The daily independent., 1936-09-02
Atlanta's NewIy-Fin-
ished $4,000 Devel-
Opment, Dedicated
Yesterday, Augurs
New Housing Plan.

Atlanta, Sept. 1.-CUP)-A New
Deal spokesman promised sanitary
homes for 100000 Americans within
the next year tonight as fleetwood,
first completed unit in the admins
trations Sl31 100000 slum clearance
per cent OF the S3,000,O00 coStof tie
Col. Horatio j. HackCtt, assistant
70 PWA Administrator Harold l..
Ickes, stood among trim, ultra
modern roWs Of apartments today
for The dedication and contraSted
the new housing system here with
bhe dismal, disease ridden slumS it
had replaced.
Sprinkled in the crowd that JAM
med the project for dedication Gre
monies were most OF the loW-salar-
id families who have found new
homes in the neWly-Completed $3,-
100000 development. Streets that
once were Uttered with dirt and
debris were trim and neat. Children
of project residents were playing
in spacious grass plots or wading
in splash pools provided for recrea-
ton.
fleetwood is an experiment. said
Hackett, 'ytt it may be the basis
for a comprehensive nationwide
program. He added that nearly l00,-
900 persons will find new, sanitary
and modern homes in so FWA houS-
ing projects now under construction
and scheduled for completion with
in II months.
Hackett'S dedication formally in
Quoted the federal government in
to business as a landlord. Forty-five
VINO can't pay rent. E.
GOA apartments am homes in Tech
wood was a grant from PWA. The
remaining 55 per cent was a loan
which will be amortized over u
long term through rentals.
The project, covering land form
cry Negro slum district, is div!d-
ed into three, four and five-room
apartments and five and SiX-room
houses. Rentals vary from Sl6.4O a
month for a three-room apartment
to S27.85 monthly for Six-room
establishment. The apartments are
unfurnished. but the rental covers
water, Electricity and heat, and ev-
cry modern device has been in
stalled to facilitate hOmemaking.
To make sure that AtlantanS who
take advantage Of the project are
in the low-salariCd class and are
improving living conditions By NOV
ing into the apartments, all tenants
must establish that their monthly
salary is not more than five times
The monthly rent. Project records
show that resident families have
weekly incomes ranging from SlS
to S35. All are below the $50 leve,
except two in The $30-$32.50 group
One tenant earns $35 weekly.
Surveying the development, Hack
EFT hailed it as tangible evidence
of a new and better conception ol
AmCricaniSm' and defended the
New Deals vast housing program
against critics who complain thai
it is failing in its avow-d intention
Of "Slum clearance"
"CCsnplcted in an election year
fleetwood Homes is being crltlclzes
by certain clements for political cl'
feet" he sad, launching into de-
fense OF FWA efforts to proyld,
Phousing for those who need oul
help"
I'VE are not yet authorized" TIT
assistant FWA administrator said
TO build decent housing for thos'
whOcant pay rent. ..
90. Although I worked fo1
months on the problem, I was neve
able to figure out how housing cal
be amortizcd out of revenue from
people who can't pay rent. Yet
perhaps the gentlemen who criti
cizc could perform such miracle
themselves.
Their 1882 slogan: Two chicken
in every pot, should be changed
slightly TO read: Two rabbits il