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Elyton V Village, USHA—aided project ' y V 11 t y

scheduled to open “its month in Bii'ming— From Portland, Maine, to San Diego, there is great need here at this time due to

' ham, A13": W111 provide new, comfortable Calif., and from Butte, Mont., to New ()r— the fact that additional military units have
homes for 860 famllies whose incomes are leans, La., by wire, telephone, and postal just recently been stationed here, we shall
toollow to purchase decent hous1ng “’lthout service, more than 150 requests for assist— appreciate it if you will give this request
ass1stance. ' , , L ance in the construction of defense housing your early consideration.”

Elyton Village (ff)? Whlte, tenants) 15 the projects have been received by the United A New England housing authority wires:
second 1”]th housmg project to open 1“ States Housing Authority in the past 2 “Immediate need of housing. National de—
Birmingham. The first, Slnlthﬁ?1(l Court, weeks. All indicate immediate need for de— fensc causing substantial local increase em—
540,-umt Negro P1299“) W935 built by‘ the fense housing facilities. ployment. Housing shortage acute and urge

‘ PV‘ A Housmg DWISIO“ and 15 now ‘opelated Projects requested vary in size from a few earinarking of $1,000,000. City cooperation
under lease agreement “nth the USHA- units to 3,000 units for a project in the State assures expedition on application. Approx-

Plans 0f the Housmg Authority Of the of \Vashington. Outside the United States, imately 240 dwelling,r units advisable ﬁrst

requests have come from Hawaii and the project in long—range program.”
Housing Exhibifs 2 Vlz'gln Isllmd‘fh d _ t b In addition to the two defense housing
- zenera y, e 131013039 pi'0,|ec S may 8 )roiects in Mont romei‘ , Ala., and Pensa-
Af The :elparrateddilnlto 33111-89 divisions: Industrial, $015, Fla., for which loayn contracts already
‘mban a"~ 1-~- b2 i l>~ --ii"
V , _ ,. . . , g. ' iaye Len signeg otiu or anitional car
New York World 5 FOII' i flTypicral 0.1: the 2:122652’5. 181mg f:2]‘?‘,‘,l\l€,g markings totaling $13,500,000 have been
A F f ed . 110m: 0u1s1ng :11 011137 in "me (“if if i e made for projects in eight cities and several
re ea ur I iaxe ora ong ime an (onowsu er rom , . '2 , . ‘ " ,‘
On Pa es 2 and 3 2 a lack of housing facilities to take care both additional applications on defense housing
3 of our resident population and the inﬂux of are “0“" being studied by USHA; UbHA
. Of This Issue l enlisted men with families. We therefore lfiinds,dhowever, are now practically 9x—
request that you give this authority an ear- iauste , and further loans await allocation
m marking of $1,500,000 to be expended under of additional money for carrying on this
Birmingham District call for the construc— the defense housing program. Inasmuch as part of the USHA program.
tion of two additional projects: Central City, g g H , , , ,
to house 906 white families, and Southtown, I , {R5 2‘ 2.“ 1 2 , 2.. ‘: ,2 it! I. Myj; 12:2,,
to house 480 Negro families. ’ ’- , :9 , ‘,_‘. w ', .~.- ,' . - t V. 5’": 75“”
- - ~ , . .JI.’ t 21"”‘7 u ¢ 2? n» (to ~ .-' ' , r WW cgiﬁfﬁ/ 4..

Birmingham, the largest City in Alabama, 23%,; V 35,”. . #719,135 '17}, ,dgi' - ' lg, ," ﬁve???
has grown from “a cotton ﬁeld crossed by ng,jéz S“ f {f fﬂé‘ .. ' ’ ‘ 9'; , ‘ lﬂﬁﬁwﬁﬁﬁa
two railways” in 1870, to a thriving indus- .ig, " 3' " ' § -:‘;_T‘;’i'i"§e' "f ‘ :‘f‘ 2 «(,%W%“/: /4"""é"§>§¥§%éf@",
trial center of about 300,000 population. ,9, 3,“ " ,2 .' 2 ‘ _Ww"§,{{,»wVw
The city has extensive slum areas housing $0: _, ’ . v 2 2'; “3,2,. 5': . fﬂﬂ M
a large percentage of the population. Ac— : ~, 3 "-2“. '22! '2 "22”:M/ w”:
cording to the 1939 report of the Birming- if K 2": 5 2w 2? ’7’“ I” “21/ . .:
ham authority, 25 percent of the city’s pop- 2;; . 2:" a; ”grain, , M"u~;{§4:,5w , ‘ '
ulation iive in slums. \Vhite families living .. elf v~""_’;i "M" "Mom?"v'.;:f~"7‘f:§§"nm"ﬂ ' ' .9 g 2
in substandard housing in Birmingham have 30'2““ 11531" _- 'y‘-,’222‘_”_27;":’;2‘.523}: " ‘ ~ ~ 27* . 'l ‘ i
an average annual income of $925, and they girl "33;, {L’,.. 2 " '_ , 'g- 3 I g g, ' ' 1

pay an average shelter rental of $13 a month. 32 I T F“; e»" l! lyllli'if‘l ,2; f ,. . ' 2 .. ._ I I
At Elyton Village, family incomes will fzgg,”’{, lint :ﬂj} ll! lllllll 7‘ 3:: I I g ‘ . '1’}; 5"]
average about $746, and average shelter :1, 22222122233322 , ' . I . 2;...” 2,.
rents, $11.24 per month, for dwellings rang— “n” 1.2;)! ‘5' if???” IIIJH'“! ' . ,y,‘ I “ , :39: V “ if
ing in size from 2 to 6 rooms. Overcrowd— Fiﬁ ‘ , .V , \fgi‘sgzéiie‘” l ,llului , iVV‘VVz'V: , A! " . , .9
ing will be impossible, since only one family 2. 7r. ' l in. .rfj 2 g , r . « , ,, I I V5,,
. will be permitted in a dwelling and the size . 4-2 ‘ ., . :15; ;~'§g'.g'.§‘_{ .13}: 2 J.
of dwelling will relate directly to size of xi: ~ ' . T”;,;~ ,, ;
family Wei 2 ”Whig”? 2 Ila: . . m . H 2:” .
Businessmen in Birmingham are favor— ,:‘:":“’MT” 2,," ., gm, i" “ ‘2 I l " :2“ :‘jfum ”fir” . f i a
ably impressed by the use in the construc— s¢m%w:r.i _ i" ”WW2; , 2;} ;;:,;Vr’:7.‘,fff’7”',2 ’ W, 2»

' tion of the project of locally produced mate— 1’4; ”ks-3‘). ”2“““Wgé7ﬁé . , ‘ 1, "rm." VLV 1’23”":ﬁ »; 2 V3,
rials. More than 1,500,000 board—feet of ﬁle}, ’""w«“?. /:23—‘i ” . a.“ ., V 5:
Birmingham lumber, selling for $45,000, is "DWMﬁi' ﬁerﬂ}~.:l:uii“?§i"§a / "I 5'ny vs V: Y en, »
being used in the village, the Birmingham "VJ-x 5",}, .i "Egasééal f", 3235-3423323,“ 2 .7. Mi, 2 :”{:‘_‘H V
N eras—A ,ac-H erdld reports. Other items $,2$%ai,nifﬁ 722%?«1 @534,“ ' , V 2:52.13)?" A} 2".»311937 Y.
are: 5,600,000 bricks at $73,000; 2,000 tons , * 3%" ’ ‘ ”W“ V‘w' ;, V 3.11 " “as"? WV}
0f Birmingham steel 2115 #8019005, 2’00,” yards E/yfon Village (860 units) is fire firsf of Birmingham's f/iree USHA—aided projects fo open.
of concrete at $100,000, 090,000 pieces 01 . V . . , . . . ,
tile at $93,000; and 40,000 square tile shin- H follows Smn‘hf/e/d Cour? (bur/f by PV/A Housrng Diwsron) as fire second prolecf
gles at $52,000. for #12 city. UK LEBWES