someone has heard of someone who knew someone who mentioned that someone might move  rentals no no rental since last wednesday but i do have a house for sale at eighteen thousand dollars i should have held that house until tomorrow i could have gotten twenty thousand dollars anywhere anywhere anywhere some spots somewhere where they can live as a family claim everyone is to blame there's been a lag in home construction for more than fifteen years during the past five years the population of the united states has increased  now there are building materials shortages of all kinds shortages of manpower in the building trade everywhere citizens were aware of the image in the city halls of hundreds of cities in state legislature and in washington in the committee rooms of the national capital a solution w two million seven hundred thousand homes and apartments started by the end of nineteen forty seven this can't be done overnight houses and apartments are not produce industry and labor will have to join in an effort the heart of this program lies in the community plan to this pledge to the veterans and emergency committee has created a gathering of friends and neighbors called for the mayor's emergency committee are representative of better if they are pro member and a local housing authority director here our real estate dealer group to get from the c r a newspaper editor women's organizations are represented to representative of material producers and the original housing expert and the head of the local veterans housing referral center chicago salt lake city los angeles right across the nation in large cities and small what has this committee already done for their veterans all right the first  chairman has completed plans for the opening of a clearing house for information on housing for all returning men of the armed services in the referral center we find out all we can about however if the applicant wishes to build the veteran is told how application may be made for a priority to the state or district office of the f h a and he's also told where he may find out about a newspapers have given space to cut coupons cartoons and feature articles where they should posters letters have been sent to all pleasure been in town to request the property owners of their congregations to open their homes similar letters to service women's clubs and all real talk and finally to all property we've tried to make everyone aware that they must help in this emerge and you're certainly doing a great job the next step in the veterans housing program is a survey of the city's present housing situation  report on this comes from a man whose wide experience in housing and real estate well qualifies him chairman of my subcommittee on planning psi but on your report we've made a complete survey of all  could be used temporarily we've asked all our folks people who are so situated if they'd consider remodelling large houses into additional apartments that helps and that's how we've tried to take the edge off the housing shortage in our town until construction can get underway and catch up with the less demand and the demand is certainly great and the town it really is  and i have made a recount of substandard housing checked existing maps we know just where we stand on that there are a lot of veterans in those houses they should be considered now here's one result tried to free them from cloudy titles now many of these improved lots will be available for building within our price range we've also made a study of the use of land beyond the city limits land not service by city paving facilities very good site good work now about this construction that science says must get underway it's pretty clear it was all that drastic steps must be taken as local housing families living under slum conditions low we need comeback trends and their families are doubly handicapped in this emergency we are trying to give them an even break thank you very much indeed that's what we're all here for now target number one nine hundred forty six target number two nineteen forty seven how do we get there what's our path well to help us along our road we have with us today original housing we all agree that the veterans emergency housing program is going to depend primarily on community action but the federal government is going to do everything within its power to help to channel materials into homes for veterans at the right prices to utilise its resources to break bottlenecks on a national scale all government agencies concerned with housing and materials which go into housing are cooperating with national housing expediter lowson wy the civilian production administration has a prime job of stimulating the greatest possible amount of production the office of price administration of keeping prices on materials in line the labor department will turn its efforts in cooperation with labor to augmenting the manpower supply and the three major units of the national housing agency well each have a vital role the federal housing administration or f h a is that is known to every builder and millions of homeowners is handling the arduous task of a joint priorities and of insurance of mortgages the federal public housing authority has a vital job of providing two hundred thousand temporary homes for veterans as speedily as possible this will be done by the reuse of the war housing supply and army and navy barracks as well as by aiding the long range public housing program for those of low income operated through local housing authority and the federal home loan bank administration was utilized its resources and is important and war department survey shows that eighty four percent of the veterans throughout the nation can afford more than a six thousand dollars house and pay more than fifty dollars a month rent and many of these families want to rent and are no position to buy a house how many houses will this town need to hit target and target to to answer that certain basic facts are called for report the number of discharged reference still seeking homes in two thousand nine hundred ninety eight selective service reports total number of men from this town and wire service for the period of july hundred forty two june first nine hundred forty six is six thousand four hundred fifty one the nineteen forty six population of this town is thirty nine thousand nine hundred sixty three no correction on that nine hundred sixty five twin arrived this morning at the city hospital  survey part of which was made for us by boy scouts reports that the total number of habitable vacant dwelling units in this community is only sixty seven they're going fast schedule estimate future veteran requirements they can see subtracted from requirements give an estimate of the number of houses needed two thousand nine hundred thirty one for nineteen forty six one thousand three hundred four for nine hundred forty seven one thousand six hundred twenty seven the total number or of which this community must this you'll responsibility usual conventional manner the on site construction which has provided the great volume of our homes and apartments in the past secondly by pre fabricated houses and houses a prefabricated parts constructed in the factory and assembled on the site take time that runs need russ right now and at a price that we can afford these men can't wait this is a crisis friends and it calls for action we've got to find homes for veterans don't know the cost it's not beyond our powers are valid as a city we've got to find apartments and houses by every possible means now i've heard that in a certain midwestern city interested parties were brought together real estate man made available i believe one thousand acre plot bankers and savings and loan people arrange for the financing and then bet friends who wish to bail made application the first contractor is building four hundred low to moderate priced units as one job i believe that this town can do the same if we pool our mutual interests of course building contractors need stimulation and i think that we should encourage the formation of new construction organizations now what about materials that is the biggest most critical job facing us today and that's one for you joe that i will break out on question str output of lumber or geo it take now what about labor labor can meet the demand for materials so there we can make them unavailable will recruit all the men needed for the job and train them as it's pretty clear i think that we can construct all the dwellings we need in the usual conventional manner to achieve our target we've got to use prefabrication now to take advantage of prefabs of course is the speed of construction units are assembled in the factory by production line methods how this can be shipped within a limited radius of the factory protected houses that we want are not flimsy structures they will be built to high standards and i'm sure that they'll be a real asset to the community former service barracks and more housing are placed at the disposal of veterans two hundred thousand these units are being dismantled and moved through the federal public housing authority to cities and colleges where the need is extreme all we can get of it because most veterans are no position to buy homes and even more important we must eliminate non essential construction and channel all materials to veterans needs this is really an emergency friends and i know that each and every one of you will co op