The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-12
Postwar HOUSING
And Redevelopneant

CHICAGO. June l1.-.g-r..;.,
lures of II states have clesrs ASA IA
way this year for Increased 10
ing and urban redevelopment -,
Invites. 's'
Measures facilitating action
the housing field were enaora5 M
Georgia, Illinois, Nevada. Ne,, w..
pennsylvania. Tennessee and Wac,
ington, the National Association ', ~,
Housing Officials reported tod,r u
Urban redevelopment IegjsIs,io,
was adopted by Illinois, CoIor.da
Arkansas, Minnesota. Indian.
Pennsylvania and Tennessee
American Society of PLANNING ~ u.
ficials said. VI
The society emphasized tb,
while housing legislation aoror,T a
was aimed specifically at The > bon.
ing field, urban redeveIorn.o a''
generally was concerned WAX t+.''N
broader field, with housing on WI, 4
part of the picture.
Nevada became the 10th st..o
the nation to adopt enabIjno leo; ~
lation for low-rent HOUSING :,
amended its War Housing act ~
l943 so that housing authorito.
could cooperate with the fedor,,
government in providing homes for
war veterans and low income fan,
lilies. '''''
New Illinois and Pennsylvari,
legislation authorizes Insurance.
companies TO invest up to 10 Nav
cent of their assets in housing
Foreign insurance companies NAV
invest in Pennsylvania dweIIin,
projects as much as their h oms
states will allow.
An act permitting capital invest.
ments in housing by Social Securi.
ty and retirement funds became
law in New York recently The
law established housing AUTHORITY
bonds as legal investments for
state, city and other bank deposits
Housing authorities in Washing.
ton were empowered to extend on.
erations to cities, towns and rural
areas outside the area authorized
originally.
Georgia adopted supplemental
laws extending rural powers of
housing authorities. This state also
authorized officials to engage in
dwelling research and refer the in.
formation to public and private
housing agencies.
In the urban redevelopment field
Colorado h permitted local
planning commissions to prepare
development plans for sub-stand.
ard areas through exercise of emf
nent domain.
Colorado authorities are to clear
the land and sell or lease ii II
reconstruction agencies for i'm.
provement according TO commits.
sion plans Funds for each author
ity's program will be provided
through municipal appropriations
No tax exemption privileges are
offered the reconstruction agencies.
Under another Pennsylvania act
urban redevelopment authorities
may be established. A companion
measure permits state aid to such
authorities through grants or loans.
A recent New York law permits
cities to acquire by purchase Or
condemnation real property for
slum clearance and development.
A new Minnesota law provides
for eradication of slum and blight
areas through formation of neigh
borhood redevelopment corpora
tons. All public fund participation
is rejected but private concerns and
insurance companies are author
lied to take over slum areas for
home building through condemna-
ton proceedings after purchase OF
60 per cent of the property
Tennessee approved an urban re-
development act which authorized
ANY housing authority to acquire
blighted areas, to clear areas, 70
make land in a redevelopment prof.
ect available for use by private
enterprise or public agencies in a.
cordance with reoevelopment plans
The Indiana Legislature authofM'
ed Indianapolis to levy taxes TO IL
nance urban redeVelopment.