The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-07
Builders Ask
Construction
Priorities
More Than 1000
Separate Units
Planned

Progress is being made by the
Detroit Insuring Office of the Fed
eral Housing Administration in
bringing about the preliminary
steps toward private building activi-
ty in the newly created Ypsilanti
critical housing area. Raymond NJ.
Foley, state director of the Fedora
Housing Administration, today an.
nounced that already priorities have
been requested by builders for more
than a thousand of the $500 pri-
yately constructed family units for
which quota ias been assigned TO
the area.
Efforts will be made to control
from the outset the type, sale or
rental level and general location
of these houses The new district
includes Ann Arbor Ypsilanti,
Wayne. lnkster, Romulus, Belle
Vile, part of Garden City, Plym-
outh and contiguous territories.
First Real Chance
Foley pointed out that the new
housing area With 4 spesifiet lq1ota
assigned. gives the first real chance
the priorities professors have had
to set up a completely controlled
picture al the beginning. A eradu
al growth of the priorities system
and the changing regulations and
rules did not give this opportuni-
ty in the general Detroit area when
housing quotas were assigned
there, he said.
I'm the new Ypsilanti critical
housing district Foley said, we
will be able TO control the dis
tribution as between properties for
rent and for sale on the $3.50 basis.
We will require that in all projects
submitted involving a number OF
dwelling units at least 80 per cent
OF the individual projects must be
on rental basis.
Plan Distribution
I'VE have also been given al the
beginning Of the work in the new
district program which breaks
down both the rental and the sale
properties into price or rental level
groups We have proceeded some
what further with this than the
framework of the MIA and WPB
programming and also have set up,
at least on a tentative basis, dis
tribution OF the quota into the sew
eral communities contained IN the
district We have endeavored TO
do this on the bass of such facts
as are before us now concerning
available locations, utilities, etc.
1T is entirely possible that sub
sequent developments may II ks
necessary some changes in this be-
ginning set-up and il so the public
will be advised.
Foley stated that the approx
mately 400 family units remain
ing una ssigned in the new district
quota would be distributed substan
TALLY as follows as to districts:
Nineteen Per Cent
Nineteen per cent 1t is expect
ed will be built in the immediate
Ypsilanti area, or a total OF 79S
units. In Wayne and Garden City,
IS per cent or 1855 family units,
are expected lnkster draws "A per
cent or 994 units-Ann Arbor eight
per cent or 320-Plymouth three
per cent or 125 and various other
communities in the edges OF the
district one per cent or 50 units.
OF the total 2.0SS units are to be
for rent and this classification is
broken down into three groups with
rental levels OF s37 TO $50 per
month: $40 to s45: and si5 TO $50.
In the two upper brackets $50 fam
lily units are assigned to each. with
3sS in the lower bracket.
In the for sale" classification.
the state director said 20S9 dnits
are assigned broken into four price
levels as fellows ESQ in the ievel
below $4,000. 500 in the bracket
from $4,000 TO $500 and $50 each
in the brackets $4,000 to $1,000. and
$500 to $4,000 sale price Sale
prices include the house and baud
and rental Is on the basis OF shelter
rent without added services.
we are able 10 give this infor-
nation out al the beginning because
the district is newly created one
with fresh quota AGAINST rules Nnd
programming methods Already
evolved. We are advising the pub
lie and the building industry so
that there may hp no misunder-
standing or disappointment II var
ious classi6eations Of the quota
subsequently became exhausted,
Foley said.
CASH OR NEW RECORDS
for old records. Grianeus.