools are shallow and are fed
standard sizes of steel casement win— ard window sizes does not require a continuously with water from ap—
dows was discussed in the January 2 change from those now in use but proved supplies during operation. A
issue of PUBLIC HOUSING. Announce- merely limits the range of sizes, 24-foot pool supplied with as little as
ment is now made of the establish— manufacturers are in a position to 10 gallons of fresh water per minute
ment of a minimum number of supply them at any time without pre— will void the pool at least once every

. recommended standard sizes and vious notice. The resulting economy three minutes. This permits an ade-
standard details for double—hung for the manufacturer may be passed quate margin of safety.
wooden windows. on directly to the consumer. “The pools should be cleaned once

It is estimated that bids will be ___*__ each day and drained whenever the
taken on projects containing 70,000 “Bringing Down Construction spray is shut off,” the memorandum
dwelling units after March 30, 1940. Costs” the fourth in a series of lea f- stated.

If one-half this number, or 85,000, 1 t ’ 1 . . th USHA . Concurring with Dr. DallaValle
should use the standardized wood ems exp aiming. .e . program, were: Messrs. L. M. Fisher and John
windows, the estimated savings in prislentls ,cgnvmfimg. evidence that Leukhardt of Public Health and Gil—
production costs would amount to pu tli: mfg-1,8111: ousmg is also low— bert Rodier of USHA.

$184,000, and installation costs should coaheollesziiiit shows that the average

’ . “Egg/1,:Oggc'omméndafions (which cost of building USHA-aided homes,
will not, of course, be mandatory, but iiié‘IUdaiifl 1:383:65; Iiigzléfigilea: Cleveland Housing Center
W1” take the form 0f $558795th) about $2 000- that this cost plus, the (Continued from page 1)
are based on recent studies in which cost of ,dwelling equipment archi—

18 projects, using 76 different tYDBS tects’ fees local administrative e\'~ “In the two-story central part of
and sizes 0f WOOd double-hung win— penses and carrying charges is well the building are the administrative
dows, were reviewed. From analy— below ,the maximum allowed in the Offices’ a meeting room, a library on
sis IOf plans Of these projects, and United States (Housing Act' and the housing and planning, rapidly becom-
typical plans, it was apparent that, in over-all cost including land ,and non- ing one Of the best in the country, and
nearly every case, all required day- dwelling facilities is considerabl 7 an office where we park USHA ad-
Iighting standards could be met by below the over-all costs on 165 1811, (i visers when they come.”

using not more than seven different scale projects constructed with fri- The Housing Center is ideally
SlZeS. The seven standard sizes vate capital 1 located. It is on the Mall, which is
agreed upon include three for use Althoughconstruction costs on th Cleveland’s Civic Center. Other
with wall—bearing buildings, three for first USHA-aided proiects were belov: buildings on the Mall are the Public
use with skeleton frame buildings, what Congress required subse uent Auditorium, City Hall, County Court-
and one bathroom window for use costs have been even lower A cqcord house, Board of Education, Cleveland
with either group. Safe heights from ing to the leaflet “in the 1l6 )ro‘ects College, Public Library, and the Fed-
floor to sill are maintained in each built in cities of less than 1503 000 eral Building. The site is owned by
instance, as well as minimum clear— population the cost of dwellin" fa’cili- the City Of Cleveland.

ance between the head of the window ties averages about $3 8‘39 a dgvellinO' “The Housing Center symbolizes,”
and the ceiling. Tn the first 26 projects built in thje Mr. Bohn says, “in brick and mortar,

The seven selected sizes, together larger cities dwellin g facilities aver the belief that housing has at last
With proposed standardized details, age about $3 700 a dwellin >7 _ become respectable, and that it is high
provide, according to manufacturers, All leaflets in this seriesgare avail time housing authority offices, na-

. . an adequate range of size and are able free of charge ulon re uest t; tional, regional, and local, came down
satisfactory in detail. The estimate the Informational Sei'jvice Dlivisim out of lofts and up out of basements
of savings which will result (about UQHA 1’ to take their places with other re-
$7.50 per dwelling) is based on pre— K A \ _ spected public agencies.”

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, , hen. Barkley Speaks . .
Construction Bids Current Housmg Literature
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At Paducah Ceremonies
Bid Openings Definitely Scheduled NEIGHBORHOOD BOOSTER, F’I'eehold, Jan. 1, _
717.1 . 17,,”ifi—W, _ -- ' . 1940, pp. 12-13.
Local authority and project ‘ Number 1 Date of bid G1 Guild-bl e'aking Gel 6111911105 W761 e . ‘ltcosul'ts t%1:l‘[2:IlAtS‘ lzlPolllzllgol‘illull’llll'k igli'etgtetsxggefd
_ number niunits ‘ opening recently held in Paducah, Ry, to cele- g§fm.:a;‘e‘f,fllfms “lieu? lime in ,,,,§n1.mgme',,eigh_
_ % brate the offiCIal start of work at 1’01'1100‘1r'1‘951‘1t5' iuvmble- .
Baltimore (Md.—2~1)____t 701 , 2—14—40 Tl J ff ,. Pl ‘ f th THE BUSINESS OF PUIILIC HonSING, by M11-
Bristol (Va.—2—1)_________l 142 2— 7—40 lomas_ 9 6.13011 acev one 0 9 ton J. Goell, Dynamic America, December
Bl‘lst01 (Va.-2-2)—————<-.— 74 2— 7-40 two prOJects in Paducah’s $1,000,000 1939,1313- 21—23-
Gary (IllCl.—11—1)_..N____ 305 2—15—40 - . , Describes how economies have been and can be ef-
Harrisburg (Pa—872)-... 200 2d 5_40 lO\\’-1‘ellt h0us1ng program. Senator fefited in the fielfil ol' IOWIICO'SL housinirlandliliscusses
Hattiesbui‘ MlSSr‘l—Z 120 2* 8—40 ,7 _ a _ - a ,4 w at the UbHA as been 0mg along tiese ines.
Nashville Edwin—54).). 332 2~ 2410 Alben Vi .OBaikley, guest spealxei ,fO} THE EFFECT or PUBLIC HOUSING UPON PRI-
, the occaSion, told some 200 partICi— VATE HOUSING, by Milton J. Goell, Dynamo
—-—-—-—— . - ~ America. January 1940 )p. 21—23.
_ _ . 1 pants that anlollg the 800131 Obhga— Points (int how public ho’ulsing has benefited the
Bld Openings Tentatively Scheduled thllS Of the Government is the task Itiglixfitlgliuilding industry both in England and in this .
Local authority and project Number Date ofbid of “making possible for the less for- SUBSIDIZED LOW-RENT HOUSING, The Com—
number ofunils opening tunate the advantage Of sanitary monwealth, Part 2, Nov. 21, 1939, pp. 119—
__.___ ’ 157.

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in... (Ohioq-n_____,,,! 276 3— Ho healthful housmg- . m: shutters li‘lii’e‘“c§&?.§$;eiiilil’b‘iii ‘3’; >
Baltimore (M(l.~2-2)-...l 434 3_16_40 Senator Barkley pOinted out that galifornia. includes arguments for and against sub-

Bl"“‘l“gmm (Alm'l’m—l 514 l 2’25'40 we no longer consider the Govern- :liljfdpllgxllflililr;f\lghizeliitelrglfntesntzlililfill oniliciiifi' Fcilii:
Birmingham (Ala.—1— ; “ , , ('isms of the Federal low—cost housing program. plus
3A) 292 l 2—25—40 ment as a vague something in far-- (lufstifynnlailil‘e canceriiing the selection of tenants for .
Butte(1V1011t.7371),.__", 225 1 34 6740 , - ,, ,_ A “. suisuizei omes.
’ away “(351111155th bUt lathel as an HOUSINc FOR SPECIAL GROUPS, International
Charlotte (N. C.—3— ‘ : institution that Sits by the fireSide of gedel'altwnl $319 Ho‘gsmg allid TowndPlanning,
1A 103 3115140 . - ,, russe S . ai‘ious y page .
1)011\.)01. (COlOfil—2bfifiil 348 3&15fi40 eVely mall) “roman: and Chlld' Palpers dn the dhousing; of agricultural workers, old '
Fajardp (RBIs—34; 210 3« 9—40 Followmg the remarks of the Sena— l§3§i§is,“’;’§(i‘$033156 tii‘a‘lietél’ilaiili5333353513;
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E’efiflfi‘rfict‘ntné‘f 13)” ii” 3 18 :3 W and other Promment Omens, £23221?gn‘l23‘5133‘f325li‘lfim E b c M ,
. .——,.,,_ , 7~ I ' ..i.y . .
i Mayor Edgar T. Washburn and Wri ht International Labour Review Jan— ‘ ‘
Eonstou (($ex.~§j;)i=\).._; .39: } gig—:8 Mayor-elect Pierce E Lackey were uarfildw, pp. 3—29, / , .
, OHS 011 (.x.73¥_ ”7..., .4 ' — — ' _ Qonsidersvrent restriction as a. means of counter-
Jacksonville (Flori—2), 708 ‘ 3—20—40 presented a spade, and, each With a 33335 eggsgruflfggges in Wig‘tilmeusnd sweats a
7' _ v V ¥/ _ i “ _ . . . ‘ c. (.7 l .e I'OOmS an (“78 lugs as a more
3131:1311Elli—:31: 238 1 3_ L18 foot on the top of the blade, JOintly gem“? meth0d~
‘ . consummated the ground—breaking 8035““! {N g1?" U3“ AMERICA’ by .F' M’ . ’ ' ,
, ,-, g g g _, ' Wiie, Rmrtl ._oczology, December 19.59 pp.
McCOinb (Miss. 3 2)”. 90 3 20 40 ceremonies 449 457 , ,
Mayaguez (P. R.-4~l),_l 476 4— 2—40 ' D'— '
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Nasimiie (TCHIL—D‘l)" 300 347—40 Later in the morning the program snags???)ccuieml‘tiflucliili131ml”05thtmillfiiséflilfiimfiofif
New Orleans (Lari—g), 746 3721—40 was re )eat l 0 th ”6 f Ab . h 91'“ convenienceS-
NOE" _York City (3; . 1 8C n 9.51 e 0 1a .am SOME CONTRASTS IN LEVELS or LIVING IN
1.4075)__,.,_._..._.._.... 1, 326 3~ 5—40 Lincoln Court, 75-unit colored prOJect {:‘NDUSTRIAL, EARM’ AND PART-TIME FARM
‘ , AMILIES IN URAL MISSISSIPPI by Dorothy
Oakland (TCal.~371)..i... 395 3-14140 111 Paducah- _ . Dickens, Social Forces, December 1939, pp. ' .,
gmaliaé?‘ gain-$1521“.-. 33(2) 2—2073 Paducah Is one of Six Kentucky 247—255. '
01100 - .’ " ""7". 4 - - _- - ~ Compares living c nl't' A f th ., th- .
Tilinlpa (Fla.—342),,_.___. 320 3_ 1_40 CltleS With USHLA commitments for home ownership, andotliel $512: too whiecsli inclosiiiegllsogru)? .
W??? gazini Beach 120 ‘ 3 1 40 the construction of public housing fiDgIINISTRi‘iDTIVE BASISI OF NATIONAL AND
i a.— — W} ‘ — 7 . . . F} IONAL LANNING nternational Feder- '
l p1 OJQCtS- Thus fal, USHA funds 3613 13mm for Housing land Town Planning, ' I
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' i’l‘liei‘eis usually flilU-(llly period beiweeubid udvertis- aSIde f0)“ KentUCky 111 93.111131 kings 13351165233033?“ Xaifiguasggififtgfgve mach‘n _
113;?an:‘iéimurz:isugii‘ and loan contracts total $19,443,000 .. will
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Weekly Construction Report
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Item ‘ Week ended Week ended Percenta e
‘ January 19, 1940 January 12, 1940 changeg
Number of ro'ects under con ru ' l I
p J . st ctioni 164 164 No change '
Number of dwellings under construction-"._--__..--._.-,,_.."WWW.--",,,.......-i 64,943 64 943 No chan '
Total estimated over-all cost1 of new housmg ‘ $290 984 000 2 , ge
1 ‘ _ , , $ 90,984,000 No change
Average over—all cost of new housmg per unit $4,481 $4 481 No change
Ave e net construc ion co 2 ' 1 ’
rag t st per uniti $2,819 1 $2,819 No change
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1 Includes: (a) Building the house, including structural costs and plumbing heatin d l ' ‘ '
_ ~ _ _ g, an e ectrical installation- (b) dwell' '
ment, architects’ fees, local administrative expenses financial charges duriri construct' d ' ’ lng equip- -
present development; (d) nondwelling facilities. , g ion, an contingency expenses; (c) land for . '
3 The cost of building the house, including structural, plumbing, heating, and electrical costs.
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