Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-10
D. c. CONSTRUCTION
PROMISES RELIEF
New Apartment Houses and
Family Homes Expected to
Help Situation.
BUILDING IN ALL SECTIONS

The housing situation in Washing
ton is expected To he somew hat re
heved in the near futur" by tn" com
pletion q! a number az new apart
ment buildings. now IN course ~
construction. together with The cree
ton OF homes. which arc under way
in various parts of the District.
Several OF the large builders are
now engaged in the erection OF apart
ment houses which will accommodate"
many families. These large structures,
however. are not expected to ~
ready for occupancy until early fan
There are several smaller ones, how
ever which are rapidly going up and
are being occupied as rapidly as they
are completed
Homes are being erected on a large
scale by many of the builders. who
have been successful in obtaining the
materials. Development is being push
ed in this line throughout the PEI
worth section. where in the past year
many homes have been erected In
Fourteenth Street Terrace section
several homes have been completed
and many more now are in course or
erection In the Chevy Chase. ~ e.
section there is considerable deNei-
opment Another section where there
has been much construction Of smaller
homes is the southeast. while in the
northeast rows of homes have been
erected and others are about COM
pleted.
In Suburban Sections.
In the suburban sections Of the
city and across the District line in
Maryland many homes have been re
Gently completed and scores of others
are now being constructed by Wash
ington owners builders These
will greatly relieve the housing SIT
uation in the city. il is believed
The War Department, which "ccu-
pied several apartment houses Tor
office purposes during the war has
turned all of them back to the own
ers, and they are now occupied as
homes. The apartment building a
18th and NJ streets. which was occu-
pied by the War Department and
later by the French high commission.
is now being remodeled. and Will
soon be ready for residence purposes.
About the largest apartment building
that is still used for offices is that at
18th and P streets-the quarters OF
the alien property custodian.
Despite the high cost Of materials
and labor. there has been much build
past fiscal year ending June 80. In
that period there had been 413 brick
dwellings licensed to be erected at
an estimated cost OF $2,o62.s50. and
nineteen brick apartments at an es-
timated cost of $1,457.000.
the erection of eleven hollow tile
dwellings at an estimated cost of
$4,000.
Two concrete apartments were
licensed to be erected at an estimated
cost Of 100000.
erection Of stone dwelling at an
estimated cost of $4,000.
Licenses were issued for eighty -one
frame dwellings at an estimated cost
of S404.S00.
Licenses by Months.
The building licenses issued for
dwelling and apartments in the vari
Northeast-July. s5os5; August.
$4,000; November. s4l:loo: December
$500: January: $50 $500; Februa e1y
Sos0 ,i Msssh asa g%ne APf
sss.o5o; September. $40; October,
s20.e5o; November. $4,000; December,
$500: January. s11.s75: February.
s37.75o; March. $685.; April. s35.sa5;
May. $43.S00. and June. ss4,soo.
Northwest-July. S117.o45; August.
S25S.3o0; September. $4,000: October.
$2s,350; November $4,000; December,
s2,225: January. s31.soo: February.
$500; March, s175.630; April, $685.
~: May. ss17s25' and June,
Southwest-July, 500; October.
$3.50; November. $500: December.
$3.50, 900: February, $3.50: March.
$4,000; April, $3.50: May. s4,25o. and
June. s66,70O.
,,ss7s 6s,sSss
:74,7So; November, ss7.44o: december.
s322,oS2; March, s4Ss.s35 April,
s1.o75,s7s; May. ssSS,44o. and June.
$1.109,632.
The construction now under way
is indicated by the estimated costs of
homes and apartments for which
licenses were issued last month. The
highest total for the northwest sec
ton. where the estimated cost is
given as s1,221.345. The county sec
ton ranks next with $1,109,632:
southwest, $66.7O0: southeast. s64.sO0.
and northeast, $51,15O.
Apartment House Rentals.
In only a few instances are homes
DelnR erected WHICH Will NC pidItu
on the market for rental purposes.
AS to the apartment houses being
constructed for rental purposes. the
question of the price of rentals which
will be asked. it was declared by
prominent realty broker today, Will
be about so per cent higher than three
or four years ago for the same kind
Of an apartment.
"A prominent builder told me last
night" he said, that the cost of con-
struction of apartment houses in the
past three years has advanced about
IS per cent" This realty broker SAID
this fact together with the high cost
of coal and other incidentaIs for the
operation of an apartment house. leads
him to believe that an apartment
house owner would have to charge
ABOUT so per cent more tor the new
apartment than he did for d similar
one three years ago.
Of the opinion that the Salisbury act
has greatly retarded building in the
District and that what construction
has been done has not relieved the
housing situation to any great ex-
tent. They expect. however. that
the many apartments and homes
which are now in course of con-
struceion will go long way toward
giving relief.
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