The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-19
Continued from Yesterday S Daily Worker


The poorer classes dwelling formerly occupied by the
was deserted ana consequently fell into hopeless
state Of dsrepair Owing to the lack of ordered Of
administration and responsibility upkecp many
buildings taken by the workers themselves deprecated
an extent that they were rendered practically uninhab
able BY 19201921 the position had reached Over
rograd found already uninhababe and
derec Owing the fuel crisis during the empty
many cases the window frames and doors of the abandoned
stone buildings removed for the purpose
In 1920 the population Moscow fallen 100000
an 1917 to little over million people From that date how
ever owing to the depression in the agricultural districts and
great influx of population into the cities place
cow increased to over and in other Industrial
had almost doubled itself
Naturalization
Under the banner Of Communism during the first years
Following the Revolution the houses claimed by the
ants communal property This already spread
into the factories which the support of their
Trade Unions were also claiming as their The position
threatened to become chaotic until under pressure
Communist Party ITSELF the Fourth Trade Union Congress-
which met in 1921 forced to abandon attitude by
Government decree all property
forward was however nearly before became opera
tive throughout the whole system Under this scheme which
embraced all economic branches
measure OF private ownership and trading all small houses
capital value up to Rs 10000 (f1OOO) returned
where possible their traders known
as Nepmen, encouraged to purchase
easehod basis larger buildings which were in need
of repair these they undertook place certain
state and to be responsible for their upkeep during their
ancy.
Under the old policy housing associations and
committees elected from the up
for the of administering the buildings they
lived With the New Economic Policy these committees
made to conform to certain State regulations regional
Government inspectors appointed from
In the larger buildings which occupied by the Nep
had been purchased scheme was soon
found that these housing committees take all posi-
sble measures to exclude the workers from their premises
rents and other conditions imposed which
made impossible for the worker sub-tenant In
1922 therefore the Government handed
10 per cent of the total floor space building
hic
per cent among the industrial workers The attitude of be
committees of buildings inhabited by majority Nepmen and
associates however, still remained adaman AS a
Government serious measures and these com
mitees forced the workers footing
and to admit them to executive positions all housing
mittees.
Rent Regulation
Early in 1924 further legislation was found necessary to
calculated the square G. h of space occupied
by the tenant and range from ten kopecks to five roubs
MONTH according to the income of the that
is in accordance with the category into which he falls
tenant allowed from to 20 arschne Zone arschne
equals % in) extra accommodation may acquired avail
able, at three times the regulation rent
Rents paid to the house committee which responsible
buildings ncudng external and internal repas) cleanliness
lighting heating (where central heating exists,
depends the composition of these committees
very different results found adjacent
pied by the same class Of workers.
Extra space allotted certain profess
sona doctor being allowed extra in which
receive his patients
Housing Regulations
Moscow who able to pay the prices asked
in the State controlled hotels find accommodation will
otherwise have to apply the Town Soviet which will hand
He will then have to pay according to the category Of workers
otherwise in which his calling places feed
cooperative dining-room but he is not member of
Trade Union he will be charged per
than the tariff allowed to industrial workers; he will also be
liable to be moved out OF his make for
ognlzed worker or professional man
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