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Vol. 1, No. 33 Federal Works Agency, U. S. Housing Authority—Nathan Straus, Administrator March 26, NW
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o More Short-Term Notes I ampa I O 4 ’pen PI‘OJCCt 0n Aprll 1; .
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Issued by 25 CltleS 534 1‘; 11 B -l 81 So s‘ h
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More than $71,000,000 of private capital 6 omeb “1 t 011 um 1te
“memes”NhBeehevseeH heesswsh hss‘ege
_ ere " the sout ern seacoast o t e
' April 2 when 25 local authorities open bids Average $855 Incomes Under $600 W - exP 01mg - -
. . . . u ,, . United States. They discovered an 1nd1an
, on the” 6—month-matur1ty notes. Thls 1s - North Boulevard Homes, 334-1111” slum village called Tampa at the head of a fine
the third time local authorities have offered Clearance PTOJeCt In Tampa, “8-: 15 SCREW ' ’ -; »~ss~s,s_:~;s~s_ - s
. . harbor. Tampa Bay later oecame a ,.a\ or
short-term notes to the public. In Novem- uled ’00 open April 1- Developed for Negro - - .

, tenanc the ro‘ t cu 'e what for- 1te resort for pirates. One of them, Captain
her and Jam?” notes were 301d at’interest y, p Jec “QC p1 S ”was . Jose Casparilla, is still remembered in Tam-
rates averaging less than 6/10 and 4%00 of 1 merly part of the West Tampa district, , . . , _

' 1 Th ' '11 one of four Tam a slums with a combined pas annual caimval. In 1823’ Tampa be
percent, respective y. e new issue W1 . p ’ came Fort Brooke, an important supply base
brlng the total amount of private capital populatlon 0f about 18,000 persons. in the second Seminole war
thus invested to nearly $160,000,000. Average monthly shelter rents in the new I T , 1 . ' ,1 , 2 .

The 25 cities represent 13 States: Six 131016011 are $8-55- This is W611 under the 11.1880’ ampaspopu atlonwas‘o'n y7 0’.
s Southern, six Northern, and one Midwest- average rent ($900) Negro families are PEW- but in the next 10 years the “gal industry
ern. The largest amount of notes to be is— ing for substandard accommodations in slum was begun, and a rallway reached the Cltys
' sued by any single authority is $40,000,000 neighborhoods throughout the city. It is 1n 18903 the 130101113th was 5532 By 1920,
for New York City. The smallest is $250,- estimated that the average income of ten- {t had jumped to 51:608, 311d, at present, It
000 for McComb, Miss. ants accepted for the project will be under IS well over 110,000.
Ten authorities (Augusta, Ga.; Columbia, $600- . Tampa’s development in only 60 years
S. C.; Hartford, Conn.; Holyoke, Mass; The dwellings consist of one- and two—story from a village of 720 persons to an impor-
Meridian, Miss; New Haven, Conn.; New row houses and two—story flats. Each unit tant industrial center of 110,000, has left
York City, N. Y.; Norwalk, Conn.; Savan- has electric lights. Heating stoves, ranges, little time for planning. Today, according
nah, Ga.; and Tampa, Fla.) will advertise and refrigerators use gas. Adding the cost to The Housing Authority of the City of
bids March 19, and open bids March 26. The of all utilities—gas, electricity, and water— Tampa, Fla., good housing at any price is at
remaining 15 authorities (Charlotte, N, C,; rents Will average only $13.25 per month. a premium (the vacancy rate is just over 3
‘ Delaware County, Ind. ; Harrisburg, Pa; Apartments range in size from 3 to 51/; percent); large slum areas exist; more
Kingsport, Tenn.; Knoxville, Tenn.; Laurel, T001115, and rentals plus utilities range from dwellings were demolished between 1930 and
. Miss.; McComb, Miss; McKeesport, P3,; $10.80 to $14.80 per month. 1938 than were built; and practically noth-
Muncie, Ind.; Nashville, Tenn.; Omaha, Indian village, pirate stronghold, U. S. ing has been done for low—income families.
. Nebr.; Raleigh, N. C_; Reading, 1321.; VVil- Army fort, industrial center, Tampa has had The Tampa housing authority has three
mington, N. 0.; and Zanesville, Ohio) will a long and unique history. In the 1520’s projects under way at the present time, with
open bids April 2. when Henry VIII was woomg Anne Boleyn, USHA loans totaling $3,916,000.
Kansas Lumber Dealers Hear
Rural Housing Lecture sf“ ,
“The Rural Housing Program of the V . v , ,mq .;_ fiflwge’yflwfia
USHA” was the subject of a lecture by W ‘ ’f”:*‘wew‘5-~fl¢y"’ ‘ 1 . I. v " " H V
Rudolph J. Nedved, Coordinator of Rural . “SA“W‘ ' s - ,. ,,
Housing of the USHA, at a 2—day school for f l s‘ ”I, :7. 5fo l_ I I a ”,1" ‘ . . .. ll
Kansas lumber dealers, conducted at the ‘: “.‘sj r, . , ,
Kansas State College, Manhattan, Kans., M t 3,2751 s' ’5'“ n :. - . s '
March 20—21. I, lg; a .. ,1 V . . V” .1 V
The unique idea of conducting a short La 1.3.3: 1"” V ' 5". Q' - j
course of lectures for a group of business— ’ ”raw f V , sej‘ I l. :s .
men, on subjects related to their business, “WWW/93¢, § i .1 , ' E 1
‘ was conceived by Professor Paul Weigel, ~&,,15W” . . Q,“ i Z ,_=‘ gees, was.
head of the Department of Architecture at ’23}? . ' . . ‘ i . ‘ Ch. ' r . — -fixpff—‘ss‘il
the Kansas State College. Professor Wei- , ' i . - :} fsf ‘» ,.,,_, Elf-’1; “"
gel’s interest in public housing and slum .. ‘51s?“ ":“T‘yjflyw: on, ., j, ' A :1“)? ‘W‘41ss1'11‘9-gfs; , .‘ .j .,.
clearance led him to include the session on 31,, ”4:37“??? ”at“: e? . if“ Fwé‘;v_:~e;;€ if as}. ”’51-, :‘j‘: “52...;
the USHA’s heel hesshhs progress .Aeeehe “mess-sea .. -, . .. ' «gs
hhe other subhects dISChssed durlhg the ”meshsh s
course are “The Farm House Problem,” skiff“; *‘A’h‘u‘ "y, _ . QM
“Other Farm Structures and Rural Building MT‘WM‘” MJ‘“””‘“ “’ -“',"’" " ' . .s . ~* (aw/W
Problems,” and “Developments in the Use of North Boulevard Homes, nearing completion Negro families, and will replace some of the
Plywood for Farm and Home Construction.” in Tampa, Fla., will rehouse 534 of that city’s worst slum shacks in Tampa.
' 1 BRARIES

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Pres1dent Approves Attractlve Report Current Housing Literature
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FlrSt Rural Loans ISSHCd by Memphls BETTER HOUSING MOVES FORWARD, by the

The movement to extend the benefits of Here is the story of what happened to a Rev. Edgar Schmiedeler, O. S. B., The Cath—
public housing to the rural areas of the certain piece of land after the heirs of John olic Family Monthly, March 1940, pp. 9—12.
country passed from the planning phase to Rice, Indian trader, sold it to Andrew Jack- (The National Conference on Family Life,
that of concrete action, when, on March 12, son, James Winchester, and John Overton Washington, lf).hC.) d f M. h . _ 1h.
President Roosevelt signed loan contracts for the purpose Of laying out the city of A statement 0 t e nee , 01‘ m1 1c Jquslng in ls
calling for the construction of 1,300 farm Memphis. It is a typical American story. ffi‘fggfgfig‘f a summaly Of the USHA Aided mogmm
homes in Six States. County hOUSing au- “One Of the early pthhasers 0f home HOUSING AND RECREATION COOPERATION EF-
thorities in Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, In— sites in the new town was James Titus whose FECTIVE IN PITTSBURGH by Louis C. Schroe-
diana, Mississippi, and SOUth Carolina Will house, until the Government razed it to make der Recreation March 1940 pp. 685—688.
receive loans totaling $2’522’000’ to cover way for the Lauderdale Courts housing proj- (National Recreation Association, New York
90 percent 0f project costs. ect, stood for over a hundred years on the City)

The average over-all COSt Of the new farm corner Of Market and Third Streets- But A review of the steps taken by the Pittsburgh hous-
homes is estimated at $2,158. They Will be when the wreckers got to it, it was not the ing authority and local agencies in plannling l‘orlrecre-
leased to farm families at an average cash same house . _ . that James Titus had fight“ 5%3233 111334;]: 0315:30th fifehlagl‘leghgfl;
rent of less than $50 a year. These excep- visioned_ program may be conducted efficiently,” Mr. Schroeder
tionally low rentals result partially from “The same ornamental iron trimming 1’01““ ”“h-
savings in maintenance charges, since ten- clung to it without, but even a ghost could WHAT Is HAPPENING T0 PITTSBURGI-I CON—
ants Will take care 0f their own houses, 100k not have warmed himself Within, and some STRUCTION COSTSiAND WHY? Butldmg and
after repairs, painting, and general upkeep. 17 families were trying to avail themselves Real Estate Journal, February 191.10,_pp. 4—6.

In most cases the houses Will COhSiSt 0f of such old—fashioned sanitary facilities as (Building and Real Estate Puthhlhg CO"
living room, dining space, kitchen, and three were never meant for more than but a single Pittsburgh, Pa") ,

- ~ to five bedrooms. Simply designed and sub— fan-111w . h‘} .aleSiS oftthe ”250]“ ‘fql' _1°fV€"eF1 Fomuuch‘m‘ .l
. . - . costs in Pittsbmgh housing, pmJects. Bids on the sec-
Stantlally ballt: the homes WIH be (greeted on “Thus in Memphis the Oldest homes de_ 0nd project were 17 percent under those on the first.
small plots of land: title to which has been scend upon the noonnnd the best neighbor- 9.05:2:.Pcr;:;.£rc::r: arthritis?1:21.1sz
secured by the county housing authority. hoods become the blighted neighborhoods in cumulativeexperience]: ‘ I

Fencing Will be provided, where required; the end. Market Street is probably the most N0 PLACE LIKE HOME Margaret Hiller.
01d wells Will be repaired or new sealed wells clearly remembered of all the fine 01d resi— Public Affairs size 16 part 3 (The Wom-
constructed. New sanitary privies will be dential neighborhoods of early Memphis. ans Press, New York City.) '
bulgt. ll' .11 t b d t th _ Market Street became what was probably Ontlipes 2:} practical] prom-2L2? for 13ng Girl Re-

we ings WI 110 e groupe oge er 111 Mem his’ best known ‘slum.’ n serves 0 m in popuarizing _ e pu .10. ()usxpg pm-
colonieS- Each family will have its OWH Th2 police the Welfare workers and the ESSESJE°T§EO stii’éiii’v‘iu?“1..$§$i§f$f9g Lifill“‘§ouf32
individual house, built on at 163ch 1 acre Of health Officials knew all about Market Street material'
land. . They knew “that half the crime committed CONDEMNATION FOR PUBLIC HOUSING, Philip

Names Of counties included 1h this first there half the juvenile delinquencv half the Nichols. Legal Notes on Local Government,
group 0f rural housing loan contracts, to" sickness was caused by the fact that 1 021 January 1940, pp. 122—124. (American Bar
gether With number 0f dwelling units pro— persons were crowded into 270 houses That Association, New York City.)
vided, follow: Lonoke County, Ark, 300; OlllV five of all those houses had furn'ace Abrief reviewoflthedrefcent usoof eminent dIolrlnain . .
Thomas County, Ga., 200; Alexander County, heat. Only 12 percent of them had electric 32223333112 Criiilelfidonwgi 311111111): buhi.’hmlfi§t§ and (iii:—
Ill., 150; Vigo County, Ind., 150; Lee County, lights. The rest used WOOd fOI‘ cooking Oil cusses significant court decisions.

MISS" 300; Darhhgton County, 8' C" 200' for lights. There were only 112 bathtiibs, STOPPING RENT INCREASES FOR LOW-INCOME
and 189 inside toilets. FAMILIES, Housing News Letter, February
New USHA Leaflet compares “Today that neighborhood has been re- 37 1940,13p.2-—5. (City—Wide Tenants COUR-

British and U_ S. Housing claimed. Today there is no real crime, no all New Yoil'lCtCitYJ t1 11 d f . .

' ' ' ' ev1ews a I 0 preven an( 01‘ S rom lnCl‘efiSlng

.“Public Housing Here and in Great Brit- 312:2.” ”ih‘i‘lléntiin‘iléealflfiflv125501.253 stirérrizsrgors‘islet in
31?,” USHA leaflet recently released for d1s- did not have a chalice to live in a light, airy, w—
‘t‘rfibutioln, calls attention fto File It?“ that, decently equipped dwelling place before. designed, attractively printed booklet, enti-

’y re ousing more S um_ arm ies an ever Though they are as steady workers as the tled “More Than Housing.” It contains ex-
before, and thereby eradlcatmg the source fellow on the rung of the ladder above them cellent hoto l‘a hs and ma 5
of much disease and ill health, the British they have not had because of the difierence Undei)‘ thegliegdin “Whaht Ithe Cit G ts
have helped strengthen the basic element in in their salary checks that equal chance to O f ,, g ' u y _e

,- nfonsp' Man ower.” . . .1 1 , . . , . -. M , 1 ,. _ ut o It,. the report states1 MHA offic1als
national d" 11-. :r- p. ’ a decent nome which now is onered Lneni 111 are firm In the conVict1on that if all 17 of ‘

The statement Is borne out by figures on the Lauderdale Courts community.” our slum areas we . d t th .
the physical fitness of men conscripted for The recentl issued Annual R t f th . 2 ‘ h re Wlpe on e savmg
militarV service in Great Britain in 1917 and . ~ y . ‘, . epor O . e in 0 years to t. e taxpayer would amortize
in 1939: Memphls Housmg Authority, from which the prmCIpal With interest on the cost of

Both the United States and Great Britain the abOVe story is taken, is a handsomely rebuilding.
use the annual contribution type of subsidy. ._ [M , p . .

In England, the localities are required to f}? g , gas W4” - . . ' . ‘ “5., . . 5:1"

raise 50 percent of the national contribution. W '5 ,4, t g . ., ['1
In the United States, although the statutory a . as”. _ '_
requirement is $1 locally for every $5 ad- “filfiropitfihhfiégp: ' . » f '
vanced by the Federal Government, the aver- ofwm/g fi/a?%7t~,m.‘l g g «,g_ >_ ,_ ’

age local contribution is also about 50 per- . ’ . ”I, hfi’i’Wm i .1 . . I” s, ‘p

In England and Wales as a whole, 1 out MLémém-r 7 ‘2 ' ”fifeiéfififlg Mfg ‘- i We 'V"
of every 10 families lives in a home pro- — — — _ _ _ « . ~ . . .
vided through public enterprise. For the E . ON THE WAY IN ON lHE WAY'UUT‘ ‘
United States to provide as much public ‘lfllllll.DilllL'Qt'Hllll‘n‘l-frlN‘l lHOMlll0lNlY-WllilfHMWWIOO ll—lfw'l Wt "UL/151!llailrlfl-ljflllflmlglipl
housing per capita as did Britain between ‘ ‘ ' ‘ ,. ~ _ ' h ”J
1926 and 1939, we should have to produce This window display exhibit is being shown County, the exhibit was prepared by E. C. . .
about 180,000 dwellings per year. in the Office of the Thomasville (Gib) Cham- Mann, County Agricultural Agent. The

Copies of the leaflet may be obtained free ber of Commerce. Representing a model dilapidated house at right (typical of shacks
of charge by applying to the United States layout of the farm homes contemplated which the project will replace), is mounted
Housmg Authority, Washington, D. C. under a rural housing project in Thomas on a revolving table to attract passersby.

2

 :—_—~——————— With subsidized housing doing 40 percent all in the heart of our central district. To
a of the job, the remaining 60 percent was by put it another way, Atlanta’s housing au—
HOUSlng Progress private industry, making the most profitable thority is now building more dwelling units
1 the SO th home building era in British history. While than all the structures which went with the
n 11 she increased her housing 47 percent, we wind when General Sherman got a little

3 This article is a. condensation of an expanded ours only 273 percent because we careless with fire in November 1864.

. . address delivered before the Southern lacked SngIdlzed housmg as a pace setter. _ 0f the 103States haVing 110 enabling hOUS-
Regional Conference of the United One 01' the3most31nteresting things about ing legislation at present, not one is in the
States Conference of Mayors held at these comparisons is that the population of Southeast, and one-third of all the housing

,3 3. 3 , our 13 southeastern States, approximately authorities in the country are alread ' here.
Bummgham, Ala., Munch 8, 1940. . . . y
37,000,000, is Within 10 percent of the coni- In fact, of the 167 projects in the United
. By C. F. Palmer, bined population of England and Wales, ap- (Continued on page 4)
Chairman, Atlanta housing authority; pfi‘oximately 40,000,000, from whence came __.1
Vice—President, National Association t e above experience. They built 1,475,885 F .
. . . - -. - ~ our Local Weeklies Issued
of Housmg Officials subSIdMed units in the last 20 years and we
need 1,500,000. 3 Local housing authorities are display—
Housin r0 ress in southern cities is a Heres how Atlanta has accepted the chal— ing initiative and ingenuity in the sev-
g P g 1 . .
vital factor in their survival. 3enge.b3 She wentdaiter subSidized housmg eral new publications modeled generally

We all know that business is where peo- 2111 a 1g Vim-Y dand as ($36,000,000 of slum after PUBLIC l-IOUSIIvG. Columbia, S. C.,

le are and co le no lon er live downtown. earance3a rea y one an $18,000,000 under was the first City to issue a weekly maga—
p I) P_ g _ _ . construction. zin f 't ‘ t h - l " '

R lt" Ra id decentralization Bu51- . _ e 0 1 s own, wo ot ei ocal authorities

esu .. p 3 ' , This $24 000 000 program is roducin nd St t l ' ' '
ness follows purchasmg power. The aging 48171 3 , 331,3 3 33 3 3 P 3 g a one a e iousnig couiic1l have fol-
structures near the centers rot and the re— ’ 0“ —ren 1V1ng um S 1“ Eight PTOJects lowed. BeSides local news items, local photo—
sulting blight forces more people away. w... graphs, and local Statistic s,
.1 It is a world-wide phenomenon that pop- —]3 inorstmisfiilines feature EdItOrials
ulation in the center of cities declines while N 3. inr‘t‘élgstAchieOf nalzional hGUiingt
. . ‘ s _ ‘ .3 wee y news s ee
that on the periphery increases. 3 We think ORTH CAROLINA HOUSING REVIEW 1 15 provmg an economical and
t new and eculiar to our American Cities, Imam of ms NORTH aroma; cozxvi‘n. av 4. .3. ~ . ., . . , .
1 p 3. r H 1.1m. Mil/ORITULS l hlghlV satisfactor medium f ‘
but in the 30-year period from 1891 to 1921 v.1“... “mm. x, C.n:anuAnv mu ”a... W... l ‘ kee j ‘ 1y 1 3 3 01
middle London lost 13 percent while the “33303533,, ,3333333, I) 11%] ocafi 3c1tizens
frin e orained 110 percent. Similar move- Ismede "1”,". "or” . , , 3 3 3 3 cuiien y in Oiined of
g s , NIH. .\.\n s” .\l «Lhuum E : public housm ' dev l
ments were experienced in other European Of N. C. 3 M33 3 3 3 : ments Thesegfirttefop:
cities. Sum Orqcmir ... KW—’s*%“§MMi‘,7W‘ 3332*”,‘gas l ', . 33 011,1
The same is true in America. Centralized “$522231.“ i gfg‘éfwkNfiE‘W ‘~ ,...3:'. ”.~ 31,33 3; 23:13; erelilles ale ath‘
' hic means centralized ur- _ ,' t5! liar}. t-x‘ ‘ t’ 1 1“ $1 . 3-: :‘ S imony t0.the
population, W h P , . 3. _ _,,, W, v 3.,_ 3 ,..._3,.,,.. . value of a decentrali d
chasing power, hit its peak nearly 30 years 1» ‘ 1,3“; small gig?!“ ftfiyfi’ffi: f housin no .1. Z0
ago. From 1910 to 1935 in New York, Man- 3 ‘ . . 33>},flisééxs a.» n.2,}. ,;1j,,f;*:3“w (33, 3,, 3‘3 37:31.3 g 1 g am.
hattan lost 29 percent while the Bronx ,3, ‘ ~z~_em-”: .’ ”
gained 257 percent and Queens 389 percent ‘ _ CONSTR “ " ....... i
. . in population. Chicago’s central district in .3 RENT H 3 3 3 31
a given time dropped 20 percent against a 3 ,, ., W3 mag-mm
47 percent gain outside. '3 “3%“! «W E, r ,.

Over half the urban homes in the South j.’ “I E .3» ‘3. 1‘13 3,5333, ' we ‘ '* ‘ [I

are substandard, which means we have 7f. . .3 3... Q ~. " -, 1
- .. . . h- .. a" w. - .
1,500,000 dwelling threats. 3. . 3_ 33331333333333

It costs more to keep slums than to clear 3 ,3. 1 - » ’2 ._ ....... w... ,W. ,1 ' , 333333
slums. We have proven that by the areas 3 ', 7‘; . _ ' CONST ‘1 3 _
in Atlanta where Uncle Sam’s first two proj- 1 . '3 .- 3 j ‘ ‘ 3 l
ects stand. Before clearance the city annu- . ‘ f . 3, 3 «‘33 chsing OH 33 333,,,_.3.,.,,,3.,..3_..3 Vfi”t l
ally paid out nine and one-half times more , ,5 ‘ _ G've Answe 3%; l
than it collected in taxes from these districts » - ,. * * . , Many Clues $3 4; jfiia: 3—3,? ,5: .fgr ‘ l
for such services as free hospitalization, ex- § 3 _. _ _ - wfi‘,?33;§,333333’ 3B l
tra police fire calls and care of child delin- g » . ' aaz.;5’w3,1;~3 /’ 33,333,;i
quents. ’ ’ -‘-“~~—~M~~~~—, . ., - W’lwflmwmlwg i

3 Subsidized housing is necessary because 3 .. _ 3 ’3“.:‘.‘..'.?3." ‘i....,-l.“j':,.3i.’".:ji;_i:,iiitil"?"..:,’.‘ f" .. . .. "2"“ L“ 5
private capital cannot provide decent, safe, .1 ‘ 3 “Wm/Mu Mil-1w him/«m3 13in: I/muillL" I'm/an 3
and sanitary housing at rents the slum _ 31 .3333 5,4. 33 3 3 3.. , .333 \*(3;”... 33%,, 33 3, 3.33
dweller can afi’Ol‘d ’50 Pay: and if the Slums - 3 3 3:313 41¢! ' 1 Bi 3 3
remain, communities and people rot. 3i 331,13};- .1. ' 4‘“ .-. 1343(511,‘ 13-1 « :33 1

In America, we have expanded the central 13 3 £5 $33 i, if“: ) P3}, ' 33% f5 ' “y? !
areas vertically. These peaks have left con— 3,, ‘ 33 .~ 'I' ill“ ‘ .1454,“ ,.”1 .» '1 ,, . , I
stantly spreading slum valleys. We must (3 .333_,33u “$3413“er ,J'Tuz .333 £3,333,319 3 3. 33 .
now expand horizontally. Parks and low— , ', 3*»: 3373,... 3 ,~, . " 4 n
rent housing are ideally suited to the need. 1' 3, , _ , ' ‘”’”'”W”'" “”“"“""‘“””‘“

The open areas are substitutions for coun— _. . ' . . -‘

try. The housing projects form in fact min- . . .3 3 3'3 3 I , 1

iature villages with all the economies of HERE ARE i I , i ,

such living. l . l

Real estate values rise when slums are FOUR . 1 .3 3' , " w 3’

s eliminated. Three parcels near Techwood, ‘- 1 « 3, 3; l

Atlanta’s first project, have recently sold at YOUNGER ‘ ' . 3 , 3 %

advances of 150 percent to 300 percent. 3 BROTHERS 3l .1 ‘ . _ .. 3 .. 3 3 . * 3 ‘ 3‘

1‘0 sum up, let us examine the problem in g ._ ‘, . , ,, ~, 3, ~ 33 . . 1
terms of the entire South compared with a of i 1 .3 3 , ‘ ' 1. '3. . . _ E
capitalistic country which has done subsi- i 53?“ -. .. i ' _ 3 - 1 1
dized housing for generations. I refer to PUBLIC HOUSING ' 1 - .. * " ‘ - . 1...”.--,....__..-__._-__,_l
what happened in England from 1919 to l
1938. Law-mmw..-.—...........--....-..W_,,, ,3_33,333_“_3

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Western Penna. Holds Nation-Wide Aelion Vital n lanapo 1s urvey
° - ° Sh B d 81
Housmg Conference Says Raleigh, N. (1., Editor ows a ums

u - - . . ,, Speaking before a National Public The recently published Report of the Citi-
,, The Citizens and Public Hqusngl and Housing Conference luncheon in New zens’ Housing Committee of Indianapolis,
Public. Housmg 311d lublic Qfllcwlls" Were York City recently, Jonathan Daniels, Ind, reveals that in one section of the city
the major headings under which discuss10ns son of Josephus Daniels, American Am- 26 blocks long and 11 blocks wide 45 per—
were conducted at the recent Western P‘im“ bassador to Mexico, said that the housing cent of all residential units are substandard
sylvania Conference on .Public Housmg. problem must be dealt with nationally. (2,961 out of 6,448).

Jomt hosts were thehousing authorities of Addressing himself particularly to The Report “Housing in Indianapolis”
Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, and McKees- housing conditions in New York City, Mr. was made public at an 013611 meeting 0f the
port. Daniels said: “I don’t feel that I can make committee held February 28, 1940- The
. Purpose Of the conference was to. render any better contribution than to make you 131111011331 speaker was H- L- 031T, Secretary-
immediate useful assistance to counties now aware that when people live in shacks in Treasurer of the Delaware County (Ind.)
1.“. the process Of setting up housmg author— North Carolina, their children are the housing authority.

ltles' . . . . future citizens of New York. This prob- Resolving that the city has “urgent need”

HQld 111 $191331“ {\SSOCIatIOH ROGUE, CltY- leni is not one we are going to work out of a slum clearance program, the Citizens’
County Building, Plttsburgh, March 12, the unless people in the Nation as a whole Housing Committee will begin to circulate
conference began at .10 o’clock m. the morn— realize that it belongs to you and will petitions asking that a local housing au—
ing, and concluded With a dinner in honor of come to you eventually.” thority be created in Indianapohs.

Dr. B. J. Hovde at the Hotel Schenley in the Mr. Daniels is editor of the Raleigh ——‘———
evening. . , (N. C.) News Observer. N0. Carolina (301111011 Elects

Dr. Hovde had the chair at the morning . .
session, Where three subjects were discussed: Oflicers at Raleigh Meeung
“Business and Public Housing,” Dr. James NYU Extension Course, -, .. . “fl . . .1 v
H. Greene, Executive Vice President, Pitts— , , _ . . , , “(flung 1“ “.melgn MW y, me “.05“

. u New York DinverSity is prov1ding exten— Carolina CounCil of Housmg Authorities
burgh Chamber of Commerce, Labor and , _ _ . . M 1 (1 Hi ‘ f th C .1, E' .
Public Housing,” Harold Ruttenberg, Steel Slon COUI‘SES 011 Housmg and Housmg 21.151- :ecte . O cers 01‘ e 0111101 S necutive
Workers Organizing Committee, and George agement in Newark, N. J. The present‘ 1 .— Committee. . .
- . - - week course Will last through June. Siini- ’lheodore S. Johnson, Commissmner of the
Walters, Pittsbuigh Building Trades Coun- . _ , . . . .

' . u - -. - - n lar serVices Will be made available to Tren— Housmg Authority of the City of Raleigh,

cil, and The Citizen in Action, Joseph . .
- - ton at a later date. N. C., was elected Pres1dent. First, Second,
Tufts, Secretary, Pittsburgh Housmg Asso- . . . . . . .
ciation. The extenSion serv1ce is planned in coop— and Third Vice Pres1dents are: Rev. Jack R.
I t f . . . eration with NAHO. New Jersey has 25 Rountree, Chairman of the Kinston Housing
1.1. he a ternoon,lVlay01 John J Mullen Of housmg authorities, 12 of which have ob— Authority; Capus W'aynick, Chairman of the
Claiiton had the chair, and an address was . , . . . . . .

. b L _ 1 - tained USHA loans for the construction of High POint Housmg Authority; and EdWin
given y angdon Post, f01me1 Chairman, 1 . t L J Ch . f th H . A th
New York City Housing Authority, “Signif- pIOJGC S‘ _~__— . ' ones, 3.11““ 0 e ousfng u or-
. . . . ity of the City of Charlotte, IV. C. H. R.
icance of Public Housmg to a Local Admin- , . , - - -
istration.” Other subjects discussed during HOUSIDg Progress In the South Emory, Executive -Director_of.the Housmg
the afternoon were: “Legal Steps in Ap— (Continued from page 3) Autholritty gfsthe City af Wilmington, N. C.,. .
pointing An Authority,” “Financing New States on which construction contracts have welsh: EifieZtine‘cvaeasareys— elceizlslurh; f 1 t the
Authorities,” “Surveys Before Loan Con- been awarded, 94, or more than half, are in State’s n we§t housiipi aultih rig; (Hi h
tractsfij and “Problems of Authority—Local the South, although the South has only one— Point Neil Bern an dgKin to: lTh—e— {if t »
Administration Cooperation.” John Taylor third of the National population. It is sig— two have earmarkin s of £1 r60 000 ac:
Egan and Barrett Quirk, USHA oflicials, nificant that many of these projects are in the latt r $1 000 000g ’0 ’ e "
were present to lead discussions and answer cities with less than 20,000 people. e ’ ’ ’ '
questions. Furthermore, the average shelter rent of _ _ 1

Prominent guests at the conference were: $11.21 per home, or $2.69 per room, is so low Schedule Of Bld Opening Dates
Mayor John Conway, of Johnstown; John J. that families whose gross income is under ——‘-—'—'—‘—"'———‘
Kane, Chairman, Allegheny County Commis- $700 per year will be the average residents Local authoritg and project Numberor Date of bid
Sioners; James McDevitt, Chairman, Ameri- From the regional viewpoint, housing can Bum er umts Opcnmg
can Federation of Labor; George E. Evans, be the magnet to draw more wealth to this
Chairman, Pittsburgh housing authority; section. In the end it will help the North Atlanta (Ga.—6—4)_____-__ 598 4‘ 9‘40‘
Edward J. Leonard, Chairman, Allegheny as much as the South by eliminating the con- Ealtimore (lid—$2)“ 434 3—27—40
County Housing Authority; William D. tinual threat which comes from the compe- $122312; £01523; 2?; 3:12:19,
Mansfield, McKeesport housing authority; tition of our substandard urban labor. Re- Birmingham \(Ala :13 v” * A" w
Commissmner Eddie McCloskey of Cambria housed, these millions demand higher stand- 3—A)__,______.____.__.-.____ 292 4-13410.
County; Commissioner John Rankin of Fay- ards of living, consume more and higher- Birmingham (Ala—1—
ette County; Controller Ralph C. Bennett of priced foods, gain greater energy through 4)-..._-_-___-.___.__.--___- 432 4—25—40-
Beaver County. better health, and become contented citizens. Camden (,N- J.~1041)__. 275 3—25—40

Cincinnati (Ohio—4—l).... 750 4~16—40
. Dayton (Ohio—5—1AR)“, 604 41—15410
Weekly Constru ctlon Report Denver (Colo-‘1”2l-w- 346 4—20—40

.——_____.'————————— Detroit (Mich.—1—2, Pt.

“7 k (1 Cl \V k d d P , H)_.--—_.—-—————--——————-——— 180 4‘18—40‘
“em Maighii 19940 i Maerech08?l(940 93.33;?“ Frederick (Md.—3—2)____ 50 4— 3—40.

m ___r —7 _.__.__ Nashville (Tcnn.-l\5;I—1).__ 350 4—19—40
Number of projects under construction____.i________, 186 184 +1-09 N63lilg11ljedford ( B438. 200 4— 4—40! ’
Number of dwellings under construction_________,___ 72,285 71,699 +0.82 Ponce (15:'_1§_:_1:Zf)"""" 120 3-27_40.
Total estimated over—all cost 1 of new housing_____, $322,452,000 $320,179,000 +0.71 Portsmouth .(Ohio Cid:—

Average over-all cost 1 of new housing per unit_____, $4,461 $4,466 —0.11 1) 268 4-22_40,
Average net construction cost 2 per unit_______,,._____‘ $2,801 $21803 —0-07 Washingtoh--(—fi:_6::l:_
___————————————- 4)____________-_____________ 310 4—23—40-
_ l Includes: (a) Building the house including structural costs and plumbing, heating. and electrical installation: (bl dwell-
ing eqriipment, architects‘ fees, local administrative expenses, financial charges during construction, and contingency expenses; ——————_———_

(0) land for proseni development, ((1) nondwclling faciliiics. ‘ There is usually a 30-day period between bid advertising:

“The cost of bulldllJJZ the house, including structural, plumbing, heating. and electrical costs. , and bid opening.
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