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Federal Works Agency - John M. Carmody, Administrator Vol. 1, No.44 - June 11, 1940 U. S. Housrng Authority - Nathan Siraus, Administrator
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10 506 famllles ut tate 11 ea 1n OSlthIl
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were living in With USHA loans and earmarkings for keeville) in Jacksonville. Since that time
the construction of public housing proj— public housing has come to be considered a
U S H A H O m e S ects in Florida totaling $18,663,000, Florida permanent and necessary feature of the
is one of the leading States in the Nation’s municipal program in both cities,
l%%——-J crusade against slums and bad housing. The Florida Housing Authorities Law
Almost 1,300 low-income families in ﬁve was a) roved June 1 1937, 5 months before
. . . . ’ . .
Florida Cities Will have moved from sub— the United States Housm ' Autliorit came
. . . . . .
standard houses into new USHA—aided into eXistence. It )rov1des for tax exem )-
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homes b the ﬁrst of Jul . With the 458 tion of bonds and no crt of the local hous—
ry . . . . . . . y .
families now livmg in two PWA Housmg mg authorities, and gives them the right to

Former Governor Blbb Graves 0f Alabama Division projects, the total number of fam— exercise the power of eminent domain in
was recently named Chairman of The Hous- ilies in Government—aided homes in Florida acquiring property for low—rent housing
mg Authority of the City of Montgomery will be about 1,758. projects.

. to succeed John S. Hodgson. Florida cities are a curious blend of the When the USHA program was started,

Making the announcement, Montgom- oldest and the newest in the country. St. Florida cities were among the ﬁrst to apply
GTY’S Mayor Gunter said: “Colonel Graves Augustine, on the northeast coast, was for aid. The two PWA Housing Division
has always been Vitally Interested In hous— founded in 1564, 42 years before the Eng- projects had demonstrated the desirability
mg". and It was during hls administration, lish colony at Jamestown. Miami, near the of public housing programs, and a forward—
and largely due t0 hIS enthusiastic 51113130112 southern extremit of the State is one of lookin State le islature had Oiened the

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that the State Housmg Act was passed. the newest of America’s lar 'e metro )olitan wa for immediate action.
g i . . .

Other members of the Montgomery au- centers. Thus the problems of rebuilding Brentwood Park in JacksonVille, the ﬁrst
thority are L. D. Rouse, Vice-Chairman, the old and planning carefully for the new USHA-aided project to be completed in
Charles W. Moulthrop, Paul B. Fuller, and must be solved simultaneously by Florida’s Florida, was opened July 1, 1939. It was
Howard E. Pill (appointed with Colonel planners and builders. followed by the opening of Edison Courts in
Graves). Charles P. Rogers is the Exec— As early as 1934 Miami received Federal Miami, December 15, 1939, and Jordan Park
utive Director. assistance through the PWA Housing Divi- in St. Petersburg, April 12, 1940.

. The Montgomery authority is about to be- sion in the construction of a low-rent hous— The three latest Florida projects to open—
gin the construction of its ﬁrst USHA—aided ing project now known as Liberty Square. Pine Haven in Daytona Beach (opened May
project. Later in the summer work will A short time later funds were set aside for 1), Liberty Square Addition in Miami
begin on an addition to Riverside Heights. the construction of a similar project (Dur— (Continued on next page)

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The intersection of Spruce and Chestnut Streets, Tampa, Chestnut Street in April 1940. North Boulevard Homes

Fla., in July 1938. ,1. . 1. 4,; I W55 prOJect nears completion.
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 (scheduled to open in June). and Dunbar ° ° ' ' A R '
Village in West Palm Beach (also sched- HOUSlIlg lIl SCﬂIldlIlaVla— B’Ulew
uled to open in June)—will provide homes
for 167, 352, and 246 low-income families, Housing in Scandinavia, by John Graham, helps to explain Swedish success with city
respectively. J72, University of North, Carolina Press. and regional planning during a period when
The following DI‘OJGC‘CS are SChEdUIEd t0 216 pp. $2.50. Index and illustrations. most American city plans have gathered
open early in July: NOI'th Boulevard Homes dust in the back rooms of city halls. “Land
in Tampa (see pictures), Fla—10—1 in Fort The American public has learned more exploitation in the United States has taken . .
Lauderdale,Attucks Court in Pensacola, and about Scandinavia in recent months, as a on the characteristics of a social menace
a second addition to Liberty Square in Miami. result of war publicity, than it perhaps ever and now threatens the life line of construc—
At present, 11 Florida cities—Daytona knew before. Certainly one result of such tion in low-cost housing,” Mr. Graham as-
Beach, ‘Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Key publicity has been to arouse American ad- serts. “In Scandinavia an intelligent an-
West, Miami, Orlando, Pensacola, St. Pe— miration for the splendid record of social swer to the land question has been found.”
tersburg, Sarasota, Tampa, and West Palm progress achieved by these small northern Beginning, then, with a sound land policy,
Beach—have housing programs calling for countries. As Mr. Graham points out in the Scandinavians have gone on to provide
the construction of 21 projects. his preface, “In the journey toward a dy— homes for all classes of the people by an
The estimated over—all cost of new hous- namic and mature democracy, Denmark, ingeniOus combination of methods. One
ing per dwelling unit of the three projects Sweden, Norway, and Finland have already chapter of Mr. Graham’s book discusses mu—
opened since May 1 is remarkably low— entered the social stage. Here we see vig- nicipal or subsidized housing; another de-
$2,941 in Daytona Beach, $2,779 in Miami, orous efforts being made to achieve a more scribes the operation of cooperative housing
and $3,343 in West Palm Beach. This is satisfying life for all groups of society.” societies; While a third treats of the rural
due in large part to the low land costs. In Although the author’s primary concern is program, with special emphasis on coloni-
Daytona Beach, West Palm Beach, and with Scandinavian housing, he omits no op- zation. Subsidized housing has been car—
Miami, where the projects are constructed portunity to relate the housing program to ried on in every Scandinavian country for
on vacant land, the average gross cost of the whole background of Scandinavian ac- many years, thoroughly and thoughtfully.
land per dwelling is only $33, $90, and $11, complishment, frequently underlining his Cooperative housing “in its rent level one
respectively. conviction that “In both rural and urban step above the subsidized municipal housing
In all three projects rentals are lower areas the recurring theme running through ﬁlls the large gap which lies between the
than the average rental for substandard social undertakings, including housing, is municipal housing and the housing pro—
housing throughout the city, and estimated help to self-help.” duced by private initiative.”
average tenant incomes are between $470 Mr. Graham’s ﬁrst chapter is entitled An interesting feature of the book is a
and $603. “Land For Housing,” and it is the land detailed description of the erection of a
The 167 families at Pine Haven live in problem which really dominates the volume. “self-help” house near Stockholm. Aided
one-story row houses. They pay an aver- Substantial experience in the public hous— by a loan from the city, and with a small
age of $7.36 per month for shelter in their ing ﬁeld in this country (as architect, con— amount of skilled assistance, hundreds of
new homes, whereas the average family in sultant, and lecturer) had prepared Mr. Stockholm families are building their own
a substandard house in Daytona Beach pays Graham to give sympathetic reception to homes on the outskirts of town each year.
$8.08. The total monthly cost of shelter and strong endorsement of the land policies Working weekends and in the late after-
rent plus utilities (water, hot water, gas which he found being successfully carried noon, the able-bodied members of the fam-
for cooking, and electricity for lighting and out in all the Scandinavian countries. ily dig the cellar, mix the cement, and lay
refrigeration) averages $11.24. The esti— Early in the book we are given a careful up the cement block basement walls. House
mated average income of project families is analysis of the “social value” of land (key- walls and partitions are of prefabricated . .
$470 a year. stone in the Scandinavian housing struc— wooden sections; skilled workmen help the
At Liberty Square Addition, the dwellings ture). “. . . the proper mission of land is family to put these in place, and likewise
are one— and two—story row houses. The to function as a catalytic agent, assisting handle the tile rooﬁng. But a surprising
average shelter rental is $8.05 per month. capital to develop resources and ministering amount of labor is furnished by the family
This is $5.95 under the $14 (for Negroes) to individual and community needs . . . itself, in spare time. Each home has a lot
average shelter rental for substandard Therefore, in a social conception of land large enough for ﬂower and vegetable gar—
housing in Miami. Shelter rent plus water, value, what the individual owns is not the dens.
hot water, gas for cooking, and electricity actual land but the privilege of putting that Throughout his discussion of rural hous—
for lighting and refrigeration costs tenants land to its best use as determined by ing Mr. Graham directs attention to the re—
an average of $11.63 a month. society.” lationship between the rural home and the
Tenants at Dunbar Village have an esti— Proceeding on such a deﬁnition, the prin- entire farm economy. Denmark especially
mated average income of $603 a year and cipal Scandinavian cities (such as Copen- has been successful in establishing small,
pay shelter rents averaging $8.03 a month. hagen, Helsinki, and Stockholm) have for self—sustaining farm units where every acre
The average rent paid in West Palm Beach many years been carrying on an extensive is put to its best use and where production
for substandard housing is $10 (for Ne— land acquisition policy, in order “to secure and distribution are intelligently controlled
groes) a month. The cost of water, hot sites for housing purposes and to inﬂuence by farmers’ cooperatives.
water, gas for cooking, and electricity for the price of land so that unbridled specu- “Housing in Scandinavia” is well 111115-
lighting and refrigeration added to the lation will be prevented.” Only where mu— trated with both photographs and sketches.
$8.03 shelter rent is $12.50 a month. The nicipalities have followed a far-sighted land It is written in an attractive, colloquial
homes are in one- and two-story row houses acquisition policy can city plans evolve from style and appears to be excellently docu-
and one—story twin houses. blueprint to reality, Mr. Graham believes. mented.
Following is atabulation of rents,incomes, A map of Stockholm, showing large areas ——
and costs on the three new Florida projects: of adjacent land in municipal ownership, Williamson, W. V3,, Authority
______—____—.__——-———-—-———— To Proﬁt by City’s Cooperation
Avcrmze Average Ave??? Average. ‘ , . ., Average 1 . . The Housin Authorit of the Cit of
Open- Num- “Li.““lmd | “ti“‘f‘w‘l iiiltii 1151:2113? iiihiirtlﬁi ”Tommy 12131211519 Williamson Wg. Va. is elfcpected to adfver—
Project his her or oxer—all , net to.” land rcnt~suh~ shelter “If"? income! . . _ ’. q. ’ _
(lute units 1333;316:291 3:53:21)? cost per standard rent~ dlilitihsu: project use. 101 bldS du11ng June. In Older to
dwelling dwelling 11m?- llrolugilgg Drmect project tenants achieve low rents, the c1ty government 1s
.7__ __“_ :7: A ‘ expected to assume the greater proportion
Davtona Beach: ‘ l l . of administrative management costs of the
Pine Ha\‘011,,_..., 5e1 167 $2 941 $1, 887 . $33 $8. 08 ‘ $7. 36 $11. 24. $170 projects. There has been complete coopera-
Miami: 1 tion by the city government with the local
Liberty Square ‘ l authority in respect to such conditions of . .
“V €¥lditi<ﬁi....l.__‘ 6-1 352 2, 779 1y 977 11 14- 00 l 8. 05 11- 63 the loan contract as extension of utilities,
’03 a in 030 13 3 street im rovement, and th 0th " —
Dunbar Village.‘ 6‘1 L 246 3, 343 l 2, 125 1 90 l0. 00 l 8. O3 12. 50 603 tails, WhiIdh in this instanceeinvotiieiciisggrllsdi
—__——‘————+-————————— erable expense.
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ArChltBCtS and Health Milbank Memorial Fund Conference
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OfﬁCIalS Talk HOHSlIlg S _ P bl. H 1 11 S d d
lresses 11 10 ea t tan ar 5

Health ofﬁcials in convention at Philadel-
phia and architects at Louisville recently In New York City, recently, representa- housing projects conﬁrmed the Committee’s
pointed to low-cost housing as the number tives from the professional ﬁelds of both opinion that window areas should be ap-

. . one solution for many of the economic and public health and public housing met at the proximately “15 percent of the ﬂoor areas
social ills of our time. Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Mil- with an exposed sky angle of 45 degrees.”

In Philadel hia where 10 000 dele ates bank Memorial Fund. In a series of round- Dr. George C. Ruhland, 'Washington,
met at the ningteeiith biennial’conventign of table discussions, speciﬁc attention was D. 0., Health Ofﬁcer, and Chairman of the
the National Organization for Public Health directed to public health standards in hous— Subcommittee on Housing Survey Pro-
Nursing, Dr. C.—E. A. Winslow, professor of ing. . . cedures, said his committee .15 developing
public health at the Yale School of Medi- Coleman Woodbury, Executive Director, schedules and instructions which Wlll deter-
cine said Federal housing projects are “the The National Association of Housing Oﬂi- mine the relative quality of housing in
only, practical answer” to the problem of cials, and Dr. Reginald M. Atwater, Execu— speciﬁc blocks lying within an area gen—
“ - n - - - - - - tive Secretary of the American Public erally substandard.

slum Sickness which now is Victimizmg . . , _ ,
American cities. Health Assoc1ation, discussed housmg op— Dr. James A. Ford, Assoc1ate Professor
, - - u . . portunities and responsibilities of a public of Sociology, Harvard University, and

P001 housmg is a major health piob- . . . . . .

n .. - u - - health administrator. After outlining the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Stand-
lem, Dr. Winslow said. Is It poss1ble to . . ‘. . . . _

. , functions of the local housing authority, ards of Occupancy, iepOited that his gioup

doubt that rat—ridden tenements breed en- . . . . . . .

. _ . , , - Mr. Woodbury concluded that cooperation is reVieWing tentative standards and 15
demic typhus, or that room-overcrowding . . . . . . . . . .

.. . . . . ,- of public health ofﬁc1als is imperative if studying problems of room and dwelling-
faCilitates the transmiss10n of diphtheria, . . . . .
s arlet fever menin itis and neumonia" local authorities are to operate efﬁciently. unit occupancy, as well as occupancy and
c ' ’ g ’ _ p ' Public health ofﬁcials, he said, should take overcrowding regulations.

“Can It be doubted that rickety steps and the lead in the enforcement of police powers After hearing a paper on health centers
rotten handrails, dark stairways, WOOd‘ with‘r'espect to existing dwellings. and services in public housing projects by
stoves, and kerosene lamps contrlbute to a Mr. Atwater declared that there is a Mr. J. C. Leukhardt, Research Analyst of
substantial proportion 0f fatal acc1dents? direct relationship between health and hous— the United States Public Health Service,

In Louisville, May 19, Dean Walter R- ing and that the American public health the round table concluded that “public hous—
McCornack of the Massachusetts Institute ofﬁcial must grasp a broader concept of his ing agencies and real estate boards should
of Technology School of Architecture and job. cooperate with school, health, welfare, and
vice president of the American Institute of Mr. Allen A. Twitchell, Technical Secre- recreation boards to lend their united sup—
Architects, urged the extension of low—cost tary of the Committee on the Hygiene of port to revitalizing city planning activities.”
shelter beneﬁts to 19,000,000 families in the Housing, presented a summary of ﬁeld
low—income brackets to create a national studies of heating, lighting, and noise condi-

“bulwark against catastrophe.” Dean Mc- tions in a number of occupied dwellings in C 11 S

Cornack was in Louisville to attend the various parts of eastern United States. The Queens O ege urvey

seventy—second convention of the American Committee observed that “anything less

Institute Of Architects. He termed lOW- than 68 to '70 degrees for living rooms and covers FOUI’ Slum Areas

COSt shelter one Of the most important kitchens, and less than 65 degrees for bed- Wi - -

‘ _ ‘i . .. . . ‘ . th the tw1n purpose of carrying out
. . aspects of a program of eiVilization build— {loomiitwould‘fe subnotimal: 131. , ﬂVery 133w Queens College’s program of coordinating
ing. 31ml 1 y (3er S an un avora e m uence y academic life with community life and of
“The answer to the low—cost shelter ques— direct drying effect on the membranes of the . . _ . . _. _
_ , . teaching in advanced courses by familiariz
tion does not by any means constitute the nose and throat. . . . Indoor air movement - . ,. . '.

. . . . . . . . . ing students With primaiy materials, a
entire program of ClVlllZed building, but it of at least 50 feet per minute is held to be rou of olitical science ma‘ors is conduct—

~ ' ' - ~ ' 1 " Mr. Twitchell said the .g p p -‘ .

does offer a piactical and important part essentia . ,' .. . _ t' . ﬁ bl' ing a ﬁrst—hand study and evaluation of the
of such a program. Committees investiga ions in ve pu ic four slum clearance areas in the Borough
——————-————-—————-—————' of Queens (New York City) designated by

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'1~. iktx“? . Mw~¢vwrx"3‘f‘_’t:::¢ﬁ éiﬂ‘:-‘ﬁifme, Under the direction of Professor Phillips
.-,'. 1"“;«W'fsafc‘7'LV‘ -3é ..f,'g,\:‘" ‘V 5';§;,'lfx"$”~"g;fé N‘s,» Bradley, chairman of the department of

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“f .5», « 5, .: ~.~‘4“,\3f2%«y9 .f‘ ref riff .93 :(~?’ several weeks ago at the request of the

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4‘14““:“5W’ Vb‘“ -. ”,4 ‘ ‘m; .. . , mission a comprehensive critique of the

W" ' 3' I; "a” "f ..f?‘;:r’ /’*-”3"2m- * ‘ . areas selected on location, need, and rela-

w. » "'"f; ” 1’3”“ _ ﬁ" ' '~. w; ‘W “i. 751*”.17" r s >1 tionship to the rest of the borough.
w it" ‘ 4..“ . In addition to numerous “on the spot”
, . .. . “a . ”Eggs-‘5, 3g: 3&1“ «tit MA; investigations of the areas concerned, the
v «Mel! "I’ﬁrm ,;.;:V.LA§,;Q, 1;: ,jyﬁ/w. (”m/f ’ ‘I students are examining in detail the resi—
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,, QV ' “V" Rwy Lgovél»,/M ~ . . we %. .15: 4;», speciﬁc attention to the growth of the public
“£25,,“ " ?-%~ 1”?" Jr" fﬁffj #3,» ”zig’v“ housing movement in what is the fastest
’ﬁ'ﬁs .‘_.3".;"‘%' N.“ "V ' y," ». .)2? ',XA\QA " nggafa ,4 ” growing part of the city.
L"‘,f*%\,\‘~\’t’w \p“? ."‘ . “g! 9% Jy‘. a. m. ,. " 4’ Under this category the group is prepar—

.3. 1' 5.3 ' \%f’§\' N/ _ ~11 . -zﬁ “A ing a history of the growth and expansion
1? «$1 ‘ “mike/“‘1 / _. thﬂew/u W" M.” 3 "‘7.” :5, of Queens in terms of residential character—

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/' ' ; v ‘V‘ ' , ». / . ﬂy“ «3.: _. ' . "A:- _ ., 3.. and their trends, and the position of public
‘ ‘ y" ' i n W " " . ' services and facilities in the general pic—
Aerial view of Kamehameha Homes, one of screen of “paradise foliage,” are some 3,500 ture. Under this part of the study there
. . three USHA-aided low—rent housing proj- Hawaiian families living in slums, “difﬁcult will also be a detailed analysis of popula—
ects being constructed in Honolulu, T. H. to equal for their dilapidationtsqualor, dirt, tion movements as shown by the areas of
The three projects will rehouse 732 families and dangerous lack of sanitation.” On the greatest density and increase, comparison
and destroy an equal number of slum dwell- 16—acre Kamehameha Homes Site, are 55 with other boroughs, and the population
ings. Island ofﬁcials state that behind a structures containing homes for 221 families. trends which appear probable in the future.

3 .

 Ponce Starts Clean-up Progress of the USHA Program
Campaicrn OIl Slum Site 3333,5333; Cumulatlve, by months, lVIarch 1938—lVIay 1940 manager;
6 |75 ,, ‘ 7 I75
The City of Ponce, Puerto Rico, is experi— . ,
encing its biggest clean—up campaign in " ‘ 1 ‘ 7
20 years. Construction on the Santiago I50 , $239033:gnolilrtgllgncmwc' 7 ,7 . ; _ _ , _ ,. , . I50 .
Igles1as Site in that City cannot begm at ////.I Em.":3;'.f.%.“.“‘i;?82:'.’::."§," 7
once. but I'ESICIentS 0f the area have enthusl- mum, u"... mum for Occupancy , ,
astically joined the municipal housing au— ' l.-'..-.,-'.:',-‘..'_.",-‘_.',~'_:-.
thority in a Vigorous clean-up drive. '25 ' ‘ 7 7 ,-j.If:2}}?-',-:.':-:.'-'_-'..':.-'_.':.~'I{.- . 125
The site for the new project now contains 7 3 ,..-5..~If.".{II-:3..-',{sI-}".".-';.~',-':.-'_{.".{ ,
some 700 slum shacks which must be demol- e ‘ 5,:.-j.;.~'.-;.-'.-jJ:1.j.-'.-'_.~'.'1.-'.{:_:{.;.-'.-;.-'.-; .
ished before construction can begin. In '00 ' ' " j‘ ' *7” _.31;:5;".‘If.':-}'_':',-Z:If.3;}?j.Z.{fxii-'15;'.:'_-".-'.-'..".-'.- IOO
order to improve living conditions there in 7 1 ,-if:'.-j5::-'.55..".i-".-'_{-",{-".'}'-.";'l'If:'.{I'.'2-’..".-‘_-l.~‘.-".-'_-"."_-f . , '
the interim, the local housing authority, in : l _{J-.f-‘_:Zf.'Z-'-5.-Z-'..‘Z-'--‘:‘Z-'_:'_-'-.'I1'.'I-'..']-'_.1.~I-'_.'l~'_.‘..-',-".",-'..'..~:.'l."' ‘ '
agreement with the municipality, has insti— 75 ,W. . . ..~_-.._~_.'I-'3...{-1.f-'..'l{-‘j:If:I-'5..."_~‘_.{-1.~I~:sZ5;2:::-:.-',-:.".~'_~'_..-}' , , 75 .
tuted regular garbage and rubbish collec- " 5.75.'35:7..-Z-'_5;".{-'_."_{-'_.{-‘..':~'.-‘."_f."_-:.".-}‘}'.-‘_.1-'.~'-'"' 7
tions. , 4.-'.-'5.5::{I'I-jl‘l-S‘i'I-i‘l-géj-‘I-I-jI'I-j.".-1-'I-j-f.-'.~‘_:'.-j-‘I-‘_-'_}'-'//1 ,
But garbage collection on the shack-clut— 50 ,, _..-'5';l5::{:Z-Z.:15,-1:{{:'55;-',{ii-1::-j.f:Z{ii-".2:-‘_-':.";'_':}}"-'" , 50
tered site is not a simple matter. According *7 _3-2:]:.{{.-‘,-'_.",-'..1.{1..-',-'_$.-jf5;".-'.-‘_:'_{‘-‘_.-}'..-',-:.-j:-'" ,‘ ,
to a report from Teodoro Moscoso, J r., Ex— 7 _.‘.-'_~'_:',-‘..",{-‘Ili-Zif.‘s}:.'}'_i".ff.~'_{.-',-'_.‘..-',-:."_{."-'- . i ,,
ecutive Secretary of the Housing Authority —l ,.,..~'_~'..f‘:}'5;“.'l.".‘".-',-‘L{-‘.."_-'_-":';‘_.".-'..".{-'."_-".".{-".{-'l.-' i l r
of the Municipality of Ponce, many of the 25 T’*’ ',‘“r“~"471*7"’ 7 "“— 1 Q 25
streets in the Santiago Iglesias area are in ,_.'7.5..".-'5...-Z—‘l3;".‘155:';'..'..-';‘..-}'_.l‘.-}‘~.{-‘.-}'.",-'.'-‘-'-"/ / 1 I _
“such poor condition that the garba e W , ‘ 7’ ”’ ”” ’W W mm~ : l 7
trucks cannot negotiate them, and cleanigg O // . . A .,.........;-:.::::::£::::=:=:=:::=:I:¢:=:=:::1:=:?:%:2:§:E:3:353:55:22:: ' ‘ ‘ i ‘ O
“ MAMJJASONDJFMAMJJASONDJFMAMJJASOND
up the accumulated ﬁlth and rubbish is pos- I938 '939 I940
sible only with the cooperation of the neigh— ————_———__——_
b01'h00d-n “Cooperation” is a matter 0f the - . ' . ‘ rent revisions in loan contracts the data in
fainilies’ hauling their own rubbish to (3011811 llCthIl RCPOII AnalYSIS the “projects under loan contract” column
designated pomts where the tl'UCkS can 011 May 29 PreSIdent Roosevelt ap— reﬂect net changes from one month to an-
load 115' proved 10311 contracts for seven USHA' other. During this past month, for exam-
“Qnick response of the residents in the aided projects in four cities, as f0110W51 ple, the Withdrawal of one large loan con-
neighborhood has made the plan work With 1,359 units in L05 Angeles County, Calif.; tract caused a net, decline in value of loan
unbelievable ease and success,” Mr. Moscoso 28 units in Frankfort, KY; 80 units in Ana- contracts.)
reports. “Children with brooms are clean— conda, Mont.; and 196 units in Jackson, During May, 13 projects entered the con—
ing up the accumulated rubbish in streets Tenn. Earmarkings outstanding for addi- struction stage, bringing to 215 the total
with baskets and little carts, transporting tional loan contracts 110W total only $50," number now under construction or com—
the rubbish to the collection points, which 517,517. pleted. These 13 projects are: Cincinnati,
the Authority has designated with ﬂags.” (It SliOUld be NOtEd that, because 0f C111“ Ohio, 750 units; Birmingham, Ala. (2 proj— .
ects), 913 and 480; New York City, 1,170;
N , Helena, Mont., 72; Denver, Colo., 346; New
LODSH‘HCIIOH RCPOI‘I Bedford, Mass, 200; McComb, Miss, 84;
Charleston, S. C., 129; Portsmouth, Ohio,
weekly Dam 260; Elizabeth, N. J., 405; Chester, Pa.,
“—5— 350; and Detroit, Mich., 440.
“m iiiikaif’ilgeit ilifgkﬁlliliit l P255535“ There were 26 projects Open for occu-
pancy as of May 18. Pine Haven (Day~
Number of projects under construction 1_,_____,____ 215 210 +2.38 tona BeaCh’ Fla')’ MF'aVIag Mal?” (Elma—
Number of dwellings under construction 1___,__W 82,550 80,966 +1.96 beth’ N' J').’ and POlndexter ‘Vlllage (CO‘
Total estimated over-all cost2 of new housing______ $366,214,000 $359,053,000 +1.99 lumbus, 01110) have opened smce the date
Average over—all cost 3 of new housing per unit______ $4,436 $4,435 +0.02 Of the last monthly report—April 20.
Average net construction cost 3 per unit,,_________,,,, $2,775 $2,772 +0.11
Sunlnlary of USHA Program as of May 31, 1940 9"“9“'“9 “f “"1 ”Penmg “9'9“
aﬁ— Local authority and project lNumber 01' Date of bid
Item ‘ Projects under I Projects under Projects beng number 1 units opening
loan contract 1 construction l tenanted 4 ‘
‘i ﬁ¥ "ﬁ"**i "7‘ AW "" if * Biloxi (Miss.~5—3),W,.__l 100 7— 1—40 V
Number of PTOJeCtS 412 215 26 Fall River (Mass.~672)_f 222 6—12740
Number of local authorities represented,,,,_,,,_____ 172 118 20 Honolulu (T_ H7172)"; 122 7_ 1740
Number of States representedm,.,,,,,,____.WWWW, 5' 35 '5' 29 ‘ 11 Houston (Texlﬁaimﬁwul 328 , 6—18-40
Number of loan contracts.“H_,___.___,,,,,,___.,.,,,,_,,,, 245 ,.,,,,_______..,W, Nlartinsburg (“ﬂ Va? ‘ ‘
Value of loan contracts___.,.,,,_,__,__.._.,_._,,i,,,,,,,,, $633,690,000 ,, _.....W Gal),,,,,,,’_______.,,,__,,, 48 672540
Number of dwelling units in projectsuW,,_____._W,, 145,272 82,550 12,474 Martinsburg (\V_ Var
Number of dwelling units available for occupancy. i,,_.,,_,,____.,,,,, _._.____,,,,,,_____, 11,402 6e2)i____,,,,,________.,_i,l 52 6,25W10
Total estimated development cost 0_,,______,,,,,,.___,_ $708,620,000 $398,497,000 $60,565,000 Memphis (1‘e1ni.—1—4)_._ 500 672840
Total estimated over-all cost of new housing 2_,_._ $649,968,000 , $366,214,000 _W, lVlontgoniery (Ala.—
, . . . . , , .. , . (r2) 150 7— 1—40
3 lilt-lliilzgngiiglthillillllililicizhtli‘el‘lieolisgfliﬁzlgtlllitggiecsltructuml costs and plumbing, heating, and electrical installation; (0) dwell- New Britain (COED-r54)- 340 6‘28410
incequipment,architecrs’fees,localadministrativeexpenses,ﬁnancialchargesduringconstruction,ondcontingencyexpenses; Phoenix (Arizflenﬂﬁq 225 7- 1-40
(C; ’l‘lnd iortpiiefsenltldevellopilnent; (ll)-l1()111'(ililleltllllitfagillllclbn bin he'it'n" ’llifl electr' '01 co 1‘ San Antonio (Tex'i l
‘Aggro-‘51:]?lgt‘nléjgitie muse, mt m1 s s ru ur< ,1) m g, ,. 1 on to s 9- 6‘1), 236 6:204“)
5 Includes. the District of Columbia, Puerio Rico, and Hawaii. m
“ lll('lllllL‘S over-nil cost or new housing plus the cost or purchasing and demolishing old shun buildings and the cost or land i There is usually a 30-day period between bid advertising
bought for future development. and bid opening. .
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