Evening star., 1947-09-16

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u. ). Issues New Rule,
On Sale Of Permanent
|War-Bui|t Housing
The Government today disclosed
it has set up new plan to govern
the sale of permanent war housing
OF which there are approximate,
$3.50 units in the Washington area
Such housing will be offered fol
sale according to priority formula
announced by Raymond M. Foley
administrator of the Housing and
Home Finance Agency.
None, however, will be available
to purchasers until it has been de-
clared terminated for war use"
War housing covered by the new
rules consists of permanent dwell
ings, either fixed on the site OF
demountable, which were con-
structed during the defense and wal
periods under the Lanham and re-
lated acts for civilian war workers
or military personnel.
Veterans Get First Choice.
First choice for purchase is given
World War II veterans now living
in, or. who intend to live in the
homes. Three preference groups are
set up in the following order OF
priority:
/. Veterans now living in a wal
housing unit which is to be sold and
who intend to stay there. .-
2. Veterans who intend 70 occupy
dwelling to be solo.
3. Non veterans living in a unit
which is to be sold and who intenc
to stay there after purchase.
Prior regulations had given pri-
ority to veterans and non veteran!
who were living in the units at the
time they were sold.
While direction and supervision
Of the sale and disposition of wal
housing is charged by law to tn,
Housing and Home Finance Agenc,
Administrator, actual disposition o.
the properties will be handled b,
the Public Housing Administration
Projects May Be Divided.
Where feasible, large projects will
be subdivided into small units t,
help an individual buyer acquire {
home OF his own. In such cases
structures up to four family unit!
will be sold to buyers who intend t.
occupy one Of the units, Or to groups
coming within the preferential list
Where it Is considered inadvisabl,
to subdivide a project for sale t,
individuals, groups of veterans ant
nonveteran occupants will be giver
an opportunity to work out a pla7
for buying multi-family unit o
an entire project, provided ther
are enough people in the groul
to occupy a reasonable percentage
of the units and submit firm pur
chase plan, the agency said
All sales are to be on a casl
basis, with buyers obtaining private
financing If necessary.
The Federal Housing Administra
tion may insure loans made by ap
proved mortgages up to 80 per cen
Of the appraised value of the prop
critics and for a period up to rs years
Many lending institutions which ar
members of the Federal Home LOAF
Bank System are ready to aid pros
pective homeowners needing mort
gage credit for the purchase of th'
units, the agency pointed out.
Investors Last on List.
Only after "all practicable posi-
bilities for a sale to a preferred pur
chaser for occupancy as his owl
home" have been exhausted will tn,
property be offered to investors, tn,
agency announced. In such cases
sales will be on competitive-bie
basis after public advertisement
Where units sold to investors ar,
rented, veterans must be given frs
preference in rental of such unit
until January 1, 1850.
No occupant will be evicted with
out at least 80 days written notice
and Federal, State and local law
will govern evictions.
In the District there are four per
manent buildings of fixed construc
ton: Bellevue, with COL units, Stod
dert dwellings, 200 units; Knoxhil
dwellings, $50 units, and Highlan'
dwellings. $50 units.
Units of the permanent demount
able type are in developments know,
as Syphax houses, consisting of IA
units; Benning road houses, 1873
Thirty-fifth street houses, IS; Foot
street houses, 1853; Monroe stree
houses, 90; Twenty-first stree
houses, SO; Bryant street houses, 80
Bowen street houses, So; Canal stree
houses, 20; Georgia avenue houses
ITO; Tunlaw road houses, 90
Twenty-fifth street houses, 40, an,
Eastern avenue houses, lot.
In Alexandria, there are Chin
quapin Village, 800 units; Ramse,
Homes, IS units, and Cameron Val
ley Homes, $40 units.
Arlington has Dunbar Homes will
86 units and Carver Homes, will
A units. In Falls Church there l
Hillwood Square, with 160 units.
Maryland has Cabin John Gar
dens, 100 units; Greenbelt Defens
Homes, 1000; Indianhead, 1872; Car
yer Heights, ZIG; Lexington Park
344: Garry Houses at Suitland, 20e
and Fairway Houses at Silve
Spring, 238.
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