Evening star., 1953-11-22
NCHA Will Dispose
OF All War Housing
By End Of Next Year

The National Capital Housing
Authority will dispose of all
temporary war housing develop
ments now operating urder it's
control-comprising 2-110 dwell
ling units-by December 81,
1854, it was announced last
night.
The 2,110 low-cost units house
1878 white and 532 colored
families. Their removal will be
in addition to the disposition
already under way of 1868 other
war housing units.
The disposition program does
not affect in any way projects
the NCHA operates under it's
permanent low-rent housing
program. The dwellings affected
are those built for war workers
during World War II and to re-
lieve the veterans housing short
age after the war.
The NCHA only has acted as
management agent for the nous-
ing. Since the end of the war.
vacancies have been available
to veterans,
3 Reasons for More.
There are three reasons for
diSposing of the tempos, accord
ing to NCHA Director James
Ring. One is structural deteriora-
ton. The second is a desire to
return leased sites to private
owners. The third is to meet
commitments made by the
authority and the District Com
misSioners to citizens that the
tempos would be removed when
they had served their "emer-
gency use"
During the current year, Mr..
Ring said, his office has removed
the 492-unit Lily Ponds Houses
and the 88-unit Quarles Street
Houses from Northeast sites.
Another temporary property,
the Camp Simms Houses at Fif-
teenth street and Alabama ave-
nue. Sc, is in the process of re-
moval. Only three tenant fam
lilies now remain at Camp Simms
and they are under court order
to vacate.
The other major project al
ready largely vacated is the 500
unit Calvert Houses at River
dale, Md.
Removal by June 80.
OF the 2,110 units still to be
vacated, 1,162 in II projects will
be removed by next June 80.
They include:
Benning Road Houses, Forty
sixth street and Benning road
Sc. 1873 units; Canal Street
Houses, First and o streets S.W.,
20 units; Bryant Street Houses,
second, w and Brya mt
streets NV, 80 units; Fairway
Houses. Forest Glen road, Silver
Spring Md, 238 units; Foote
Street Houses, Kenilworth ave-
hue and Foote street NE, 1853
units; Meade Grant Houses, lots
in area bounded by Forty ninth,
Fifty eighth, Grant and Meade
streets NE. 103 units: Monroe
Street Houses, Seventh and
Monroe streets NE, 80 units;
Thirty-f1rst Street Houses.
Thirty-first and F streets Sc,
II units; Tunlaw Road Houses.
Thirty-ninth street and Tunlaw
road NV. 90 units; Twenty
fifth Street Houses, Twenty
fifth street and Alabama avenue
Sc, 40 units; Georgia Avenue
Houses, Georgia avenue and
Blair ROAD NV. ITO units.
Disposition by Dec. 81.
Disposition of these units by
June 80 will leave the NCHA with
a total of 948 temporary dwell
ingS on six sites. These, to be re-
moved by December 81, 1854, In
clude:
Anthony Bowen Houses, First,
K and N streets S.W., 36 units;
Garry Houses, Suitland road near
Suitland, Md, 205 units; Over
look Avenue Houses, Overlook
avenue and Chesapeake street
S.W., $50 units; Portland Street
Houses, Portland street Sc. be-
tween Second and South Capitol
streets, 80 units; Syphax Houses,
First and R streets S.W., 143
units; Thirty-fifth Street Houses,
Thirty-fifth street and Reservoir
road NV, IS units.
The Syphax and Thirty fifth
Street Houses are former bar