The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-17
Housing Proposition Taken
Up At Meeting Yesterday
Hugh Pomeroy Meets With
City Council, Mayor AL
bury And Others During
Afternoon


Afternoon
Hugh r. PomeroY. chief OF the
Field Service of the National As
ISOLATION of Housing Officials met
with Mayor Willard M. AlburY'
and members of the City Council
yesterday afternoon at the City
Hall for the purpose of discuss-
ing matters relative to Housing
Authority matters.
Fred ]. Dion, chairman OF the
Federal Housing Authority in
Key West, and Henry Taylor, Jr.,
city attorney, were also in at
tendance.
Mr.. Pomeroy gave a descriptive
outline of the workings of the
proposition, whereby those pres
ent became more familiarized
with the matter, while no definite
action was taken dealing with
the subject.
Mr.. Pomeroy was introduced
by Councilman Adams. Mr.. Pome-
roy stated that he was down
here representing the USFH and
that his headquarters was in Chi
cago. Mr.. Pomeroy informed the
members present that Key West
was much advanced in her pro-
gram due to the fact that they
had a just program under way
which was being supervised by
Mr.. Albert. He stated that the
program ne had which was of
much value, was made up from
the Land Use Survey and Prop
erty Survey.
Mr.. Pomeroy stated that the
USFH was for the purpose of
providing houses for families
whose income was very low and
were not able to pay high rents,
he stated that the largest pro-
gram was in New York (Slum
Clearance). He also advised that
the program was first started by
the PWA in that it had 81 houses
in SO cities but that the PWA
has certain limitation. He also
stated that the program was be-
gun November /, 1887 but it got
into effect December /, 1887 with
Nathan Strout, as their super
visor. He also stated that SO
states in the u. S. have a local
Housing Authority and that
there are 2l7 Housing Authorities,
and said that large number are
in Florida. He stated that Jack
sonville was already to start on
its construction, that they had
already gotten the bid which is
for 90 years.
He informed the board that the
first thing that they had to do
was to work on the survey which
Mr.. Albert has, and find out
what are the incomes from the
families throughout the city and
what they are paying for rent.
He also stated that the payment
should be fixed at the lowest pos
sible figures and the period for
which you have to provide for is
go years. BY that he meant that
II Key West would get a loan
from the USHA il would have to
base its economic standard for 90
years. what the future would be
IN that time SO they could pay
back TO the government the
money they borrowed. He stated
that the USHA would lend loan
OF 90 per cent on bonds that are
issued by the USHA and which
are secured solely by revenue of
the project, they bear an interest
Of either 3 to 3ls per cent. He
also informed the board that a
contribution of 10 per cent would
have 20 be made by the city
either in the manner of land or a
bond.
Those attending the meeting
were: Hugh Pomeroy. Earl
Adams, Dan Navarro, Fred Dion.
+ Ramsey, Mayor Albury. w.
Doughty. W. Z. p. Roberts. H.
Taylor. E. carbonell, B. Williams.
VIM. Lee. Miss Ieen Williams.
Vim. Lee. Miss neen Williams,
William Monsalvatge. Roy Full
ford and Jim Roberts.
GROWS BIG LEMON