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Vol.1, No.8 Federal Works Agency, U. 8. Housing Authority — Nathan Straus, Administrator October 3,1939
Reglon VI Headquarters USHA Measures Movements of Masonry
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Move to F0” Worth To Detect Causes of Cracks in Walls
0“ OCtOber 2d Although there is nothing experi— thought to contribute to building
The second step in field location of mental about the construction meth- movements resulting in cracks. Such
the recently announced USH A re— ods by which 160,000 new homes are factors include: the deflect10n,shrmk-
gional offices will be effected October 2 being built under the USHA-aided age, and curling 0f the concrete slabs
when headquarters for Region VI will program, at the same time USHA and bearing on the masonry walls; and
formally open at Fort Worth, Tex. local technicians are taking full ad- the relative thermal expans1on and
Offices have been obtained in the Elec- vantage of the opportunity for con— contraction 0f the masonry walls and
- tric Building in that city. It is esti— ducting tests which should prove of the concrete slabs _
mated that the regional staff will ulti- value to the entire building industry. Measuring pomts are located 1h
mately number some 80 persons. Typical of this policy is a careful roof slabs and exterior walls mhhe
The office for Region VII has been study recently instituted by the w1ng 0t ahtthdthg 1h each ptOJeet’
in San Francisco for some months USHA Technical Division, in coopera— where Sttalh Sages W111 record move—
. and has demonstrated advantages in tion with the New York City Housing ments as Shght as (the. ten-thou-
speeding up the program. Authority and the National Bureau of sandth Of an lheh' _ Periodic readmgs
Region VI covers about 20 percent Standards, aimed at determining the W111 be taken during the heXt year
of the area of the United States and causes of cracks in masonry walls covering a full cycle 0t weather tem-
includes 26 local authorities in Arkan- which have solid concrete floor and perature changes and the period Of
sas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mex- roof slabs bearing on them. shrinkage 0f the concrete. _
ico, Oklahoma, and Texas. In New York’s Red Hook and Supplementlng the experiments at
Marshall W. Amis is Regional Di- Queensbridge projects equipment will Red Hook and .Queensbridge, the
. rector, and James T. Haile is Acting be set up to measure the extent and USHA 1S cooperating thh the Bureau
Assistant Regional Director. relation of various factors known or 0t Standards 1h the design Of an ex—
perimental bulldmg Wthh has been
.. _ .\ constructed in Washington and which
j i; _ , . ' .. , embodies the same general type of
- xii: ; ‘, - I ;_ . - . .g ,. ' ' construction. A similar complete
- ff, __ _ t ' L, , set of measurements will be taken,
* t. jt' ‘ - ‘ . _ , _ , _- ' ' "7 W417.“ analyzed, and compared with the re-
[I ; “f"...i if ‘y ‘_ _ _ , . It _ ' - _ V 5;" *1: sults obtained in New York.
‘1,» , I y . , ks? ‘ F 9: , ‘ ; ‘ "~71, (See WALL CRACKS on p. 3)
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3 _g. __ _ _:_ _ , ,2 : rim” n ,J SLUMS cosr YOU MONEY! The Lou—

- , ' ' “gee *‘-"‘=."‘;f_,._.,._e __ “-j 31.21;".- sion reveals in a recent pamphlet
:t if; ”5:” i eh. i sci ii. . -‘fiflgfi Maya} _ that social services for a 9-block
in ’ tag; is ewes" 3W , , V _ ..r ;; magic 2,2: slum area in the heart of the city
.. ~ . m: M c . vmwrmrrwmwwmmvw wet the City approximately $601000

. ”HM“ - f :s:i,..‘”': in one year. The tax revenue from
3‘441 .. ' . e - * 1;.~ " 4.. W7- OOO—IGaVIHg a deficit 0f about
Private Real Estate Development Adjoining Durkeeville (PWA Housing Division) Project, Jacksonville, Fla. $42,000
This Development is Typical of the Stimulus to the Real Estate Industry Provided by the Public Housing Program.
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 Manager’s Annual Report P . (l t P . S UnlverSItles and Colleges
Helps Proiect to Wln re31 en . rinse Report Wide Varlety
Public Confidence _ USHA Motlon Plcture of Housmg Courses . '
For effective public relations, Uni- After seeing “Housing in. 0111" Housing has found its way into the
versity Terrace, PWA Housing Divi— Time,” the USHA’S 20-minute schools. Letters to USHA from over
sion project in Columbia, S. C., lets sound film, at the White House, 400 institutions reveal that 133 junior
the record speak. The project report President Roosevelt made the £01" colleges and colleges either teach
for 1939 demonstrates the power of lowing statement: housing courses or have courses re-
facts and the value of frankness in “With half the world torn by the lating t0 housing.
telling the story of public housing. forces 0f destruction, ‘Housing in Of those institutions listing no
0111" Time’ sounds a call and ShOWS courses, several indicated that plans
gheégéi‘g’gfi i a W337 to construction. It is a call are now under way to include housing
if: ififififig‘jjfl, ' that Wisdom in the United States in next year’s curricuium_ Many
;: ’% V; W111 heed.‘ ' _ schools that do not have specific hous—
g‘h’ aria .. “The strength and Stablhty 0f ing courses point out that courses in
5%]: American democracy lie in a self— architectural design, sociology, build-
I.‘ WEE. M 5;in respecting citizenry. The USHA ing construction, and home economics
"“ 1 i4“..,:\,”’ film reveals the QXtent t0 VVthh include instruction in housing.
W: fig; '3 ll , their living conditions makes self— The following list of college hous-
i‘vwa respect SO ChthUIt for millions 0f ing courses is incomplete, as reports
" ‘ our people. But it also demon— are still being received. The list will
strates that the Slum can be 136- be continued until all have been re—
University Terrace (PWA Housing Division Project) at moved, that decent, low—rent hOUS- ported'
Columbia 3C. lng can be prov1ded; that men,
’ money and materials can b 9 put t 0 ALABAMA POLYTECH-NIC INSTITUTE—Special
The project houses 122 white and work for the benefit of all.” Problems ln Housmg (School of Archltec—
.. . ture and Allied Arts). Open only to
Negro fam1lles and IS 100 percent OC" _—‘_‘—‘—_—‘—"— architectural majors, P 10 fes S 01- E_
cupied, with a waiting list of 500 . Walter Burkhardt. . .
families. In spite of the fact that Tenant Selection Conference ARIZONA, UNIVERSITY OF—Housing Prob—
the average family income of tenants Called in Washington lems (School of Home Economics). 2 .
amounts to only $76 a month, the semester hours. Miss B. Eleanor Johnson.
total loss from uncollected rents over Tenant selection can make or break CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF—Al‘chitectul‘e
16 months came to only $38.16. public housing. Its vital importance 1173-1l7b—G1‘0up Housing. 2 u nits
The report records a heavy turn— is perhaps not fully recognized; cer— eaCh semeSteT' PI'Ofessor Howard MOise-
over of tenants during the first year, tainly successful procedures have to COLORADO STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION—
almost none the second. The chief be carefully planned. For these rea— F&IA 292—,H9E‘Sing' and Its RelatEd
, _ . Problems (Dlv1s10n of Home Arts, grad—
causes of turnover were loss of jobs, sons, the persons responsible for ten— uate curriculum). 4 quarter hours grad—
changes in family compos1tion, and ant selection 1n 24 prOJects to be uate credit. Miss Margaret Moore
moving out of town. The reported opened in the near future are attend- Roudebush.
facts reveal the growth of community ing a special tenant selection confer- COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY—Al‘chitectul'e 141~
consciousness and the extent to which ence in Washington, October 2—7. 142—P1anning and Housing Design. 8
the project’s success has been due to Discussions Will be conducted on POintS eaCh _SBSSi0n- Sir Raymond Un-
active tenant participation in the Objectives of Tenant Selection, Ten— wm’ Carl F6135! and “Siting Cl'itics- .
community life and even in the re— ant Selection and Community Rela- *liili—A}‘Chitecture 143-144—F’1anning and
sponsibilities of management. The tions, Coordination of Tenant Selec- :Zhsbtisihseagiii Eggmgiigghwfinp‘ggfi
tenants have their own association, tion and Public Relations, Develop- Feiss, and visiting critics. ’
and have organized social, educa- ment of the Local Program, Statutory *~:"-‘1=—A~ 1.1; t ,. 14r—P1‘ . . d H _
. . , , . , 1011 BC 1118 . <) annlng an OHS
tlonal, and athletlc events. The 00— and Local PollCles of Admlssmn, and mg History and Theory, including social
lumbia Public Library has established related subjects. factors. 2 points Winter Session. Sir
a branch at the project. Speakers and discussion leaders Raymond UnWiny Carl Feiss, and Special
With commendable frankness, the from outside the USHA include Er- leaturers-
report discusses the nature of oppo- nest Bohn from Cleveland, Coleman "‘**—A1‘Chitectu1'e 14G—P1anning andHOUS—
sition to the project and to public Woodbury of the National Associa- mg ,HiStory and TheOI'Y’,inc}uffing 900' . .
housing and the effective educational tion of Housing Officials, Alfred Kast— 13:“ Zlegjkinisnd $131.11“?th pig):
steps taken to overcome that opposi- ner, Washington architect, and Dor- Raynnond Illnwin, 031:1 Biiss,e:::i):peci;i
tion. It should prove valuable to othy P. Schoell of the Philadelphia lecturers.
managers of public housing projects. Housing Authority. (See COLLEGE COURSES 011 D. 4)
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 :3 Labor and Business Join Pan-American ionference to Study Basrc Housmg
To Back Ohio Project Problems at Buenos Aires Meeting October 2-7
' Public housing is an issue on which While Europe is at war, the Ameri- out. Each town, for instance, must
. ' all forces can unite. In Warren, cas are meeting on a constructive have a commons for recreation and
1e Ohio, the A. F. of L., the C. I. 0., the problem of social and economic sig- the pasturing of cattle. Seaports
3r Republic Steel Company, the Cham— nificance to all—public housing. The must be oriented to the prevailing
”L ber of Commerce, and other major Pan-American Conference on Hous- winds. Fisheries, slaughterhouses,
L’h business groups have made common ing which meets in Buenos Aires, Oc- tanneries, and other filth-producing
e- cause to assure the construction of tober 2—7, grew out of a resolution industries, must be located below the
Trumbull Homes, a 226-unit $1,000,- passed by the Seventh International town and near the sea or river, where
10 000 low—rent housing project on Conference of American States, at refuse could be disposed of and the
ls which tentative contracts have been Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1933. winds could carry away the smells.
1g let by the Warren authority. The program will include discussion The Buenos Aires conference will
W A group of 225 property- owners of the basic problems of public hous- seek, in effect, to recapture some of
,5” and nearby residents opposed rezon- ing—financing and subsidy, design the basic principles of city planning
[11 ing the site for multiple dwellings, and construction, management, and laid down by the Spanish King, read-
d‘ claiming the project would depreciate public relations. justed, however, to meet modern
:3 the value of their holdings. Although this first Pan-American needs, primary of which is public
The C. I. O. and the A. F. of L. Conference on Housing goes far be— housing.
5‘ sponsored a joint Labor Day picnic yond anything heretofore attempted, The United States will be repre-
ts to enlist support of the rezoning ordi- it has a distinguished historical prece- sented at the conference by Mr. Silver
11 nance. The Republic Steel Company, dent. In 1573, following a meeting L. Tesone, Principal Architect of the
3' the Packard Electric Division of Gen- of the most renowned architects and USHA; Raymond T. Cahill, Assistant
eral Motors Corporation, the Warren city planners in Spain, King Philip II Administrator, Federal Housing Ad—
a, Telephone Company, the Chamber of issued a series of ordinances specify— ministration; and C. B. Baldwin, As—
c_ Commerce, banks, and other leading ing in detail how all cities and towns sistant Administrator, Farm Security
to business institutions also backed the in the New VVOI‘ld were to be laid Administration.
E. program. ..... . , ,, _ , . .
b_ . . 01;: a: c1:.sult of these activities, the 5 ‘Wfl: .i .- ,:,.__2 :----.2- fl . ETEWDWWWS:
passed the required three 5 , , MW 1 .S‘TNWMWW
“2 . readings, and on September 18 was ,1; ,1 1- “Twfiw

‘ finally adopted. An injunction to 5215'?’foLiiffi’iLEI-325- 7W;
[Le halt proceedings, filed by a house— 1 5,»,3. 7333:"
L: holder, was denied by the court. L: ,L iii W'lllllllll it ‘ , 32m
Ld- Wall kas «i ll? ' "s ,., 2 , -
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6 Cracks in exterior walls add to 511’ - l Ii j :3 711ml

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,_ maintenance expense. Masonry must ,~' L L? I; ,.L . L "'73:? » l ‘53 :3: y
g be pointed up, or, when water leaks 4"] _ L 5.1:“; EEES , il "1::
n— through, interiors are damaged. It LL57“ ‘Mm‘- 25. :LE SEEE 3313—; ""

, is hoped that data obtained from ,l V, «5,3,15,45,ng r“; ‘3'"71: “:TM::E L w."
1d strain—gage readings will throw light , - a. ' :‘1. L ,L. . * ' _".:L;L..L::£:E E 3; ;L1,‘L:.L'L:L ”SEEE- -1.”
‘55 on the relative importance of the sev- 5 i ., 2L . ' L ' ’ :Z’LELL 41:, , , JETS; 5 f—_""““”"
1L1 eral types of building movement, and , " ' ’11 ' f" m »H.L,‘L"»Lr"’1LL 5-? -L-7 .1»,1,"" ,‘L

that, as a result, future construction L ‘L _1 L L L "“5 t. M l "i’L' ‘,4..‘nl_lf‘lf* "L 'Ll f"
:1 technique may eliminate these un- , ' _ M“ L”, ,L 'L «.15» LL‘;
,1. sightly cracks. Since maintenance l L jig!- ' 1 --~m1m fl", 1;,

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al charges constitute a Significant factor ' ‘ LL, . “W” , , . ll.” an
o- will be closely watched by housing ”‘LLLLfiSLgWgWV
i)" . . experts. The private construction 1...» .. *»»w-1«AWLJ~..-
:5 industry may likewise be expected to L ' 2 ' ' ' L 2 ~ 3 2 L L .

prOfit by any succeSSfUI COHClUSIOHS Public Housing Aids Real Estate. Renovation of Old House Near Williamsburg (PWA Housing Division) Project,

drawn from this StUdY- Brooklyn, N. Y. Many Rundown Buildings in the Vicinity Have Been Rehabilitaled Since the Project's Completion.

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College Courses USHA Units One-Fourth . .
(Continued from p. 2) f A H B .ld. construction Blds
t“‘5““——Architecture u86—Housing Dcvelop— 0 uguSt ome “1 “1g
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EIGHT-A 2 DQHPS 591mg $95510“ 131- New dwelling units to be built un— Shiititilliiinliwl ‘ digit; } Wt“ } Mb.“
I ‘ ' . unis opening
. 31: hfmlvm 181 182 H , der the USHA program accounted for '
M— rc iec ure ~u — ouSIn . .
. u . g more than one-fourth Of all res1den— BID OPENINGS DEFINITELY SCHEDULED
Applied Problems in Development and , , , , _ _ ,
Management. \Vinter and Spring Ses— tial building permits issued duiing —‘—Cin , _ , 7 _ _' ‘ ‘ ' _ _
‘ ‘ . . . . c1nnat1,0hlo___._____ OHIO 4 3.... 204 10 18 39
510115. Carl Felss, other members of the August in 2,087 American CltleS, ac— golnIIIEia,S/C.}C.____.____ éa—2411"P{""_ €38 18—12—33
. . . - JO um [15. 8...-____.._.._ — ' — ._.. — -..
' UniverSIty, and Specml lecturers. cording to a release of the U. S. De— Harrisbmig,1030 PA~8r1________ 200 10— 9-39
. . . . ., . ‘ —2.__._. ' 1— —'
CORNELL UNIVERSITY—Houslng‘. 713 (Col— partment of Labor. The permits 15— L05 1&ng es 0 .1111 LAL‘? 300 O 5 39
. . ' . . . ‘ . . lVicComb,Miss.-_-__---_ MISS~3—1_____ 90 10—24—39
lege of Alchitectuie). 2 houis c1ed1t. sued during August prOVlde for 30’- fieg‘imn’IMm‘“mm" 1111188473..." 130 igngfig
:‘::'::l: - - . , . _ , ' ,_ __.__.-_..-__. 1 ”2—1.“... — —'
"L“Housmg $0111“ thefsgndpoglt Of Home 969 family—dwelling units, of which I)e%ria?1lla%11:%:3el—R.-__ 403 10.: 3—33
7 o ' ' 0 one ‘co ' . . . . Pe ria.111__-____._._..... 3—2....... 606 1 —
f0“ mlcs ( ? ege 1 . nomlcs) 7,960 are in USHA-alded proiects. o
1<1rst term. 2 hours credit. Professor , . . _ , ‘ , _ Reading, Pa_»,_______~_, rA—9-1___--.__ 400 10— 6—39
Morin - All reSIdential building permits 13— Tampa, Mn FIfA-tlii-Il—R, 184 10—30—39
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GEORGIA SCHOOL OF 'l‘ECIINOLOGY—Architec- sued showed a counter—seasonal use ___..___—___—
ture l20—Town Planning and Housing. 0f 21 percent from the preceding TENTATIVE SCHEDULE or BID OPENINGSI
2 hours credit. Richard Bauer. month; private building increasing —_—_—“——_
T , - 1 1 - . Boston, Mass_.__.._____. MASS—$2.-.- 873 10731459
HARVARD UMVERSIT‘r—Reglona P arming 15 percent, and publicly financed con— Butte, Mont__C___....____ downs—1--. 225 11113333
.2- ‘ . _ - Char] tie. N. "0-2.-“ N -3-—1,.~__._ 254 1
1F - Housmg~ (Gladuate 8011.001 0f De struction 43 percent. cunnis Christi, 113-----. '1‘EX78—27R"- 163 10—26—39
Sign . Second half— ear. As51stant Pro— Corpus Christi, ’i'cx__._-_ ’1‘EX-8—3—R... 102 10—26—39
y ,
fessor Martin Wagner. - - - Garv Ind.________--_.___ IND—11—1-_-_- 305 11— 6—39
HUNTER COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW Need for USHA'A'ded Building ifé’lilfét'nliisysj:::::::::: ¥§i§ITE:::: 133 $5333
YORK—Sociology 56.11—H 0115 i n gt 3 Increased by European War {fiffi’gfi‘flafiy--~--~-~--- {fig—$3135"- ggg {8:33:23
~d' . -. - ' d To 1. . '
Meie Its D1 Risahn ugl T The USHA low—rent housmg pl‘o— {Yew chkIgity, N. Y... NYe5»3____-.. 1,531 1g—2i—39
ASSACIIUSETTS NSTITUTE OF ECHNOL— . . 3 cc, . PR—l—l....-.. 300 1 —2 —39
. . gram assumes an added Significance sé’élrmueiseo,oein'-_-_-_ women... 472 10—31—39
OGY—Housmg 56111111311 Open ‘60 gl‘adU- . . . . Zanesvillc,Ohio_____.-._. ODIO—Q—l..-_- 324 10—30—39
ate students only. Faculty Committee on to Amencan communltles faced Wlth _______.________
‘ ' . ~ l’I‘h ' suallyaBO-day eriod between bid advertising
HOUSIng- an Increased hOUSIHg S1101 tag? due to and bfdedgcllriing. None of Ithe bid openings shown here
NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH—45— the new European War. This state— “measyetbecn definltely scheduled-
From the Small House to the Regional ment was made by A. C. Shire, Di— C . R A l . '
Plan. Albert Mayer. rector, Technical Division, USHA, at onstruction eport na ySIS
"it*—-4G—Introduction to Public Housing. a dinner Sept. 16, at the New York During the week ended September .
,,_,Ehalles Abléms‘ , , World’s Fair, sponsored by the Feder- 22, two new prOJectS went under con-
' —47—Pubh? Housmg 1?‘ 1940' Charles ation of Architects, Engineers, Chem— struction. The addition of the new
Abrams, Chairman; spec1al lecturers. . . . . . . 1
48 Housin Management Charles 1sts and Techn1c1ans. pI‘OJ ects—South Jamaica In New
Abrams Chairignan' special lecturers “Housing accommodations Willprob- York City and Edgar Allen Poe Homes
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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY—Housing and Home ably have to be prov1ded for workers in Baltimore, Wlth 448 and 298 units,
Ownership. Open to seniors and qualified in American industries speeded up respectively—caused a fractional in—
special students. 2 points. Mr. Bryant. because of the war,” Mr. Shire said, crease in the average over-all cost per
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY—C11 Housing “but in time of war we must plan for unit and in the average net construc—
(School of Commerce). 2 semester peace and build for peace,” and such tion cost per unit for all projects un—
homs‘ comma“ WOOdblny' buildings must be designed in accord— der construction. The e S t i m a t e d
SIMMONS COLLEF'EfiHousmg (SChOOI 70f ance with concepts Of good housing. over-all cost of new housing per unit
Home Economics). 2 year hours. Mrs. H . . . ,, . H . . . . . ~o
Eleanor Manning 0Com,“ It is ironic, he said, to reflect in the South J amaica proiect 1s $4,40o
SMITH COLLEGE GRADUATE SCHOOL or that now, While our communities are and the average net construction cost
ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE ARCHI- Stlll Struggling Wlth the 110118ng defi— 1391“ unit is estimated at $2,973. The
TECTURE (Cambridge) — D e sign 5c——- cit that grew out of the last war, we Baltimore project will be built at an
Al‘Chltectm'aIg 9 hours: two SGmeSteTS‘ are heading for an even greater hous— over-all cost per unit of $5,242 and net
$312135 13' Slmonson and G' ‘HOlmes ing shortage.” construction cost per unit of $3,231.
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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY—A—lll—Ul'banism Weekly Construction Report
(Department of‘Architecture). 2 credit ———————————-——————————————_
hours, 2 semesters. Instruction is collab— “0m 51V133k213nd§§19 SWeek endc'dg Percentage
orative. . ep . -, ., . Lpt. 15, 19.5. change
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY—American Housing N 1 f . t 1 t t' 9.. 95 1—2 1
)- 4 ' . _ um )61‘ O pmJec s 1111( or cons me 1011.............,___, I — , 1
I Ioblemsz (Horne Economics PPZpalt‘ Number of dwellings under construction.-.-........... 41, 640 40, 894 +1. 82
ment). CledltS- SSIstant 10 85801 Total estimated over—all cost 1 of new housing........ $192, 977,000 $189, 420, 000 +1. 88
Peabody. Average over-all cost ‘ of new housing per unit...... $4, 634 $4, 632 —|‘ O. 04
WESTERN ILLINOIS STATE TEACHERS C0L_ Average net construction cost 9 per unit._._._.-... . ., $2, 907 $2, 904 »|— 0. 10 .
LEGE—H9me Economlcs 420—_H0u51,ng 1Includes: (a) Building the house, including structural costs and plumbing, heating, and electrical installation; ((1)
the Family Group. 4 hours credit. MISS dwelling equipment, urchitccts’ fees, local administrative expenses, financial charges during construction, and contingency
E C lb expenses; (c) land for present development; (11) nondwclling facilities.
va 0 y' 9 The cost of building the house, including structural, plumbing, heating. and electrical costs.
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