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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
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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-
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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 ---
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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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