The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-10
DEADLINE NOW SET FOR APPLICATIONS,
 HOUSING pR0JECTS

SEATTLE, Oct. 10.ACommunities and educational institutions in this region Washington, Oregon, Mon tana, Idaho, Wyoming and Alaska which want to secure surplus gov ernment facilities for temporary housing projects to be developed at their own expense must get their applications to the regional office of the Federal Public Housing Au- thority in Seattle before November 1. Jesse Epstein, Regional Director, warns.
 The deadline applies to all ap plications made under Lanham Act provisions whereby the FPHA will provide the buildings on their pres ent site, tut the local sponsoring body must pay all other costs in volved, including transportation and recreation costs.
 Twenty-Five Pacific Northwest communities and educational insti- tutions already have acquired un- i der this plan, surplus buildings and equipment, for use in providing temporary housing for veterans, Ep- stein said He explained that these facilities have been in addition to other veterans emergency housing projects in which the FPHA has i not only provided the structures and equipment, but also paid re- moval recreation and other costs. Why Deadline Set
 This headline on applications
 or structures to be developed into temporary housing at the sponsors expense has been set because this
 a temporary program and we didn't want it to become a per- nanent one by prolonging it." Ep-
 stein declared
 The Lanham Act veterans hous- ng projects are intended to pro- vide temporary housing which can be erected more quickly with less materials than the conventional permanent-type housing.
 Ut is not sensible to continue to make these allocations indefinitely. We already have completed our al location of veterans temporary pro jects in which the federal govern ment shares the expense, and we feel that by November l local com nunities and educational institu ions should know their needs well enough to get their applications for further allocations of temporary shelter to be converted at their own expense"
 In this reglon, comprising Wash ington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Alaska, approximate y 12,000 veterans emergency hous- ing units are now being provided with the assistance of Federal Funds, and about 4,000 at the ex- pense of the local sponsoring body. Epstein said that at least 20 more communities and educational
 institutions in the region have in- .eatCl tt.eir desire to acquire sur .1-us facilities at their own ex- Jcr.1c, tut sc far have failed to
 o,,,y trough with official appl- cations.
 If these groups still want the allocations, they will have to apply formally hetcre november l." Ep- stein warned.
 Communi,-~a and colleges in this region which already have assured allocations under this plan include:
 Alaska: Seward, Ketchikan, and the University of Alaska at College.
 Idaho: Northwest Nazarene Col lega at Nampa; College of Idaho at Caldwell; Weiser; and the Uni versity of Idaho, Southern Branch, at Pocatello.
 Montana: Montana State College at Bozeman.
 Oregon: University of Oregon and the Army Engineers at Eugene; Reed College, Portland; and the Eastern Oregon College of Educa- tion at LaGrande.
 Washington: University of Wash ington and Simpson Bible Institute at Seattle; Everett Junior College, Eastern Washington College of Edu- cation. Cheney; Ellensburg, Gen. tral Washington College of Educa- ton at Ellensburg; Entiat; Walla Walla College at Walla Walla; the Washington State College, Pullman; Whitworth College, Spokane; Vest ern Washington College of Educa- tion, Bellingham; and Okanogan.
 Wyoming: University of Wyo- ming at Laramie.