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Vol. 1, No. 13 Federal Works Agency, U. 8. Housing Authority — Nathan Straus, Administrator November], 1939
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Management Featured Parksrde s F irst Year Short-Term Loans Cut
Sets No-Acc1dent L I F ‘ C
At Dallas Conference oca inancmg osts
. ' Safety Record
2 ne hundred and fift delegates . . In order to bring more )l'lV‘ItO
O . . . y ° According to the Baltimore Sun of . . c . I ‘
from towns and Cities in 13 Western . . . money into public housmg, and to
. October 20, the Parks1de prOJect in . 22
and Southern States and the Territory . . . lower construction costs, Temporary
.. DetrOit, where 400 children play daily, ,, . ,
of Hawaii met October 25—27 at Dal— . Loan Notes totaling some $50,000,-
. . has concluded its first year of opera— . .
las in the first Regional Conference on . . . _. . 000 Will be issued shortly by local
. . . . . tion With a record of no traffic acc1- . . . ‘ . ‘
Housmg Administration and Manage- . _ . public housrng agencres which have
. dents, no police calls, no cases of Juve— _. . 1 .
merit ever held in the Southwest. nile delinquency signed loan contracts With the USHA.
City Manager James W. Aston of . ' ' . The short—term notes, exempt from
' . . . Thomas P. Danahey, real estate op— , . .
Dallas emphaSIZed the importance of . , Federal and, usually, State taxes Wlll
. . . . erator and formerly one of the most , , ’
administration and management or . . . 7 , 7. . be sold to bidders offering the lowest
bl' h , l h aid “If the caustic critics of the project, is 113- Nth f' t t
' ien es : ' . 1 . “vroinere.
pu .10 ousmg W ‘ _ ported as saying he can now ‘anni- ‘ S , _ ,
prOJects are not handled on a Wise, 1 . ,, _ . Under the pl‘OVlSlOHS of the United
, . . iilate all the arguments which he . ,
practical, and economical bas15 the . _ . ‘. ‘ _ States liousmg Act, USHA loans are
. . . ,, advanced against public housing a few , , . _
movement is doomed to failure. Mr. years ago repaid Within 60 years, and bear inter—
Aston said his faith in the ultimate , , n . est at not less than the going Federal
_ rThe plOJeCt s 0,000 tenants live on . .
success of the prOJects rested on the n _ ,_ . ,_ rate at the time the loan is made, plus
. - . . a oO-ac1e tiact of land wheie all .
high character and unquestioned abil— one—half of 1 percent.
_ _ through - traffic streets have been . .
1ty of local authority members. . . Thus far this interest rate has
, _ dead—ended or diverted. Only diive— . n 0
Like the Atlanta Conference of the . varied from o to 01/1, percent. The
_ . ways necessary for efilCient use of
prev1ous week, the conference in Dal- . . . . . local short-term notes are expected to
. prOJect facflities have been retained. .
las was conducted by the National _ . . sell at a much lower rate of interest.
. . . . . Grocery stOi e, drug store, meat mar— .
Assoc1at10n of Housmg OffiCials in - . The new plan is expected to cut
. . . l2et, dry cleaning, and other shops are . .
cooperation w1th the United States . . . . expenses by as much as 2 percent of
. . Situated in a. special commerCial area . .
Housmg Authority and the Dallas on the project site the entire cost of the DI‘OJeCtS because
housing authority. The purposes, ac- ‘ ' of the difference between the interest
cording to Mr. Carl Henry Monsees, Seattle Real Estate Board rate the USHA must charge for 60-
Conference Director, were fundamen- P . H , C _ , year loans and that obtained in the
tally the same: to review the growth raises ousmg ommrssron open market for short-term loans.
of housing authority administration The proposed First Hill housmg Before the current war the Syra-
and housing management, and to aid prOJect was recently approved by the cuse Housing Authority in New York
in the formulation of sound adminis— Seattle Real Estate Board when di- offered a million dollars of such secu-
trative practices and high profes- rectors of the latter passed a vote of rities for sale. Those securities ma—
sional standards in low—rent housing. confidence in the Seattle Housing tured in 9 months and were callable
Addressing the ConferenceWednes— Commissmn. The resolution, which at the end of 3 months, in contrast
day morning, Dr. Raphael Gold, mem- followed an explanation of disputed with the proposed new securities,
ber of the Dallas housing authority, pomts by George W. Coplen, one of which will mature in 6 months and be
called public housing “the Nation’s the directors, praised the Commission non-callable. The short-term notes
. major frontal attack on crime.” for its work “in realizing for Seattle of the Syracuse Housing Authority
. James L. Stephenson, Executive Di— a prOJect of such magnitude.” The were sold at an interest rate of 0.47 of ,
rector of the Dallas housing author— Commiss10n’s efforts to reduce costs 1 percent.
ity, said: “It is appropriate that this were also favorabl) mentioned in the Under the USHA program funds
(See MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE on p. 3) resolution. (See SHORT-TERM LOANS on p. 2.)
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Land Problem in America C H - L' Los Angeles Issues First
urrent ousmg iterature

ls Theme of New Book Number of New Local

TIIE REAL HOUSING ISSUE, by Charles . .
By Charles Abrams 233132? The Nation, Oct. 21, 193a pa. Housing Bulletin

Publmtmnof Revolutwnm Land,” 1.9513ii23‘“?:"fi‘édii‘ Informatlon concerning the pubhc . 4
by Charles Abrams, Was announced on Chairman of the New York City Housing Authority. housing program is being made avail-
21031301391"? 13(3; Hail'per & BITOS- Mr. Two COMMUNICATIONS: WHEN THE USHA able to the citizens of Los Angeles

rams is a onsu tant to t1e USHA BUYS LAND, by R. G. Tugwell~ ANSWER by , ~ , ~ -

. - . ’ Nathan Straus, The New chiiblic, Oct. 25, tthUgh the publication Of Public
Counsel £01 the American Federation 1939, pp. 341—343. H ousina and Slum Clearance N ews by
of Housing Authorities, and former Discussion of the ~ . - » i - - - - '
I. question of acqun'mg Slum prone
legal advisor to the New York City illililtziilfri? land com exceea the $1'solverismme—fmt 3:): 3:11:11]: AUthorlty Of the Clty Oi
Housing Authority 0 i
. . . ' . . THE Low PEVTAL PROGRAII IN CALIFURVIA, The first issue contains articles on

Whlle primarily a crlthue 0f the by Albert J? livers, The Bidding-Loan.lemr— h' - - c C -
American land problem, “Revolution nal, Allg- 1939,191)-13‘14' the istory 0? DUbhc housmg m LOS
lnLand” supplies an invaluable frame “3:522:22? retinas:iterators}: m .Angeles (datmg bad? to 1906); the
of reference for housing study and De“ With “mate enterprise‘ importance Of a houSing survey; the

7 a n .
hence recommends itself strongly to THE LAW OF PUBLIC HOUSING IN THE dISthtlon between the USHA p10-
. . . v 7' ' , ' . _
all those Interested in the public hous- glfiggomsrfigi gel; ml; 111311; E82??? gram and other governmental agen
_ . . " , , . u. . ' ' ‘ . .
ing movement. ”$924. , c1eS 1n the field of housmg, and other 1
LerS Blurnford, noted Writer and ‘tllisclisslgs public hous'ilni: :llldfthe Izmir (li'edctal 1.11111 Short HGVVS ltems‘
authority on planning, says of the :liifilin. ”bent” “mm“ ”m 0 he “mm“ 311011 a local bulletin W111 maintain
. u . . . . . . _
VOIume- In thls bOOk Mr. Abrams AIA HOLDS SEVENTY-FIRST CONVENTION IN CIVIC mtéreSt 1n. the housmg move
has made an inqportant contribution VVASHINETON, D. C., .A’l’l‘chilectural Record, ment Whlle pl‘OVldmg a tethOOk for
to modern politics and government. oft-”193% DP- 9—bli d d those Who do not fully understand the
. _ ' s ' ' ' r ' Itry are analyze in '
He has restored the land Itself t0 1tS conxi'liclt'lberi‘cxivfithll10\v-li~lostnlli01i;in‘::program. purposes Of the U' 8- Housulg Aet-
proper focus, as one of the major ele— HOUSING FOR YOU AND ME, by Emily Har—
‘ .— . ‘ .' . .l A," - r
ments groan :ttei‘mzlts tglitmn 1lzusl— Bizsiglgments Magamw, Sept. 1939, pp. 00, Short Term Loans
ness an in us r an Du ic W01“ sto ' ' .
. y 1 . Discusses steps taken by Federal Government and (Continued flom 1). 1)
adequate soc1al USES. ThIS bOOk fills private enterprise to provide safer living for children - -
out a barren patch in contemporary and parents. Emphasis 0n traffic precautions. are advanced to local authorities on
C

_ _ . loans as they are needed for expendi- . ‘
thinking; and it puts every political FAMILIES AND HOW THEY LIVEI Pt- IV, . -

. . . . Printcrs’ I k, Se t. 29, 1939 . LXXXII. tures Instead of the entire loan bein
student, every Citizen, every adminis- , . n p .. . ’.pp . ’ - . - g
. .Statistical study of'farnilies in OlllO and West Vir— made In one lun’lp suln. This aVOldS

tl‘at01‘_whether 1n Governn'lent 0r puma. Includes description of homes, number of fam- . . .

_ a ilies paying rent over .330 a month, age factors, and incurring interest charges on money

buSIness—under a serious debt to the composition of families which Will not be needed until late
, 1.
author. FIBRE BOARD SIDIix '

IG PROTECTED BY SEiiI— h . . - - .

“On the mechanics Of land use in PLASTIC PAINT INCLOSES LOW—COST HOUSES, , T e first step m Obtaining advances
)r t d A .- . t M Construction Methods, Oct. 1939, pp. 66437; ls USHA approval of reqmmtlons for
1A§sen ' ay' meiican _SOC1,e y r. 102—104- funds in compliance with provisions

rams makes the contribution Of an Some new construction features used in low—cost ,. ' '

th ".t . 1 houses eligible for FHA mortgage financing, in Of the loan ContlaCtS. Upon gIVIHg
au 011 y, le shows the place occu- Greensboro, N. c. Illustrations. . . . .
pied by price mortorage debt interest such appi oval, USHA Will fOI waid to
’ _ _° ’ FIRST PAN—AMERICAN LOW-COST HOUSING the Federal Reserve bank of the dis-
i‘ates, taxes, building, and legal forms CONGRESS, by Jose Maria Cantilo, Bulletin - - - - - -
in creatinv our present land ml] n of the Pan Almeriam Union Sept 1939 pp trmt In Wthh the authority issuing
, ‘ a CO 3 9X. -'n ' ' ’ ' l ' ) - . . .
001—532. the notes is located an authorization
D " t' f ‘ 'it ‘ t .‘tek t ili.‘ ' th '
emcee: ‘30 Day the amount 9f Its loan advance
Slums ADisease,SaysMaryland Judge gress recently held at Buenos Aims. to the local authority apprOleately
6 months after the notes are issued
“Th ,1 , _ USHA REVISES APARTMENT PRICING POL-
. 8 Act. (km yland State Hous ICIES, by Brendan Sullivan, Real Estate Rec— and 3 d ' t t} ' t ‘t
a L ) t tl ,. t' ays prior 0 ieir Ina uri y.

111,, aw aims 21 ie pieven ion of ord, Oct. 28, 1939, pp. 2—3. On the basis of this led e b the

the growth and development of new Recent change in rental policy of USHA results in p g . y

Slum areas as well as the eradica insiders:liars."assassinate“ “‘1 Government, the local housmg au-

tion 0 f ex' ’5' a 1 P“ thoritywill sell its notes, which Will be

’5' 15am}, 5 um areas. 19‘ THE ROLE OF THE HOME ECONOMIST IN LOW- redeemed from the loan advances of
ven ive me mine and suraer are RENT HOUSING PROJECTS, by Martha Rogin .
combined' tl Cl. d ° y. '6 Journal of Home Economics, Nov. 1939, pp: the USHA as they are depOSltEd at
. le Isease area IS 0 606—609. tl 1 t Cl t Th T

b . d d f . . le a er a e. e . emporary Loan

8 EXCISE} , an SR eguai (is ale to How the home economist can assist the local housing N t '11 b LT d t b'

be established ’lU'll t authority, particularly with regard to tenant selection 0 es W1 e 01.81‘6 O 1dders WhO

( cc HS recurrence and management of low-rent projects. 11 h t} ' O .
of the disease” W1 ave ie option of deSIgnating
' MILLIONS FOR HOUSING, Printers’ I nk the interest rate, the denominations
Rowland K. Adams, Monthly, Oct. 1939, pp. 5—7; 54—72. h -

C" . .. of t e notes, and the incorporated

l’) Gulf COYHCNO. 2, Describes in detail the complex character of the _ -
Balm-7710']? Md bl‘llldll‘lg' industry. _Analyzes restraints in building bank 01‘ t1 USt C01n13any at WhICh they

’ ' progress which ASSIstant Attorney General Thurman - -
—— Arnold seeks to eliminate W111 be paid.
2

 . l . ‘ ' ///¢/~’ '39
. ' li ni USHA-Aided Pro'ects Under Loan Contract
>t Superior Inaugurates 00.52? “ends P“ W” “g U t’ ’
. . . 7 6'000 w— 6.000
' Wisconsm 3 Program 2,. _ a ,
. . . . 5.000- , Mm -w I, 5,000
)lic . O The City Counc1l of Superior, W1s., ’ u- /’ \
,1 where, in April of this year, the voters /f~\ ”we/”W Mil/in“ 0m \\ V [I \\
a1 ' declared themselves nearly 2 to 1 in 4,000 -- \ __-= ‘ ”9— - 4,000
ales favor of public housincr passed a reso- m l ‘ ‘ . u /A\
we lution October 17 autcliori7ing Mayor -‘ug i - I \
by Ostby to sign a cooperation agree— 3.000 b \, ‘ \‘ ¥fi 3.000
' 0f ment with the Superior Housing Au— -- Ne, “Hymn-W 005,]..- T i ,
thority. -
on Superior is the first city in the 2900 2'000
the permission to go ahead with a local 1000 1000
the construction program. USHA funds ' I
w WWW nun—n-
en- marked for the construction of a o 0
mar 1 project to house some 175 families. ”gage” 2 3 4 5 6 ngngNTfL LIST N'JMBE'RZS '3 '4 I5 '6 ”00:32,“
Superior’s housing authority was Fedeml We,“ Agency Remmh ”m1 stutiifigs Dim-m,
ain created in May 1938. In April 1939 U' s stm A”th°"ily ”do,” 7' 1%"
ve— Opponents Of the local housing IJFO- ‘ electrical; it comprises most nearly
for gram called for a referendum 011 ”CWO COSt RCdllCthIlS EffBCted the items represented in residential
the issues: SliOUld the local program be By Local Authorities construction costs compiled by the
_ continued? and should a housing SID"- . Bureau of Labor Statistics on the
vey be conducted at the city’s ex- Cost trends per dwelling unit for basis of building permit data.
pense? The answers from the major- USHA-aided projects under loan con— Local authority planners, as evi—
ity 0f the voters in l00th cases were tract are shown in the accompanying denced by the noticeable reduction in
“yes.” MON than 9,000 citizens chart. The average COSt per dwell- average costs per dwelling over the
on urged that the program be continued ing unit for the over-all COSt Of new 19-moj1th period, are steadily forcing
tdi' . . against an opposition vote Of 5:000- housing, dwelling facilities COSt’ and costs down. The fact that‘all three
tag net1 constructifon costtarézrstclg’wnyfolr cost figures have been reduced indi-
1 S ' ' eac1 group 0 promo S is Wm” cates that savings are not relegated to
193’ Rents cut In Thirteen, has been approved bythe Pres1dent. construction and dwelling facilities
;er. Former PWA PrOJeCtS The trends, as determined by the 18 costs alone.
ces ' lists in each case, are shown by the
for Rent reductions averaging $4.43 heavy solid lines. The period covered
)ns per dwelling unit per month, making by these lists is March 1938—October Management Conference
ing possible the rehousing of low-income 1939. (Continued from p. 1)
lto families now living in substandard The over—all cost of new housing Conference should be held in Texas.
113. dwellings, have been made in 13 for— includes all costs of a project except Texas has 16 active local housing au-
ing _ mer PWA projects since their original those for slum buildings to be torn thorities, and a total of $35,000,000
ion rent schedules were established. The down, land for future development, has been allotted to Texas for the pur—
nce projects are located in Georgia, New and local authorities’ architectural, pose of slum clearance and low-rent
31y Jersey, Alabama, South Carolina, administrative, carrying, and contin- housing. Texas has 21 of the coun-
ied Texas, Oklahoma, Indiana, Florida, gent expenses applicable to these try’s 274 housing projects now under
»_ Tennessee, and Nebraska. The new items. Dwelling facilities cost repre— USHA loan contract. A total of
the rents substantially lower the average sents the construction costs of dwell— $6,000,000 in loans from the USIIA
au— annual income ranges within which ings, dwelling equipment, and the has been earmarked for two large
.be tenancy is restricted. local authorities’ architectural, ad- projects in Dallas. The white proj-
of The greatest reduction in average ministrative, carrying, and contingent ect and the colored project will each
at shelter rent per dwelling unit, $21.46 expenses applicable to dwelling con— rehouse 700 families from substand—
oan to $12.44 per month, was made in the struction and equipment; in other ard dwellings.”
vho Cherokee Terrace project, Enid, Okla. words, the over—all cost of new hous- L. Kemper Williams, President of
ing This was an average monthly saving ing less the cost of all land and the National Association of Housing
ons . . to tenants of $9.02. (Shelter rent is all nondwelling building spaces and Officials and Chairman of the Housing
.ted equivalent to rent now paid for slum equipment. Net construction cost in- Authority of New Orleans, addressed
hey dwellings and does not include the cludes the cost of dwellings—that is, the Conference at the morning ses-
cost of utilities.) structural, plumbing, heating, and sion, October 25.
3

 Historic Names Chosen Lawrence, Mass., Signs
' ' Construction Bids -
For Four Calif. PrOJects t . _ ,, Cooperation Agreement

The Housing Authority of the City ' '— 3-.wv'i‘v After a thorough examination of

of Los Angeles has turned back the Localnuthority and Number Dig: Of all the facts about housing in Law--.
pages of California history to select PTOJCCt “umber 0f ”mts opening rence, Mass., Mayor Walter A. Griffin
names for its public housing pl‘oiectS- H and the City Council have signed a

In the same way that the traditional BID Opmmos DurwiTELY SCHEDUIED cooperation agreement with the local
architecture 0f the region has influ- ‘ ' 1 housing authority, permitting it to go
enced prOerg SESIgI}, 50.12th Spanish “*— forward with its program.

3911121339 0 a1 0311a W1 h e iemem- At%?;1ta(ca"6_2Pt_ 358 ‘ 1144‘39 The Lawrence housing authority

ele “1 name 9 new omes- Baltimore (Mei—24)..-. 700 12~ 5-39 has a USHA earmarking of $1,500,—

The first prOJect scheduled for con— Bridgeport (Conn.—l— _ , ,

. . . . 1) 1 250 1122.39 000 and Will be eligible for a loan con-
struction is the 610-un1t Ramona Vil- Har'i n (N J—16—1) ’22.) 11_2,‘39 . . .

. . 1 so - - - _ - tract as quickly as preliminary plans
lage, which Will bear the name of the Hartford (Conn—34)-.. 146 11-11-39 l b d M G 'ffi
Indian girl immortalized in Helen Holyoke (Mass.—5—1)-_,_ 167 11_21_39 dalve een appi 0‘6 ‘ ay 01 r1 n
Hunt Jackson’s famous romantic Enoxvillle/I (Tenn—34%)-- 200 11—21—39 eayed action on the 10031 program

1 ' .— — -_____- i ~ ~ . ' ' _
novel, “Ramona.” Maeiggiéfn $51 183—2411)“— 153 H-333 until all the facts were in and the peo

Three other names have been se— Meridian (Miss.e4—3)___ 80 11_ 84,9 ple of Lawrence had had ample time
lected by the authority for proposed Mobile (Ala.~2—1)________ 100 ”722‘,” to form well—lfounded opinions. Hous—
projects. Rancho San Vicente and San Juan1 ((1; R.;22—)l)___ 3128 “384333 ing Authority Chairman John J.
Rancho San Pedro were so named be- ’ Mama '3‘-“ ' "'“I ' ‘ " ' Darcy and his associates have exerted
cause the project sites are on land every effort to collect and publicize
originally included in large Spanish 1,“, OPENINGS r1~,,,N,,.A,,.,vfi,4Y Soimmzmol data on local housing conditions.
grants that carried the same names. Thomas M. Howard, Vice-Chairman
Pueblo del Rio Will be constructed of the authority, v1s1ted several pro]-

1 - Akron (Oliio—7—1)...__.._ 276 11~29v39 . _
neai what was at one time the banks Allegheny Co. (Pa._6n ects in the South and reported favor—
of the Los Angeles Piver althou h 2) 288 12— ]»39 .- - 1. .
h t .- a h i 1 . , lgt Camden (N.J.—10—i).__, 275 12_ 1739 ably to local c1Vic leade s
t e presen river c anne is somew ia gharlestCén (S. C.—1—4).. 128 12‘ 1_39

' l ' t' T ..— - °

to the 1east of the Site of the proposed OSI‘Plil—SR P3181; ( eV 24 “728%” Construction Report AnalySIs .
pr0jec . .

It is altogether fitting that present CngZIJSPChristi (Tex.— 2 During the week ended October 27
day history in the making should em- OMEN; ”gjlgfigfijiggjj' 10 1148539 five new projects were added to those
body those early days when people 8—3—R)_._..____.________,- 100 11—28~39 under construction. The new pr0j-

b1. 1 1 Fall River (Mass.~6—1)_. 354 12* 1—39 t t - P - 111 d I
successfully fought to esta is 1 t iem— Laredo (Tex.—11—1)______ 272 12_ 1t39 cc 8— W0 111 eoria, -, an one eac 1
selves in new territory. The public Paducah (KY-—5-1)—~-——- 125 11—28-39 in Los Angeles County, Calif.; Har—
liousing program is another fight, to paducah (K_y.—6—2)______ 75 11_28s39 ' risburg, Pa.; and Boston, Mass.—
eradicate the miserable living condi- iféefii (9h1058-2émiu— 112 11‘28-39 caused slight declines in both the av—

. . . . S ll OIl . .—~ — .
tions of our low-income families and mg 246 12- ]~39 erage over—all cost of new housmg
offer them a chance to reestablish ————% per unit and the average net construc-
themselves in normal and healthy sur- ‘ There is usually a 30-day period between bid ad- tion cost per unit for all 112 projects

. vertising and bid opening. None of the bid openings -
roundings. shown here have as yet been definitely scheduled. under COHStruCtlon‘
Weekly Construction Report
am
It Week ended Week ended Percentage

em October 27, 1939 October 20, 1939 change
W __ ________ ___
Number of projects under construction"...no..-” 112 107 +4.67
Number of dwellings under construction,,_,,-, 46,335 44,436 +4.27
Total estimated over-all cost 1 of new housing $212,751,000 $204,444,000 +4.06
Average over-all cost 1 of new housing per unit_______,,_ $4,592 $4,601 —0.20
Average net construction cost 2 per unit $2,889 $2,892 —0.10

. . . . _ "‘ — '— "" . . . . .

1 Includes: (a) Budding the house, including structural costs and plumbing, heating, and electrical installation; (b) dwelling equip-
ment, architects’ fees, local administrative expenses, financial charges during construction, and contingency expenses; (c) land for
present development; (d) nondwelling facilities.

2 The cost of building the house, including structural, plumbing, heating, and electrical costs.

. . . . "' ". —'—‘— '_ . . .

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