Evening star., 1944-01-26
Public Housing
Projects Here
Placed on Sale
Bids Requested on
Eight Developments
Costing $53, 600, 900


the action was ito take the Govern.
ment out of war emergency enter.
prise that is comparable to privat,
endeavor in the character of 1t!
properties and management"
The local properties involved, ii
addition to Harrington and McLea,
Gardens, are:
Naylor Gardens, Naylor road an,
Thirtieth street Sc, 748 apart
ments; completed last July; esti
mated cost, $6,80O,000.
Residence Hall Listed.
Meridian Hill Hotel, Sixteenth ant
Euclid streets NV, residence hal
for 720 women; completed July
1892 estimated cost, s1,81500o.
Lucy Diggs Slowe Hall, 1919 Thirt
street NV, residence hall for 80.
colored women; completed last Jan
uary; estimated cost, $500, 900.
George w. Carver Hall. 2l1 Elm
street NV, residence hall for 90
colored men; completed last April
estimated cost, S650,00O.
Twelve experimental balloon O
lgloo type houses in Falls Church
Va; estimated cost, SOL 900.
darlington Is Huge.
darlington, &major item in tn
block of DHC real estate, is a tire
mendous development in Fairfa,
and Arlington Counties. 1t include
3,442 apartments and, when com
pleted, in about 80 days, will hav
cost approximately s32 200, 900.
Mclean Gardens, Thirty-eightl
and Porter streets NV, include
720 apartments, opened for occu
pancy last July, and residence hall
for 1875 single men and women
completed last September. Tn
total cost was approximately sl1,
100000.
The DHC emphasized that all tn,
developments. while built to accom-
modate the influx of defense ans
war workers, were designed as per
manent community developments
AS such, they are distinct from tenn
porary war housing, which is to b.
removed soon after the end of tn,
war. -.
No Prices Set.
The permanent character of tn,
properties and the rent levels charged
led to the decision to place them or
the market, the DIG pointed out.
No sale price was set on any O
the developments. Any offers will
be considered. and the sale will b,
made If the price and terms of pay
ment are satisfactory, the agenc,
said. Purchase offers must includ,
guarantees that occupancy will b,
restricted to essential workers dur
ing the war.
A National Housing Agenc,
spokesman said it has not been de
cided whether attempts will be mad
to sell the properties for enough t.
cover the full development cost. H
pointed out, however, that the sal
won't be exactly bargain counter.
A spokesman for the DHC, which i
a unit of MIA, said it was hopet
the sale price would cover 100 pc
cent of the cost" He added tha
although it was too early for an,
definite offers, he had received
plenty of telephone calls already
from persons inquiring about tn,
properties.
The 75-acre Mclean Gardens sit,
includes 10000 square feet of unde
veloped street frontage, zoned fo
commercial purposes. This probabl,
will be sold as part of the develop
ment, although no definite decision
has been reached, it was said.
Occupants Favored.
In the case of the IL igloo-typ.
houses in Fairfax County, as vel
as individual houses in other States
the present occupants will be give1
first opportunity to buy, unless tn,
development is sold in it's entirety
the MIA said. Apartments and resi-
dence halls will be sold only as com
plete developments.
Rents cannot arbitrarily be raiSet
or present occupants forced to move
regardless of the ownership, becaus
the properties come under Off1ce O
Price Administration and Distric
rent control regulations, the NH
spokesman said.
In effect contending that tn
properties can be operated success
fully by private management, MI
Emmerich pointed out that tn
DHC has been operating more O
less like private management com
pany." 1t has maintained rents tina
meet operating expenses, includin,
interest and amortization of tn,
financing loans, and has made pay
ments equal to full taxes, he said.