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‘ Vol. 1, No. 31 Federal Works Agency, U. 3. Housing Authority—Nathan Straus, Administrator March 12, 1940
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" USHA Issues Second Annual Report— New PFOJeC'lS Opened "1
H - P - 1939 S - d Vlncennes and Newark
' OUSIIlg I'OgI’CSS lIl ummarlze _
Major Bowman Terrace Sets New Low
.» , Average Family Income in Texas Thus 10W incomes and bad housing combine Rent Schedule—$8.85 Monthly Av.
Project is Estimated at $545 2:131:11? the problem 0f rural housmg a seri- During the last week in February two new
5 ' ' ‘ninn s we. - _
According to the Annual Report 0f the Part Two is a brief report on the status T‘JSH‘A‘lf‘de .mf‘fi“t“ " Jeropened .me,?;
United States Housing Authority for 1939, of the PVVA Housing Division projects cupancy—I— 13101 drmfzinraln. :rraceio‘flt iii
now being distributed, USHA started the which, in November 1937, were transferred cennes, n(., an e um; on ’
new year with main construction contracts to the USHA by Executive Order No. 7732. Newark,fll\I. J - . .
approved on 163 projects in 24 States, the Part Three is a report on the organiza- The \Iincennes preject has achieved the
DiStI‘iCt Of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and tion, personnel, and finances of the United IOW‘BSt rent schedule 0f any northern pl'O-l'
- ‘ Hawaii. The contracts call for the con- States Housing Authority. ect yet opened. Shelter rent 1h MaJOI‘ BOW“
‘ struction of 64,575 dwellings at an average , man Terrace W111 average $835 per month;
over—all cost (estimated) of $4,487 each. In Tabulations Appended with utilities the total cost to the tenant per
, this figure is included the cost of land for Appended to the Report are useful tab- month W111 average only 5513-22- These
present development, the cost of nondwell- ulations on the PWA Housing Division proj— rents are substantially lower than those an—
ing facilities, the net construction cost, and ects, including; Name, location, rents, in- nounced last year f01' the privately flhahCEd
the COSt 0f equipment, architects’ fees, and comes of tenants, family size, income and Fort Wayne (Ind.)-hous1ng-plan, Whmh was
overhead. expense on each project, together with obli- des1gned to. prov1de low-1ncome fam‘lles
. The amount of loan contracts (based on gations, stocks, and occupancy data on the With prefabricated, WPA-bmlt homes.
90 percent of the development cost of proj— PWA Limited Dividend projects. The final Named for one Of Newark’s Revolutionary
acts) is reported as $581,776,000 at the be— appendix is the balance sheet of the United War heroes, Pennington Court COHSlStS 0f
ginning of the year, and the maximum States Housing Authority, June 30’ 1939, 236 dwelling units. Shelter rents will aver-
amount of annual contributions based on the The Report also includes a list of avail— age $13.75 per month. Average annual in-
total estimated development cOSt of all able USHA publications and Policy and Pro- come of tenants is expected to be somewhat
' projects, $23,226,323. cedure Bulletins. less than $850.
Final rent and income limits had been ap—
- proved on 17 projects in 8 States. Char-
, acteristic average monthly shelter rents per
family in northern projects range from Average Renl’ 8( Income GI’OUPS IO be Reached
$12.91 to $14.25. In typical southern proj- By USHA-aided Projects with Approved Loan Contracts
ects, the average shelter rent per family
ranges from. $959 to $1226 E.Stimated Estimated Shelter Annual Income (05 0f Dec. 3|. [939)
average family incomes for the pI‘OJQCtS are, Rent per Mon", of Group Number of Projects
. as would be expected, higher in the North Per Dwelling Unit IO be Reached 0 I0 20 3O 40 50 60 70 80 90 I00
than in the South. Red Hook is highest, at
$1,060, and Santa Rita is lowest at $545. $ 6.00— 799 Under $ 450
Report in Three Sections - p
The Report is divided into three parts: ‘ 800— 9'99 450 _ 549
“Projects Under the New (USHA) Pro— ----
gram,” “PWA Housing Division and Lim- 1000—] |,99 550 — 649 ,
ited Dividend Projects,” and “The Corpora-
.200 .399 650 749 ------
Part One discusses rents, occupancy, costs, ' _ ' _
land, elimination of slums, labor and em- -------
ployment, financial provisions, rural hous- l4,00—|5.99 750 -—« 849 .
ing, legal developments, and progress of the l_
program. Nine tables supplement the text, i ---
. . - - . [6.00-I7.99 850 — 949
fac111tat1ng qmck, accurate comparisons.
Particularly important is the discussion of -
rural housing which presents the most recent 18.00 —| 9.99 950 -— |,O49 .
. authoritative information on housing con—
ditions in rural sections. More than half of _ __
the Nation’s farmers, the Report points out, 2000 2'99 "050 I‘l 49.. I
’ received less than $1,000 a year in 1935—36. ' l I l .
In 1934, about 60 percent of all American
farm families (about four million) were liv- fim’sfl’yfifllg‘flwmq ' I .‘fl. , £7517}??? 3.3!:2’3’35’7???
_ ing under substandard housing conditions. “h ,,,,.n.,,,,fi____n M1,...” '. 5‘72”; I Ii". '4: ,_’_g_;_ e; __
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i IntrOdllCflOll t0 ., - 22m ”$3... 1. i
H O U S I N G ‘;(;~m;«zfig§ ,. ~. ’fihw’x‘ sets Low-COSt R800 rd Y.
”A ‘4 tig'y’c’ii " ' .fly'a‘f ‘27.? l
’rfvfmiéfi Mug??? , Roosevelt Signs 12 Loan Contracts
By Ednh “met “00d éhfhfi‘: {313‘} a If The lowest average net construction cost . . .
A Revielv 3 . .‘ '." h. P1"; 21:; _ of any public housing project in the United ’;
., AW; -fflflmig . ,~ 3 I. ,‘ a it." 7 “4 States was announced recently when Presi- 1
u 1. . " g2 ., § . k; y dent Roosevelt, on March 5, approved USHA .
hither democracy Wlh destroy the ShhhS’ V?" . “ ’95; w' 3% .17" loans to 18 local housing authorities, mak— l
01‘ the slums Will destroy deanCl‘acyi” de— I E ”1:41;," ”t “‘ ing possible the construction of an addi- l
clares Dr. Edlth Elmer WOOd m her recently 5;, . X l.’ fl'm' , ' ‘ ww tional 6,386 homes for low—income families l
published “Introduction to Housmg Facts . " m”,- ‘ ; ,. “,3; in 12 States. l
and Principles?7 This latest work by one 1, . a? ,’ -;:Wm"‘,§? , f; 33.33%- Smallest of the loans, $307,000; went to
of the authorities in the housnig field both 4?. , . “ 5%,? .~ m; “ 33% Fort Wayne, Ind., for the construction of a
here and abroad is bound to find a place on r“ ,. 531$, . ,’ ,3 MW; 120-unit project at the record low average
the reference shelf 0f every professmnal 01' £2“: ~ $11k?” Elf ,3 4% net construction cost of $1,791 per unit.
amateur houser in the country. mm. , 4* if”, .. -,, '_ , 1:: .. This is Fort Wayne’s first USHA loan.
In her ihh'OduCtiOh’ D1" WOOd gives a 2;; “. :5 .7713. In Fort Wayne, whereaprivately financed
simple, concise statement 0f why the hous— V": 4r." ,5“ §w(fw , hi i ‘4 rip—d}, plan to build low-cost, prefabricated units ‘
ing problem is important to the ihdh'ldual’ (“ h ,; .1 ““3133“ 1 eye”??? for low-income families was introduced in i
the family, the community, and the Nation. ;,~ .fi .3 " aft-1 1938, the number of families has been in-
Havmg established the universal importance 4‘ ; £42., creasing much faster than the number Of ‘
01 her subject, the author goes on to sketch r/ 5/ new homes. According to a 1939 survey,
in the background of the housing problem “weal/é”: Fort Wayne’s population increased from «l
in America—its Origins and Present settine- / . g; ' " ' ” 29,145 families in 1930 to 32,372 in 1939.
Brief references to the reports of public “ 4* .. ' .. . ' Compared to this gain of3,227 families, only
health eXpertS brlng OUt the minimum health A trio of Uncle Sam’s tennnts—frontispiece in “Intro- 1 114 dwellings were built in the 53.1118 pe-
requirements of housing, and illustrate how ducti‘m ‘0 Housing-" riod and only 104 of these were Within the
far ShOI‘t we are 0f any attainment Of a enterprise. The somewhat smaller replace- reach of the city’s low—income families. The
minimum standard. Furthermore, “Spot ment needs, 6,319,000 (527,000 per year), local survey shows that 7120 dwellings in
and rate maps of juvenile delinquency and would be the utmost range within which Fort Wayne are occupied by families living
adult crime show patterns similar to death public housing would operate. If even half under substandard dwelling conditions.
and disease maps. . . . Roughly, it is typi- of this need is met during the period, it will The total of the approved loans $27 236 _
cal to find a fourth of the delinquency cases be a noteworthy achievement.” 000 brought to $624 114 000 the amouht of
in a city occurring among an eighth of the “Effect of Future Changes in Construc— USHA loans now contracted to local authori-
population who live 011 a sixteenth 0f the tion Costs, Income Distribution, and Cost of ties. The contracts call for the construc-
' area.” Short summaries of several city- Living With a Glance at Cost of Land, Fi- tion of 140 242 dwellings.
~wide surveys prove conclusively that “there naming, and Taxes,” “Division of the Field The largest loan approved on March 5
—. is in addition the more readily measurable of Housing," and “Housing and Planning— $7 092 000 went to the Philadelphia Housj . .
economic cost of slums in dollars and cents Neighborhood, City, State, and National” in; Authority for the construction ofa 1 500_
to the taxpayers.” are some of the subjects covered in the last “gt project. Loan contracts also were ap-
In Chapter 9: Dr. WYOOd turns her atteh' part Of the bOOk- proved for projects in' San Francisco Calif.‘
tion to an estimate of nonfarm housing needs 5 W Athens, Ga“; Danville, 111.; Louisville, Ky.;
in 1938 and from 1932?; to 1950. In closing /,M;,, ;,,,,;;;; .. Detroit, Mich.; Toledo, Ohio; Chester, Pa.;
the chapter, she says Of the total 13’2‘9" ., 522': . . ‘/’ ~' M” ' Providence R. I.’ Alexandria Va ' Wheel—
000 units which will be needed by 1950, [fa/1"; El" 3",: i 'f ’ ing W Va" and éuperior Wis "
(3,960,000 (580,000 per year) would be addi- " ': . .; 1 :5 ’ ’ " ’ '
tional housing for increased population, b5” i ', , "—_‘—"_——_—
Wthh has always been the field 0f private g! A g ”M followed by “Housing Progress in Western
, . . . .. ., _ . . lg ;., 2% ’1 ' Europe,” “Recent Trends in American Hous-
, ‘, _- ~'. W “,3 » ‘ g ing,” and “Slums and Blighted Areas in the
p” I! :. . 5%“ '#a(“ J; t , > ,, _,_ lzline articlesdon both glneriaan allihd Igul‘opian
”>211§§§‘7 W ‘ "3 e an ’ ’ . ,, afittjy University’s housing courses from 1925 to
lag??? 7 d?! $.39} My,» hlghteen charts and 17 pages Of pictures Conference, and member of the Executive
, ' . , ,; '* ‘ ' g "" , (four 0f Whlch are reproduced Oh thls page) Committee of the International Housing As—
" ' , ' . . fl . E. .73.? {:91}; make tlllhs one Of the niglsthreiadallgle sociation are but afew of the offices she has
, 5, Wu.“ i‘.‘ "V“; 00 s on ousing ever pu is e . r. , -’ -
l fl,“ I ‘v, ; , Wood’s attack upon 16 “popular fallacies," held during her long and active career. ;
€35.” g???" g," ,, (distinguished by little black fists pointing l sE‘ ,/ _ ”
w: ‘ _ w' ”val? 3,; , fingers of scorn) runs throughout the entire i?“ ,l. ,3, m - ;
. La, , ' ’ 7» text : book. There are numerous statistical tables V ',5,-'. 5M . .. l,
:‘f in: ’ " ' . l " 5 U V ‘ both in the main body of the book and in the gray. ,gxg. L‘ f .. I
.‘, ;, , ll “13% 73.3%: Copies may be purchased for 30 cents . Eff;— ‘§§,; ‘
1‘ 3,3513 ’ f i f, ’ if, a, each by sending cash or money orders to the & 3; i» ‘E *‘5 E“l5 '
1135,34," . ~ f ,; Superintendent of Documents, Government fix-
at; i . . . ». _ " a,“ Printing Office, Washington, D. c. ‘- 5‘- "
«5 . .. ; as ‘ Dr. Wood, a USHA Consultant, is widely ' _' ' l” f 5'" ,1' .‘ . . .
"1"“; ‘H% ,3]; ' known as an author, teacher, and social 3" $34!; 2.2%! ,
. . 9%“ 4%,“, Mfg/,5 economist. Her; first outstanding publica— ”W , :ffil .
W ; ‘ amt-5.! tion in the housnig field was “The Housing %'€;ag%¥1%§u¢
Stockholm: Cooperative apartments built on land 0t The,UnSklllsd Wage .Earner’ America S Doing his best to help mother—who is doing her best
rented from the city on a 60-year lease. Next I i'oblem, written In 1919' Thls was to make a home in a Washington,D.C.,nlley dwelling.
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et Up 1n R "t Orltles 1 000
. ura Are T ’ 9000 000 B -
I .Colinty Authol-ilie N as— Otal 0 ‘ Used . ,(3 rlClis
1 1n 4 Stat 5 0w 0 - 34‘ III
05—6 Add d . Peratlna f . Ollstr ’
I That . e 111 5 M b 0 P1116 Blufl' H ~ M uCtlon
‘ pubhc housi Onths Count * ’ Ousmg Auth " ore than 01 ' -
J faSt becoming a 1. I-lg for rural famili - C yzk’ Housxng Auth - out? Of Pope an amount 3e. b11110“ buildin .-
cent Check u feahtyls bOrne 0 tb es 15 County , HOUSing A herlty ot JOhHSOH Spanning thsumment to build 3 b11ck5_-
i through0 ' p 0 10call hOu - u y a l'e— OthY* Ho - ut Ority of c ’ S e continent f a high Wall
I ut the C Slng aUthOr't‘ 0011 :E.’ us1ng Author‘t OUWay an Franchc0_ - r0111 New Y
1 months 54 auth _0untry_ In the 1 les nty", Hous' 1 y of Clevel Struct' W111 be ut‘l‘r . ork to
I , . . . Count * 7 mg Autho 'tv and Ion of 10 _ lued In th
Created, brin . 01‘1t1esm 14 States h Past 5 y , HOusin A _I‘1 y of Dr USHA W rent dWell‘ 6 con-
ton C g Uthomt ew slum cl lugs 11nd
end of Se tgmg the total from 9 ave been Ounty-n J y of Wash‘ A . earance er the
-62 A . a efferSOn C lng- PPr0x1m t 7 program.
the new p ember, to 316 at the uthol‘lty'r L Ounty H . st a ely 230 000 .
authoriti at Present th - -,~ ’ OHOke Count; Ou5mg ruCturall hon .’ ’000 llneal f
county autho . . eS, 34, 01, 63 . Of _OI'1ty-‘, The H _ y Housing A miles 0w tlle_a eet of
. . Tltles Del‘Cent . C11; OUSIHg A t - u" or near] ' tom” of 4‘ ’
a1d 1n the C Set up to b , , ale y of North L- u hOI‘lty 0f . the y twice th - 3:560
Onstru t' 0 taln USI- , Cou . , lttle R0 k the earth at th e dlstanCe .
As the a c lon of mu 1 . lA “t3 Housm C ; Ark Wh' saf t e Equato - drollnd
‘ CCOm an - 5‘ PrOJects CALIFO g AuthOrit " ‘te ‘ e y and San't - r—Wlll lend
, lural autho . , P .Vlng map ind' - I RNIA; El Cent~ y . USHA 1 atlon to the added
I St rltles are 1Cates the Kern C .10 Housin - . teChnica1 7 new hemes,
Alélmfg g: firiansas, IllifiggcezlifigaI/fd in, the CONNECTI(:3II1JI'I‘t-y §°us1ng Aut110§it13=21=1 thorns], ifilifllowing estimftfserg Ewe Suhmitted
‘ I _ 1' ansas’ ’ iSSissir ' Tow ‘ Ouslng A th .' ' . lng mate ‘ I e qua '
bet up 1n th COUnty '1 th - 4 ppl- n 0f Enfield “ Ollty of wm . T1318 and - ntlty of
, . e last ‘11 Orltles GEORG . - the g0 1nt0 t _ equ1pm9n .
" thols’ 11: and 18 5 mgmths’ as Wer were? it nulA' Thomas Count H - present pro he‘dwellmgs buflt t Whlch
together count‘ tif MISSlssippj7S 9f 3 01 ILLI" . Y OuSmg Allthor gram, under the
. 5 33“ Orit' , . ‘9- Al- NOIs: ' ‘
I _ *— 195 “e18 established Authorit Clte,’ O.f ROCk Island } . . m,” APPNAI'I'I/um
—— thorit .::: y, 11aCIlSon COunt .Iousmg RINK-WWW" ’l’l‘mlilytu‘
— —- .V , Mont Y Housmg A "Iblm‘ls(kitchV."‘"‘-*v—7_,___A ”0 used
I Authoritvzxz Qu%0n16ry County UOuS. u_ gfifimr..-‘ Lm‘""’“~~~_ NV“"'“ L000,()00 000
' ’ nc - M 111 ; _l11 an1{"72:""h-.———.~_:_T"“1‘f’“- "
l | M13233“ County HiugsgsfgthAuthomf £<,a%:;a;a—f..ii'i:?:<>(2 $233293.
,r PI; HOuS' 11 Orityag Glass}.-g“~,----V._._::jfjj"“-*———~-A-f___‘_fl "’"v‘9‘[0,1um
| I’M/fl % I gounfty of Perryfiifiufihomy of the 23;?3155141333"-~-~~~~~?5-'I<'s1iaa;58‘§§§§»- l'fifiéi‘fi‘n’x
’ y 0 the C '1‘»! Ousin fi ‘ ,u,nI)la%"l‘_:::""“h-u—nfia . " 12v000:000
I I Authority ofgfiéycof Lee, Missf $132?- qugggmna tanks «1515:5351;{Rm@3333: 3'388'33’
- 1 ‘ Y _“--—._______A I III" Vii | V
I % I Housmg Authoritvougty of Alcorn, Miss? $11313? (Ii? [”05 (OWLr‘iE-QI; "‘"-~-——(fc«:Li: .- WWII
ILLI mar, MISSF H . '0 the COunty f - ’ Lumber((Iir‘glrfls'flml11]iS(-(~IIa-{1&;n",“-—.~__<_7_ $300,000 ‘
I N018 /4 I County Of'}; Qusmg Authority °f La- firmer(rom§)““““>«mm.._,._‘”’“‘§I00I>I-- 120163833}:
thorit rentlssy Miss * H . 0 the },,;‘f“"r.vunix,s(£5;fi;,};,~)~"in—LIZ:(flit~- “20,0003000
y W . .V of the C ' : Ousmg A 1,; “tm-m--- )‘— 1141,000000
. W I Mlssfi, Housi Ounty of Tisha] - u— p,-IIIHW‘VCI)7-41““'—-~—~-~—--(£:{1'15;;<3“ 39v”m:000
I "m of Union MPg Authority of th lllngo’ Piping,(Mann!)-—~::::""”“---~--_(fect:)u 1.500.000
, ; 153* . e COunt p1 “.(mbEdenlm 1‘ ","’-‘-~———._,.(r, " $000,000
I % ll illitfounty Of Ngsfigglsmfi.AUth0rity 03E %$:1?I31%letllres_il_)_l_n_m__‘::-A______-(IEEII-: III’%.831I
ority of ’ 1555" Ho - adiaWS51-11311"if"“---—-:::::”""i*~- ”('44' (I
I V/ | HWSing Authofiilie 00”” 0f ’Newlisolflg 333?§§r§§;20h9331i)—1‘.if:---~----iif5'i’i“‘3: #01333
I , . gomeryzc’ Housh}; 0f the County of Mont, gmfing whiff”“----——::::If"“"*“ 'IIFIII'gII
I ’4 I gounty of LaudefdalAuthOI‘ity of thé éfiggfim:--——‘-_—‘-:'.T_"_"_"‘““(S‘1““;‘E_fééiil' 900 3,8390“
. e ' a ~—»——~»-——--L - ' ' ' .J
. I HUth?rlty Of the Collnt’ MISS} ! HOusing “1,0333ny (duct s§§rfifirj1~$qlmre332;; 115'000'032
I ’/// ARKAN ouSmg Authorit y 0f Jones Mis Steel(SLIlTll‘1"--——_._______:‘nd hrt‘flahingg: «0004“.
I /' SAS I “St", Pontotoc Cy Of the COunty’of FS. ’ Em“ (kitcéllllgiqllymm”3i”rm-I56"(”I‘énds)“ 3 000 000
“337*, Seott C ounty Housin A or_ 'leg Slat" and HIRE-1T""“*-—-»_:::_- 0m)" .275Y00(
' . . ‘ (L “IX—“h" I fun-7.“ ,' )
I % W I 5116 Housing (ERIK) {Eonsmg Aithgfiilggi' III§gi~IchsI§3II"‘---'~-——7~If?”"Cm)» 30,538'883
Opiah ~ 1 U y of th ~ W' ~ 0W?(Wom1522::"“-“-«iv—Iiiijmm 230,0001000
% ,m, I the C ’ MISS-fl: The Housin e 0011th 0f \VIIIEM‘DS‘QG elccrrfggfi':‘v—~—A-__._:::::‘ 500,000
? Cunt f r g Auth 2 (Outsxd . r,_‘__ . r00
I % ,éfl ,g m w , | Mg ytgority of the éouftS-"vahe nous- <> 34:4»ng
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I - : upelo H - .V 0 Mad] ects. Ra - . .
I m % I NEva JERSEY: Housfnuglgg Authority, 5011, dwelling-Silgtlfilf In. 8128 from 150 t
I a N0 BurhngtOn. utholqty of the Cit figmes for SOmepll‘OJects would provido 300
MlSSlelPPl I Paw MEXICO' Housjn y Illes. ‘ ’30010W'in00me rur 16 new
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I My %m I CI? 0f Gallup, HOUSigngAXthorlty of the 'lhe Plans for the a fam-
I % Maw C‘ty Of CIOViS’ Housin uthenty 01" the 09mplete story rural developments f
I Mm I NORITII 0fCROSWeH' g Authority of the 2? Jan, 16) Gail gee LPUBLIC HOUSING (Nor
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% ”’A% v .AROLINA: H- . and, WIth 5 es 0“ l-acr ,
I gag I autfi‘gyyy Housing Ailtlhoszmt Housjng gry pl‘iviesy aghaljlfezléiléards, garden: “5:325
- . e ~ ’ -
I ‘ I S AuthorityBern’ N ' Cw Kinsécroglf Efuqlty 11032211373? £8 roughly 5:433:23 for POultrV.
- Sm . a e ‘
‘ D— —- " ' I 08:: EAROLINA‘ HOusing A t1 g WI? be Cecupfedf r1??? StruCtureS 373:3, tihe
\ ‘ t‘ - __ ' " ‘ 11 . ' u .' w . a _ ’ e
I d15 nbutlon 0f m‘th housing nuth - —|- TENNEngEI Igzrltlngtonm. 1011ty of the ghzéflfladmcent fang: Operat01~ famine:
I uring th' - . "1““ in 3 s TEXA - ' C SOD Hou ' ° 0Win ~'
I Califormgsgeeggl Hi Six States- Ark tnfes. of 18);; ITlIlie I'i‘ousing Autigifiughol-ity 3831A loans llgcgsgiygéves the amount of
South Ca ’ . la, Minoi - ’_ 'al'lsas . 0, 9X. H . O the Cit e (level 0 COVer 90
rohna At S’MISSISSIP ' ’ Clty ofT ’ OuSmg Auth .- V th . 0pmem Cost f PGI‘Cent
count ._'. Present p1, and V1 exarkana T 011W of the e gstlmated 0 the ro'
the sicaélliiifltlei They “21:28:33? have $113131? 0‘15ng Auffél-ity f mowed underguggirffnew dvfenffiéis’toafid
OI‘egOn P y named; India: . Itlon t0 Cit ‘8 ’ The H0usin O the City Of #L;
. . ington,’ ennsylvania, Virginia, Mdal‘yland, FuXdOI South Boston, \iAuthorlty of the
The name } an Wash— aside ‘ wsdtOtahng $2,522 060 State ‘ v
during the pS of 5th8 new authoriti proval‘l; in; 110W awaiti’nr- PhaYe been set ( (mmy U18!” MIIIIIW
ALABAM’A as months es Created ' 01- t e COHstr _. ’5 residential a _ -__i ”‘1“ 'lwollin,
, : Ta-- are as £011 . 1n 6 South ““1011 of , D A, u ‘ .L
ARKANSA 11am; H011 - 0W5. 1 em and M' rural pro e t Ark . '——— — "I“
S: Clark 5mg Authorit 0311 Contract ‘ 1,dWeStern St 3 c S 09 a§1585~>--«-——.._ r, ., v , ._‘-
Anthom'ty:l< Ho -C°unt¥’ Ark. Hoy' - Percent of ths WOuld, 1“ everV ates The Illigrorilsfifj“"~~w ’I‘IIII?1I5§"““- $565. 000
’ usmgA . ’ usmg ___~ 6 dev . C51158, cov In ' ~-~-——-., ,. —-——- 3r- 300
uthOrltv f elopme1 t er 90 mam“ \Ikkdnrlnr “7000
~ 0 the City *A 'V“ 1 “St 0f the pro: Edississinffiiifw- "120-“-.127' 316.000 ‘f‘l"
A county, or I‘lll‘ul, ho“ ‘ J |~0uth Carolin-32:: IA)(;ILI‘]7__""'-:: 295’000 ”II
5mg authol'ity. rmgton-"v 363’888 3””
3 “122, 000 1, 300 '

 ________——_—__ The Alley Dwelling Authority for the DiS- Vincennes Annual Report
° ' ' trict of Columbia was quite successful, .
competltlon 011 Blds 1 through the medium of extended newspaper Descrlhes Typlcal Cases
' advertising in a widely scattered field of v _ .
DerCS COStS Down larger cities, in obtaining 13 general bids on f [Elie 18339 reipoVrt of the Housling Atlifhorlty
. - a slum clearance ro‘ect the low bid being 0 e 1 y 0‘ 11109111195 exp 31115 e P111"
1 SflVlngS 0f $670300 Result From about 10 percentp bJelow the pre—bidding pose of Major Bowman Terrace, USHA— .
Attracting Bidders on 4 Projects estimates aided project in Vincennes, in terms of hous—
The experience of the above mentioned 1‘23 116:1- (SeeTstory of the opgnirfigthof
The experience which several local hous- authorities indicates that In 'many cases . ajor (éwmaln erracte 01; Rag? f0 th S
- .- - , - ~ the normal system of bid advertisement does issue.) amp e repor s, ypica _°. ose
ing authorities hax e had recently in reducmg . . . d . . th
construction costs by increasing bidding “Ct reach the respons1ble executives 0f many submitte by. investigators examining e
competition on their broiects, warrants the 0f the larger COHtI‘aCting firms throughout housmg conditions 0f prospective tsmietfii
attention of every local authority in the the country, and even though it does; it does effecttively tell the story Wlthout em 61 IS —
country. Planning to secure a wide field of not impress them suffiCiently to produce a men '1 . . . . .
bidders on projects has resulted in enormous bid frOm them. The methods used by the 1. Family compOSition—Man, Wife, onre
savings in construction costs. three authorities to interest contractors has daughter 8 years Of age, one daughter 0: "
Three housing authorities in particular obviously produced “19“}qu Swings, and one son 35,7o7n50daughter 11 months. Annual
deserve special commendation for their ef- the eXthOSt involved 111 Interesting a Wider income ‘55 - - _
forts__the Housing Authority of Baltimore field of bidders has been minute in .compari- . Housmg need—'Occupying two—room house
City, the City of Paducah Municipal Housing son to saVings effected in construction costs. in outskirts oi Vincennes. House has been
Commission, and the Alley Dwelling Au— . , 501d and they have. been *5le notice to
thority for the District of Columbia. A Constructlon Report AnalySIS gimp. 1 ump and privy. 011 lamps. Stove
total of some $670,000 was saved by these - - _ ea '
three authorities by obtaining a wide range $33235 53:32:12.: f1§iEégaéiéjI§§§WeZ§e 2- Family composition—Man, wife, 0118
Of competitive blddmg' _ authorized. These projects are: 288 units in daughter 4 years Of age, one daughter 2,‘and v
When bids were opened on two projects Allegheny Co Pa' 167 units in Holyoke one son 7 months. Husbands mothei 6.) _
, ) ' ' ' ' ._ '.’ ." . ’ years old. Annual income $726.
by the l aducah Municipal Housmg Commis 9
sion recently there were 7 general construc- Mass, ‘18 units m Washington, D C'; 311 Housing need—Occupying two—room house
, b'd ’_ d f h , units in El Paso, Tex.; 272 units in Laredo, that was formerly a restaurant Have no
tion 1 5 receive or t e two progects com— Tex.; 136 units in Norwalk, Conn.; 896 units - . ‘ .
biiied and 16 general construction bids on in New Orleans La.‘ 204 units (2 projects) pump, carry water. N0 PTWZV, use neigh-
each single project. The low bid afforded in Bristol, Va.;’278 ,units in Augusta, Ga.; bar’s. Electricity and stove heat. Very '
a savmg of about 16 percent in construction 332 units in Nashville, Tenn.; 328 units in hlazardpus locationd—faces C. & E. I. tracks.
cost as compared to estimates made prior to Tampa, Fla.; 120 units in Hattiesburg, I oute wusmg nee -. .
advertismg for 1“ng The large number 0f Miss.; and 236 units in Harrisburg, Pa. 3- Family compos1tion—Mother, one 5011
bidders on these projects was attributed to On February 3, President Roosevelt ap- 12, one son 10, one daughter 7, and one son
the fact that the staff and Chairman of'the proved loan contracts for 16 low-rent hous— 4- Income $348 annually.
local Commissuon and1 its alrchitect Visited ing projects in 12 communities as reported Housmg need—Occupying two rooms next
contraCtorS 11} severa 0f t 9 larger flees in PUBLIC HOUSING No.28. The value of loan t0 13- & 0. tTaCkS Pump and perY. Elec-
f’lnd metropc'htan areas and: after explain: contracts under the USHA program amount- tricit'y and stove heat. Very undesirable .
'V‘Ilgicfiafiefglgeig: agitegigegffotfiigsrflfgz ed to $597,633,000 as of the end of February. location for chlldren. ,
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successful in interesting contractors in sub- .
mitting construction bids. Constructlon Report
When bids were opened on a large Balti- weekly Data ‘
more slum clearance project very recently, —————-—-————-———'—_————‘—_—
9 general bids were received, the low bid 1m" Week ended Week ended Percentaw '
affording a saving of about 20 percent as March 1,1940 February23,1940 change
compared with the pre—bidding estimates. #‘g—J—Jfiflifl
In this_ case, 2 Weeks atter the bids had been Number of projects under construction__,,e___,,,_.__, 184 179 i +2.79
advertised on this project, it appeared that Number of dwellings under construction_____,,,___.. 71,699 69,916 3 +2.55
only about four bidders would submit fig- Total estimated over—all cost 1 of new housing..-" $320,179,000 $312,635,000 ; +2.41
ures, so the Baltimore Authority had its Average over—all cost 1_of new housing per unit______ $4,466 $4,472 l ——0.13
Staff make personal visits to contractors in Average net construction cost 2 per unit____,.___.,.___ $2,803 $2,809 = —0.21
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New York, and ___.—___—————————————-—-—=—'—
other of the larger cities to explain the 1121- , 9
ture of the project and to interest con— Summary of USHA Program as of February -9, 1940
tractors in submitting bids. 1 , , l . ,
ltem Projects undcr Projects under , Projects being ‘
—_——_'—""—' . loan contract construction i tenanted3
Schedule of Bid Opening Dates1 ##r.lflfl _1#__;7___#
Local authority and project Number of Date 0! bid Number Of projects.,._‘__.______._____,,,__,_.,,,._____,__________ 363 181 i 20
number units opening Number of local authorities represented..____________, 153 107 3 15
min—#“'—‘ —'_— Number of States representedV“...___..__________._____,, 4 33 4 28 > 10
Baltimore (M(l.—2s2)__-. 434 377-27440 Number of loan contracts...___Wa_____,,_,.____,,..__.__.-. 225 ____,-.
Camden (N. J.—10—1)___ 275 3—25—40 Value of loan contracts,_,,_____,,_______,,.______,-___.___.__ $597,633,000 ______..,________,.{,...__-__,,,_.___
Cliarlottc(N.C.—3—1—Al 108 3120410 Number of dwelling units in projects-______________,___ 134,056 70,272 1 10,532 -
Frederick (Md.—3«2)_..-_ 50 3426—40 Number of dwelling units completed-.._,,,________.___ ,-.._.___._,_..____ ,..__________.,.--_ 8,421 '
Lexington (l\')'.—-4*])____ 86 3—23s40 Total estimated development cost 5_______,______,.___.__ $670,693,000 $341,380,000 $51,638,000
LTexington (I\'}'.—4e2l,_-, 206 3—23e40 Total estimated over-all cost of new housing 1...... $608,997,000 $314,073,000 .._-_.____-..____
hashville (Tenn.—5—1)__ 350 3—27—40 ‘ I
Tgiif§a(1()l7l[:tl:§:éguuun $38 g:§;::3 1Includes: (a) Building the house, including structural costs and plumbing, heating, and electrical installation; (1)) dwell-
‘ I - .A:—--—* mgequipment.architects’fces,loca1administrativeexpenses,financialchargesduringconstruction,andcontingencyexpenses;
\Vcst Palm Beacli'jl‘ law (a) land for present development; (11) nondwelling facilities.
9~2)_c,__,-,,,,___,_,_____ 120 3119440 :Ehe [0?th builging the house, including structural, plumbing, heating, and electrical costs. .
50 e ruarv .
————_—— 4 Including thchistrict of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii.
‘d’l‘liiclrc is usually a 30-day period between bid advertising b 5 Inlpgiifdesfoz'cr-alg coslt of nexfihousing plus the cost of purchasing and demolishing old slum buildings and the cost of land
an 1 opening. 011g 01' u ure CV8 ODmGIl .
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