The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-12
SOME ECONOMIC FACTORS WHICH MUST BE CONSIDERED BEFORE THE HOUSING PROBLEM
 GAN BE WELL SOLVED IN BRIDGEPORT

evil must be established that they may be rennoyed and remedy applied.
 Hence the of housing conditions Bridgeport as displayed in the report of Udetta D. Brown without value and the Bridgeport Housing Association entitled credit for what 1t has done.
 directed attention to very serious and his indicated the housing the air better which roon which there a water closet family single house housing that shall not have housing until our system of has been done
 acquired connection with plan for model housing, remains to be explained.
 The plans which the stress are certain Y those which under conditions would greatly swell the of the water monopoly largely the difficulties in the small home family
 The defects in her report it's the economic factors which lie behind poor housing
 Men live poorly because Of ther When the o o so not because t is best or because these families prefer
 cuFiously enough Miss Brown ir her entirely fails to consider that foundation
 even suggest that health and cleanliness march sla by s'de with 9deI and far her
 Can be thai she that present conditions B1dgepor the ater supply is discourage the bath she pereeiv- q a.serepaney @ Dewesn her claim o the vater supply and toilet $ all but of those necessities to
 The fact is that Bridgeport city homes has been Fun1ng behind for some years and these respects homes free of mortgage s7 n
 persons to the whole number own their own homes either moItgaged free.
 There renters and fewer to pop uIaton than there to be- v
 These ascertaind bv anybody va to consult the United States dealing dwellings,
 Miss Brown complains overorowding During twenty years this overcrovding has increased were but eA persons to dwelling Bridgeport there 68 to dwelling represent ing very in the field overcrosvdn most pronoalnced
 Now Detroit example much larger city, where should be pronounced the remained stationery for 20 years at 5 dwelling of ssssrs fanaiss and with respect to the existence tionain Detroit directly to connected with water supply " ' use of bath tubs and water closets
 4 bath tub for family is s1 per year
 An automatic closet family is Sf 50 and eac, additional closet is 60 s
 But the water in Bridgeport have the effect of dis dependently
 water closet family in BridgeDort s4 her
 "A hath tub for one family costs ss per year
 Mss Brown finds the usual rent for the poorer grade
 But if these rents are the Of sanitation in
 closet and bath tub for each the
 Detroit provides both saeo Bridgeport demands for , factor the home - "
 home stands land. Miss Brown properly complains that the tendency is to allow too little each home
 But when system is installed per cent of be cost of 1t is immediately charged against is to say against homes.
 remaining per cent to be raised bv oenara1 taxaons the home bears than share because in the list for than they bring market while other forms of productive property their market value
 monopoly instance exhibits for the nurnose Of charging rates value not from But for the taxes it exhibits than half erty s1' = 'i'''f'' prop for her commodities and then lay an additional levy in these several ways