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PUBLIC LIBRARY
Housing and slum Clearance.

Housing and Slum Clearance.
Public attention has been focused on
the housing problem and upon slum
clearance through the various projects
initiated under the Public Works Ad-
rninistration. A selected list of current
magazine articles on the problem, on
what is proposed, and what is being
done is presented by the Public Library,
through its reference, art and sociology
divisions.
The Problem.
Where the Rent Money Goes, by H. S.
Churchill. Survey, SO: 3l5-l6, Sep
tember, 1888.
A plea for housing at reasonable
rental through subsidizing the cost OF
money. SOCIOLOGY division)
Real Estate Boom and After, by E. r.
Coburn. Current History, SO: 55s-6S.
August, 1888.
A statement of the background, and
the dangers faced by projects for relief
of the housing situation.
Todays Bread; Tomorrow's Shelter. by
j. R. Ellingston. New Outlook, 162;
1882, November. 1888.
"Only half of Americas l22,000,0O0
I6Slu6I!IS dI6 pIOpClly IlOuoCO' oO2AA4 ~
Ellingston discusses this problem as the
public works housing division is prepar-
ing to tackle it,
New Deal Architecture. by William Les
Gaze. New Republic, rs; 1880, July
26. 1898.
A plea for good architecture in the
'new deal" "A Government with
forward looking and planning attitude
toward agriculture and industry should
not be so retrogreSsive as to weigh down
the country with baroque COL
lection of bastard buildings"
A New Deal in Housing, by John
O'Grady. Commonweal 18: 302-03,
July 81, 1888.
"We are coming to recognize that de-
cent housing standards are essential to
the health and Well-being of the people.
If these standards cannot be secured
by Government credit the Government
must call on its tax funds"
Shelter for America. by c. c. Sherlock.
North American Review, 236. 1870,
August, 1888.
"The problem of shelter has been the
most backward Of all the major ques-
tions confronting the Nation in the past
eight decades"
Sinking Slums, by Henry Wright. Sur
vey Graphic, %: 417-19, August, 1888. |
"Out of the depression has come
powerful aid to slum clearance-the |
collapsed land values which show clearly
enough that Slums have been houses
built on sinking sands. They cannot
support their own weight. A lifelong
enemy of blighted areas points to the
next steps in the development of cities" |
SOCIOLOGY division)
Invention Ten Miles Long: ChamblesS'
Proposed Roadtown. Popular Me-
chanics, 60: 845-48, December, 1888. !
"Roadtown has won the first prize
offered by the American Institute Of
Architects for the best solution of
Americas housing problem, and the
Federal Government is now studying the |
possibility of erecting the first Road
tiful country between Washington and
Baltimore" Technology division)
The Projects.
Government Builds Houses. by K. H. |
Amend. Nation, 1877 644-45, De- |
cember 6, 1893.
The Tennessee Valley Authority and
Its handling Of the housing problem at
Muscle Shoals competently reviewed.
Housing Problems, by E. M Fisher.
129-49, November, 1888.
A resume Of events focusing public
attention on housing problems-begin-
ming with the calling of the Presidents
Conference on Home Building and Home
Ownership in December. 1881; and a
discussion of the problems involved.
Chance to Rebuild the u S. A., by L. D.
Lasker Survey Graphic, o. 42o-21,
August, 1898.
The work of the Cleveland conference
in review. SOCIOLOGY division)
Revive the U. S. Housing Corporation
by H. ]. Rosner. World Tomorrow,
16: 445-46, July, 1888.
"A Nation that builds and mans
battleships from taxes should be willing
to pay at least one-half of the capital
costs Of decent houses for the workers
from taxes"
Economics of the Slums, by E. E Wood.
Current History, SO: 1880, Novem-
Der, 1888.
"The author is recognized authority
on housing. She is consultant to the
housing division of the Public Works
Administration and is the author OF
several studies of which the latest is
Recent Trends in American Housing"
Housing and Slum Clearance Projects
Eligible for Loans and Subsidies
Architectural Record, IA: 1888
September, 1888.
First Housing Projects Approved by
Public Works Administration. Ar
! chitectural Record, "A: 164-67, Sep
rsz1oer. 1888.
a description of low-cost housing and
x1lna clearance projects granted tenta-
tive approval by the P. W. A. Cart di-
vision.)
Housing Progress Under the p. w. A.
Architectural Record, IA: 1885, No.
vember, 1888.
A discussion of projects and the way
they will work out under public con-
struction. Cart division)
Policies Governing Housing and Slum
Clearance Projects Architectural
Record, IA: 87-89. August, 1888.
The resolutions adopted by the Ma
J. tional Conference on Slum Clearance,
held IN Cleveland on July 9 and 7, 1888
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