The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06
NOVEL RENTING SITUATION.
CARCITY or MfDDLE-CLASS
HOUSING or ALL KINDS.
Immigration. the Building Strike and the
Teneti,eis; Hs;sss law Unite 10 Fsrcs
IN Renis-lncreased Production OF
Apartment H0teis-H0w They Sell.

Apartment Roteis--HOw They Sell
The renting situation which exist,
throughout a large part OF Manhattan
this year is unique in the history OF New
York city The period since 1899. inclusive
has been one Of extraordinary activity
In the building industry During that
time more capital has been invested in new
buildings here than in any other period
of the same length In spite Of this con-
struction movement unprecedented in
volume and extended over four years and
half rents are rising In all but the most
expensive residence districts and some
grades Of housing which were abundant a
year or two ago are no longer to he had
As to the principal causes Of the present
anomalous housing situation there is no
difference of opinion among professional
builders The Tenement House law now
in force makes it impossible to build the
cheaper grade Of apartments, flats and
tenements Of the kind commonly erected
under the preceding Tenement House
law For a while little construction work
OF any sort was projected under the new
law, builders directing their attention to
the production of private dwellings. hotels.
apartment hotels and business buildings,
which come under the provision OF the
Building Code All construction work
started last spring has been held up for
four months by the strike in the building
industry. Meanwhile. the growth OF popu-
lation has been, unprecedented since the
existing Tenement House law was enacted,
the foreign immigration during that time
not having been equalled before in twenty
years.
When the present law went into effect
in April, 1901, the supply Of the cheaper
grades of apartments. Oats and tenements
was plentiful and rents were low. In the
production of fats and tenements builders
had always shown disposition to proceed
faster than the actual requirements OF
the growth of population The ordinary
non-fireproof fiat and tenement on rs
foot lot did not call for a large outlay OF
capital, and for this reason, among others,
appealed to a numerous body Of small
investors.
The rev law was designed to prevent
the further erection OF 25-foot fats and
tenements arranged for four families on
a floor 1t also reduced the height to which
non-hrepfooi houses m'shc oe carried
and cut down the area available for the
building to 10 per cent OF an inside and
90 per cent. of corner plot. Further
more, it introduced construction features
which made the new houses costlier to
build Non-fireproof houses might be
carried to a height Of six stories only in
case they had a frontage exceeding forty
feet. Formerly seven-story non-hreproof
houses on 2o-ioot lots nad reen the standard
type in the densely populated districts.
Because OF the great cost OF fireproof
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