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Ing made for the conference,
which represents the greatest
mobilization of the forces of the
country ever to be directed to the
subject of home building, digests
are made public of some ad-
ditional specialized studies.
Renters Pay More.
For instance, a study Of a small
group of families o. comparable in
come and social position has disclosed
that families renting homes allot more
of their expenditures to housing than
those owning their homes outright, the
conference organization announced
this wee,s
Families still making payments on
hcnleS set aside the largest percentage
of their funds for housing and pay
ments, however, the report reveals.
Renters are in the majority among
American families with expenditures
under $4,000 annually, but home
ownership increases as the family in
come rises, according to this study
made by the conference Committee on
Household Management.
The study shows that the proportion
Of the income allotted to housing is
not fixed percentage, but varies with
the size of the family, its economic
status and whether the family is rent
ing or buying its home, as well as
other factors.
The relative amounts spent for hous-
ing by renters and buyers was indi-
Gated by the study of group of which
the families that owned their homes
clear allotted 1873 per cent of their
expenditures to housing; renters al
lotted 17.3 and the families who were
still making payments on their homes
2l.3 Fer cent to housing and payments.
Washingtonians in Group.
Seeking to point the want for more
effective planning of household opera
tlons, the committee made other
studies, with special emphasis on causes
of fatigue, on purchasing procedures.
on substitute services in child care,
food preparation. laundering, the serv-
ant problem and storage spaces.
Washington was represented on this
committee by Miss Ruth O'Brien, De-
partment CT Agriculture; Vincent B.
Phelsn, Bureau of Standards; Miss
Faith NJ. Williams and Miss Laura
BroSsard of the United States Bureau
OF Home Economies.
Finding from an analysis of 1880
census figures that many farm dwellings
In the United States are valued at less
than 81 900, Committee on Farm and
Village Housing will bring to the at
tention of the Presidents Conference
several methods by which to provide
farm houses of good quality and at a
price that is substantially less than
such housing now costs. A series of
models to illustrate the committees
recommendations will be exhibited at
the conference.
The committee is composed of As
agricultural engineers and economists,
architects, home economists, socioIopists
and specialists in various fields of nous
Ing. under the Craftsmanship of Provost
A. Il. Mann of Cornell University.
In order to determine present CON-
oltlonS and standards section on re-
search has made a survey Of 25 to 100
farm and village houses in each of %
counties of 18 States. Information on
every phase of the physical aspect of
the house. including its state of repair.
Its location with regard to sanitation
and drainage. the number of rooms
Kitchen equipmeC+. lighting, heating.
and screens was gathered
Studied Farm Homes.
Although in normal times credit IA
cllitieS seem to be adequate for farm
house financing, evidence to indicate
that serious situation exists at the
present time was collected by a section
on finance. This section made an
analysis of the value Of farm dwellings
in relation to farm income and to cap
ital invested in farms The ANALYSIS
was based on consuS figures and farm
management surveys made in the vari-
Gus States. Specifically, its purpose was
to find out why the farmer in certain
areas lives in a $500 home.
The section found that facilities COM
parable to those at the service of farm
and urban dwellers for extending credit
for village housing are almost nom
existent. While the Federal Land
Banks assist farm housing and the
building and loan associations assist
urban housing, there are in general no
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