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Federal Works A ency - John M. Carmody, Admmlstrator Vol.2 No.2 - .!ul 9,1940 U. S. Housm Authorlt - Nathan Straus, Admlnistrator
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LOUISVIHB PrOJGCt Defense Housmg Set-up Prov1ded
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To Open Thls Wonth I R t N B.“ A d
‘ Scheduled to open some time this month, I]. 60611 avy 1 men ments
tl‘li flfirkfgflf Mfg-led in fofullfivfllezt hly., More than 450 local housing authorities The USHA and the War and Navy De—
?” 0:,‘6 i . 1 351131 .es on O f (SIC ‘feli 1165i)? will he enlisted in the defense housing pro— partments are authorized to cooperate in
10m...1 31.11;: idve 301119“? F retryonranllc gram as a result of amendments to H. R. making housing available for persons en—
:ppea 0 6.5.1811 '0 l S os C1 S we _ 9822 (to expedite naval shipbuilding, and gaged in national defense activities, includ—
11%va c8i111?1?8111;m' _ . t f _ 7“,“ L) _ for other purposes) recently passed by Con- ing (1) enlisted men with families, (2) em-
1‘ Se. ar ‘52:} i rpli'ieS‘h’Af'id ‘21 131:).622 gross. The amendments were supported by ployees of the Navy and War Departments,
a] u 301$ 9119 O 1 t“: . ‘L ‘ . ‘32]? .11, _J h S_ War and Navy Department officials, who and (8) defense—industry workers and their
$033, eing (301131) E: Itn 01‘1le g (,5:er :1 have recognized that the existing inachin— families. Projects may be undertaken in
. eilrace, 01d) eggs, 0 opetn) 1_n 1 cp 1m f6" er-y of local authorities in all parts of the any localities where the President deter—
2le 1e $910211 ‘11 an 115 2d: l'lti‘iiegdlat pal; 0 ‘1 country forms a ready—made solution to the mines that there is an acute housing short—
L ”$323111, US$11 i 5 aiid :5 ‘d ORG, 16111 1:1" urgent problem of housing military person— age which impedes the national defense pro—
f 0.11351 fels ’l’u lvhéh if (13V: 0. “€1.13 1: (331(5) nel and workers in defense industries. The gram and where adequate housing would not
<01b t edalfil lféellingsngd 111.3511.“ q C if; nt purpose of the amendments was to make otherwise be provided.
it; slam in A: Sbr'e u L m ”8 ce this already functioning machinery avail— Project rentals will be low, within the
‘ 1‘33 dnhoufin 3: L1; 2‘32,er r s 111.60“ ‘el , able immediately, to gear it in with the financial reach of workers and enlisted men.
_ a .. 0 m g I 11.5“ 1 ‘ “a .3 ‘ V 3, whole defense program, and to take advan— In the case of projects built near military
dramatized in 1.037 fly the spring floods . . . . . .
which rendered Home 1300 resid ti 1 n't tage of the technical experience and ability or naval posts, Intended to house enlisted
1. the cit usele; At that timSthzrlo 12“]: of local housing agencies. personnel and civilian personnel of the War
I-llousing' llDiVisiorii Droiectsl Lasalle Place x and Nayy Departments, no SUbSid-y Will be
210—unit project for white tenancy, and 001- total number of homes in USHA—aided or 11)CC111118.( from UbeA: Such pm'leété WIH
, . , - ._ . _ __ , . . . . e operated by the respectixe Departments
. lege Court, lZo—unit project for Negroes, supervrsed low—rent housrng and slum cleai— under lease agreement with USHAX
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_ \\ ere under constiuctron. '1hey \\ erc soon ance projects in Louisxille to 1,.)z4. . . The problem of housrng for defense—indus-
completed, and crvrc leaders in lioursvrlle, Clarksdales tenants Will be families try workers (who will soon swell the )oru—
favorably impressed with the results, have whose average incomes range between $818 l‘t‘ ' f - t' _ ’ f t _. I .1 _
ur d _ . f th 1 1 bl' l i ‘ d 1 093 . . Tl . :11 . . t l a 1011 o exrs nig inanu ac uring centers

ge expansron o e oca pu 1c rousng an $., a year. .iey in pay ien as d . 3 b 1 f J , ..
provram as rapidly as possible of from $17 50 tr $19 ’70 a month including an may a1°0 e SH. ted to new centers of
D ,_ . j ' ’. " ’ . defense industry) wrll become the responsi—
The (81 new homes in Clarksdale and the the cost of heat, light, water, and refrigera— 1).]. . ‘. j. . . .
. e . . . . . . . 1 ity of the local housing authorities, aided
808 in Beecher Terrace, added to those in tron. Many of these families lived on the b U ,1 , _ . . , .
LaSalle Place and College Court brinrr the site when it was a littered slum y SHA' “ mm a housrng shortage ls
‘ . , ’1 ’3 _ . . ,. W... ‘ ,. found, and where no local agency exists (or
. ‘ .‘ l , , i towwgfwi ,‘y vzzZ“:‘;€g:: where it is inoperative), the USHA is au—
3 g! 1.5%?‘1 9,233.; l 3% i 'v- ”,3... In the Conference Report on H. R. 9822,
”’3' 4’7<~ is“; 21.3%: iwgfiw‘f g3 u g the Manager's on the part of the House of
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«,-'e”‘- 3.3 . “a 1.. it” Boston Slum Home Collapses
”fish‘s. . 7 - 33‘ ”l .1 .r Before Slte Can Be Cleared
(355%) ; m 3;; § . {3“ :2 3“] j y...“ .. j \E“) Slum clearance in the South End of Bos—
* 3*" 3"" ”3:: 3:.) j ,3: ngyi. . .‘iil" 9’ ' 3.. ifégg‘ ton was dramatically anticipated about nine
.} 33.35 3:32. 3:3” 3%.,3‘53333 ‘ r'rwi Vina—«1'99“ o’clock one night a few weeks ago, when
; ‘ F3: é. .*“ ‘ l >3 31,3.- " am the entire back wall of a six-family three—
__ 3E “a =~yi Y;:§*i" _. ,X " i" . a; i 3 3.; ' ' E53 2;: '0' .. story frame and brick Veneer apartment on
":3 WEN/J73 a 5-,: t. 3 TE“, V: l 3 My , Harrison Avenue collapsed With a resound-
§ :2 lfixf’fwfiéb iota .3 ‘ Z: 3 :3} a 1.7,: “ll ing crash. Fortunately, the accident 0c-
..‘fl" {V “ 1/: :57“ i $3.53 V curred when the children who ordinarily
' : " i ; {L 3 {3% 5‘. .5 § ‘1’ i ii :3; '33....“ play in the back yard of this building; had
. £1 3‘” ‘ : 3.. . T t W5 E 3% ~, been put to bed-
-- «at $3.3ng f enigma” .3. .1... E This building (see pictme, left) is typical
3&5. .¢.,.3a x; is. m“ 3 . ’ of thousands of structures erected on piles
» {Effigb’fir my , Ei . wi‘gwa j ’ ‘ _ ; in the made land of Boston’s South Bay.
3 . ‘3 f": 36315 __ t 1,733.! t . ”g. ‘. ' The retreating water level left much of the
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; a» . i a??? we .‘ g a”? (v .1 \ i, it. ' _ . stance the piles provide no support for the
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’ _ . Z? #3,, ‘2 . . $3385 if =1. _.' ' W” 3‘ l . 5,3," 2 by lateral support.
3 g. 3.33 i , ' W3.— “’ 1 / * 4. '53”. 3“}, ' _ '- The Boston Housing Authority had begun
MM x 3 ‘ ' i J ; . Z: .3 ““ fl 3%: 1 i .‘ appraisals of the buildings for a low-rent.
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.7 USHA Program Helps To Equallze USHA Encl 66 S St }
C C I
, D ff 1 1939 C to nghtlng In PrOJects
[1 l erences n 0nStrllC 1011 USHA engineers have been cooperating
_ . . In many sections of the country where land, North Central, Middle Atlantic, and .Wlth representatives of the American light—
1 . . . . . . - - iiig Equipment Assomation in the develop-
private home building actiVity is lagging, East South Central sections. ‘ . . ‘
.. . . . -. y . . ., nient of fixtuies speCially deSIgned to give
the USHA program is of Vital importance iii I‘hus, in many sections of the COUllt1§ 1' _ , . _ , . 3 -.
. . . . , . . . - . ~ - efiICient lighting in iooms oi the Size and
raismg the level of reSidential construction. where private building actiVity was lagging, . , _ . . _ .
s _. . . . . - height used in low-ient housmg pioiects.
The stimulus prov1ded by the public low- the volume of USHA-aided construction nad . . . _ _
I . . . . . ‘ The fixtuies are expected to be very low in
9 rent hous1ng program is most strongly felt the effect of raismg the level of total home n V _ . . .- .
. . . , . . . . fiist cost, of stu1dy construction, With inde—
in Cities of 25,000 to 500,000 population, building to an apprec1able extent. On the p . ‘ . , . .~
. . . . . . ~, stiuctible and peimanent finish. l‘hey \Vlll
where private construction is at its lowest. other hand, in regions where the rate 01 be available from anv manufacturer of such
' The volume of USHA—aided building tends USHA-aided construction was lowest, as in . ‘
' to aliz the difference i constr ction the M untain and Pacific States rivate equipment. .
,1 equ e S. n u . . ,. 0 . . ’ p Sample fixtures have been submitted by
rates as between the various geographic building was most active. The influence of ‘ . . . . .
. . . . the Assoc1ation and aie being tested.
sections and city—Size groups. the USHA program, therefore, tended to It' t' . t dthat th new fixtures will
These facts are revealed in an analvsis of reduce the geographic differences in con- IS an ic1pa e . e . . .
2 h f . ‘ - “00 t' ‘ t make poss1ble the installation of artifiCial
e t e rates 0 urban construction per ,) struc 1011' ia es. ' 1 . . ' lighting which meets accepted standards of
_ population, based on Bureau of Labor Sta— AnalySis of construction by City -Size groups, 1i 'hting efficiency
- tistics data for 1939. During that year the as shown in the right—hand chart below, _g—'_—_—__
L volume of construction under the USHA reveals that the rate of USI-IA-aided build— and city-size groups are due to (liil'erences
program amounted to 55,438 dwelling units, ing was highest in cities of 25,000 to 500,000 in economic conditions, in the rate of popu—
" or 16.2 percent of all residential building in inhabitants. In these city«size groups USHA lation increase, migration, and many other
7 urban areas of the United States. This fact construction comprised from 18 to 34 per- factors. To some extent the variations in
in itself indicates the importance Of the cent Of all home building, thus providing a construction rates between geographic see-
‘ public housing program in the total picture stimulus where private construction was at tions and those between city—size groups are
1 of the Nation’s home building. The full its lowest. In the largest cities (over 500,— interrelated: In the Northern and Eastern
1 significance of the USHA program, however, 000 population) and in the smallest localities States, where private building activity is
1 becomes apparent when one analyzes its (under 25,000), where private building ac— lagging, there is a concentration of large
‘1' effects in the various sections of the country tivity was greatest, the rate of USHA-aided cities, which are characterized by low con-
and in cities of different size. construction was lower. In other words,the struction rates. (While the New England,
s As shown in the left—hand chart below, public housing program had the tendency to Middle Atlantic, North Central, and East
: the rate of USHA-aided construction per equalize the variations in construction rates South Central States comprise 66 percent of
1,000 population in 1939 was highest in the between the various City-size groups. the country’s urban populatiomthey account
I« East South Central and South Atlantic The larger the city, the chart shows, the for ’77 percent of the urban population living
- States, where it amounted to 43 and 26 lower the rate of private construction. The in cities over 25,000.)
; percent, respectively, of all urban home only exception is in the case of cities over The low construction rates in the North—
_ building. The stimulus provided by the 500,000 population, which is due to the large em and Eastern States, therefore, would
— . public low—rent housing program was also amount of building in four cities in this seem to be related to the lag in building ac-
: of particular importance in New England, group—New York, Los Angeles, San Fran— tivity in cities over 25,000. The high con-
where the rate of private construction was cisco, and Washington. Further study indi- struction rates in the Mountain, West South
,1 lower than in any other section. cates that the high construction rate in Central, and South Atlantic States, on the
. The rate of USHA—aided construction was places of less than 25,000 inhabitants is other hand, appear to be associated with the
‘ next highest in the West South Central and caused by building activity in suburbs of high level of building activity in cities under
. Middle Atlantic States; it was lowest in the large cities rather than in small localities 25,000 (including suburban communities),
,. North Central, Mountain, and Pacific sec- located at a distance from metropolitan which are concentrated in these sections.
’ tions. Private building activity, on the areas. (See PUBLIC HOUSING, Vol. 1, N0. (Thirty-eight percent of the urban popula-
other hand, was greatest in the Pacific, 41, p. 2.) tion in these regions live in cities under
: Mountain, West South Central, and South The variations in the rate of private con- 25,000, as compared with only 18 percent in
; Atlantic States, and lowest in the New Eng— struction as between the various sections the Northern and Eastern States.)
3 o o o c
1 Urban Dwelling Umts Built per 1,000 Population, 1939
{ W/A Private - USHA-Aided
- DWELLING DWELLING DWELLING
t LI'NIITS UrlITS UNlITlS
. lo By Geographic Section __/ ,0 By City-Size Group ,0
g 9 ¢ 9 9
i 7 % 7 7
, - v ' 7 / _
-_ 6 g g g_% 6 6
i _ V
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. 4/;//////71’////
. / 7////////%/////
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//%/x%%//x%/A%%%flfl%/1%%
f UNITED NEW NORTH MIDDLE EAST MOUNTAIN WEST soum PACIFIC UNITED 500.000 mow mm 25,000 10.0% 5.000- 2,500—
l STATES ENGLAND CENTRAL ATLANTIc (33$: (22%; ATLANTIc STATES aovsii 500,000 Ioo,ooo 50,000 25,000 Io,0oo 5,000
I SOURCES: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Release No. 8785, Feb. 10, 1940; U. 5. Census of Population, 1930 Research and Slulisllics Diviiiion
, line 17, )40
3

 Defense Housing IsAuthOI‘ized Progress of the USHA Program

(Continued from page 1) ,

. . Cumulatlve, by months, NIarch 1938—June 1940
Representatives stated that, “Thehousmg to Thousands of Thousands of
be provided is not only urgently necessary Dwelling Units Dwe“'"9 U""5
during the present emergency but will there— [75 _ l 7 I75 .
after represent permanent assets to the Dwelling units under Loon Conlroct ,
Nation. It will materially assist in keeping but not Under Construclion 1
worthy American citizens and their families .50 i Dwelling units Under ConslfUCllon ’ i i 7 7 7 7 7 :7 7 7 77 '50
out of the slums.” : % but nol Available for Occupancy Ii . 7

The same Report emphasizes that “The c Dwelling Units Avail-ble for Occupancy ‘IJI i _
existing 450 public agencies located in all 5555103“: 7 1.1; .I:gr.-Z-yi-lgi-‘I;}'I.:}'I.f{.1 7 7 7 _ I, 7 , .. |25
parts of the country will be utilized in ex— ’25 _ ; l 1 I;'I.}-’I.'I.-I_-’I:I.-‘I.'I.-:.'I:'_.'I.-I;‘I.-I,':.:.~'I.:.1 , ,
panding housing facilities.” : i l l . ~'.'7.-'7.'1":‘217-‘7."."7-'7.-'i'7."7!ii'i'i-‘i'i-‘i-‘i-i-‘ifl l ,7

“Recruitment of personnel is already be— 7 l ‘ I;'I."i7.‘i:1-'I.'1-‘IJ7.'1‘i..-i,~‘I.'i.-‘I.‘I.-'-'l."_-'I:}'I.{-‘I.'..{-‘Ii ‘I -
ing hampered by lack of housing in many IOO 7* f ’ """ _‘l“‘l_‘5?*" 7 7 l 7777 '00
places, including the Panama Canal; Ha- : l III_-II.1.-I.-II.’I.-II.'I:I_-II.'I.-I,‘I.'II.'I:I,-II.'I.-II.‘I:II.l:I_rII.'I:II.'I.-I_.II:I;II'I ,
waii ; Charleston, S. C.; Vallejo, Calif. ; etc., . I I:I.~';'I:I';'I-'I.-1-1:}:.'I.{-'I.{-'I::,-'I.'I.-'_-‘I.~Z-'I:}','I.-',-'I.-'.~'I.'I.-'_.'I.{~‘I.".-‘I:',-"' i :
and in the vicinity of isolated industrial 75 7 7 7 7,, . (52'52'2‘2-i551‘2‘i’4"” . I 7 , I , , I 7 75
plants,” according to the Report. a I I.:‘I:2"I.'I.-',-'I."--'I.'I',-'_-'I.if:f-'I.'I_f-‘I.{-‘I."_»‘I.'I_~'_.'I.~'.-'I.{-‘I.:,1_i:'-"' : :

Although no funds are provided by the : I ,-I.-I;I.'I.-‘_.'I.-',-‘I:I'.{.‘I.{5.55:}fI.‘I.'1‘...-’_-‘I:I,-'I.'I.5:...-'.-.LI.-I_-'I:I,-',-'I:'_-‘.'/’/- I ,
amendments, any funds available to USHA l J, . '

- | WA , war-fe- L-Hm. ‘-,"‘.‘ot‘-f‘. '.r-r_‘r.~ , , 1 i, ,, 50

may be expended for the purposes outlined 50 l I ,li'“ / l e .
in the bill. Already USHA loans totaling l _.l[ % ‘
$1,948,000 have been granted for the first A ; I;[It-i.-‘I.'I,-’I:I.“.‘.-:I';’Ii,-‘_.‘I::-’I.'I,-:.'I.5:1.-',-'_:I;'_.'I.{-'I."_~}I‘I:" ‘ 1
two defense housing projects, in Montgom— 25 lr~zrqee~1rfieeev , , , 7f 777 25
ery, Ala., and in Pensacola, Fla. (for full 3}:if-'.-'_-Z:I-Z-‘I.-Z.‘I.",.'_.'7.-‘.-:.",-'_Il'7.{-'i-}:.‘:{i fl . 7
details see PUBLIC HOUSING Vol. 1 N o. 46 «I i / ...v.-.-:-:-:::=;=::5222;532:255: i 1

i i ’ 1'3“”. ;.:-.:.'.' -". / / ..1,;.;.;.;.;.;25;:;:;:;:;:;::2;:5;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:; ‘
June 257 1940) - O '.'~':-':-.'-' ‘.'- ‘ ”mm/W 1 . . ,__._._.....;.:.::;::3:E:E:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:::;:::;:;;;;;555:;:;;::;:;;::;:;:§:5: 0

The character of the housing in contem— M A M J J A S 0 N D J F M A M J J A 5 ° N D J F M A M J J A 5 ° N D
plated defense—housing projects is discussed I938 I939 I940
in a recent statement by the NAHO Board . .
of Governors, as follows: Construction Report Analys1s Brunswlck (Ga.—9—1)........... 128 ulnts

“Experience and technical opinion are . Brunsw1ck (Ga.—9~2),,_-_.....,.,,,,,, 144 units
against the provisions of so—called tempo— During June, one loan contract was re- Phoenix (Ariz.—1—3)____..-...-......-_ 182 units
ral'y housing. Under most conditions, even scmded and Ith0 defense housmg proiIects San Antonio (TeX.—6—4)-........__.. 236 units
in an en’lel‘gency, durable family units appI‘OVed, brmglng the tOtal Of all PTOJeCtS Houston (TeX.—5—2)77",",_7~_....77V 333 ulllIlJS
should be constructed. They should be new uIndel‘ loan contract to 413. . . Martinsburg (W- V3-—6—1)~~ — 48 units
planned as pal-ts of the largel- urban 01- During the month, .the fOHOWlng PI'OJeCtS Martinsburg (W. Va.—6—2)____.,,,_,. 5211111135
metropolitan areas in which they are 10- entered the COHStWCtlon stage: Between May 18 and June 22, five addi- .
cated. They should provide not only shelter Dayton (Ohio—5—1—R),,_.__._._.-.,,,_ 604 units tional projects were opened for tenancy:
but decent standards of equipment, open Jersey City (N. J.—9—1)............,,_ 490 units Columbus (Ga.—4—2), Booker T. Washing-
space, and neighborhood life.” Fajardo (P. R—S—l) 210 units ton Apartments, 288 units.
—__—___—__—___ Utica (N. Y.—6—1), Adrean Terrace, 213

. units.
COHStl‘uC'llOl] Report Memphis (Tenn.—1—1), Lamar Terrace,
Week] D 478 units . . .
——_L_—______ Corpus Christl (Tex.—8—1—R, Pt. 1), Km-
. . Iv .. . . II ney Place, 134 units.
1...... l itfttifltt $339110}. { “513333;” Mount Hope (w. Va.—7—1), Stadium Ter—
i _— fl ———— race, 70 units.
Number of projects under construction 1_____________‘ 222 221 +0.45 I . _
Number of dwellings under construction 1_,_,,___,___' 84,494 84,258 +0.28 Schedule Of Bld Openlng Dates 1
Total estimated over—all cost 2 of new housing,,,,,_l $373,280,000 $372,555,000 +0.1
Average over—all (30511 2 0f new housing per unit......} $4,418 . $4,422 —0-09 Local authority and project . Number of Date of bid
Average net construction cost 3 Der unitdfifififlfifij $2.764 | $2,766 l -—0.07 numhcr ‘ units opvning
Sunnnary of USHA Progranl as of June 30, 1940 Athens (Ga.-3-1jA)-—---l 100 3— 1—40
—_—_______ Atlanta (Ga—(340, Pt. .
‘ Pioi ct under ’ Projccisundtr I ' t b' II)"""""'""""""" 520 77167710
_ ‘ .c s * ’ro 00 s cm q ' 7 "_ '4
7,, I v, , , 17:“ loan comraCLI constructionI , telnantcdi g §:;;IIIEMEN(.IPJI£{1§§1;Z:I13? 17322;?)
‘ 7 ' ' " .- — 2 .L' ~430740
Number of projects,,,,__,,,,_____,_7___,_,777_777777, 413 225 31