Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-10-15
Droffsmon And
FomiIy Like New
IiIsenbilf Home

TiIsenbilf Home
About the largest and most i'm
portant financial transaction the
average family makes is when
they purchase a home and no re-
putable real estate firm will try
Ia sell home to family that
doesn't meet the prospective buy
er's financial status and housing
needs.
In addition the family usually
takes into consideration such
things AZ location OF schools,
churches. transportation, stores
and anything else II may think
important.
When the Clayton Hughes fam
lily OF Minneapolis was looking for
a home TO purchase they had the
same decisions 10 make that any
other family faces.
Their one big advantage was
that Hughes, because Of his train
ing and work as an architectural
craftsman was In a better position
TO know what he was getting for
his money
Hughes and his wife had been
looking for a home for quite some
time and had decided that they
wanted new house.
After looking around for quite
awhile, they had almost recon
cilcd themselves TO going out In
one OF the suburbs although they
wanted 10 stay in the city pro-
per II they could because OF con
veniences.
Just about the time the Hughes
family was house hunting last
spring. construction was beginn-
ing on the Tilsenbilt development,
located in south Minneapolis.
between 10th ST. and isth 81.
and from Portland To Third Av
Out Of curiosity. Hughes said,
they decided to have a look at the
homes
He admitted quite frankly. that
he was little skeptical. because
Of the ways that Negroes have
been exploited In housing
Hughes said that the sole reason
that he and his wife decided 10
purchase one OF the Ttlscn homes
was that they felt that they were
getting the most for their money
There were. OF course, other
reasons. such ss schools and other
things that helped them finally de-
eide
The Tilsen development Ia at
tracing a lot % attention nation
ally because II Is the first project
ot its type that has made housing
available on the open market.
Heretofore any new housing de
vclopments that have been con
structrd have been on strictly
segregated patterns
In Minneapolis housing re
port released by the Min city Ur.
ban League shows that until the
Tilssn development came on the
scene practically no new housing
was available ~ Negroes
Tho Urban Leagues report also
revealed tina, there WAS q growing
tendency towards more segrcEs-
ton IN housing for Negroes par
ticulsrly on the southSde " Min
ncapoHs
To a large degree, the rilScn
development has halted this trrud
~ the number ~ white families
buying in the project has increas-
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Minority housing is sttll large
problem but sOyiologis's ard I'M.
man relations authorities are ~ the
opinion that the T,lssn project
win help alleviate the problem In
Minneapolis 20 . certain extent
These Experts say that thr I'll
sen Homes are q working example
that diSrroves all ~ the hugaboos
ard StcrrotyDsS about Negroes
lowering property values. whites
moving ont ant anything else tls-
favorable
strictly froru an economic point
81 view soue human relations
authorities are % the opinion that
there srr sorrr realtors who want
- sell houses. slthourh they have
been reluctant - sell n,incrliiss
outside - 'hc ghstto. bot since
fhc Ti'srr project hss s~rIr -
prove ths' irtegrs'~i hsusiug VII
wNrk, realtors went hr A. hcsitar,
- s-ll - Negroes cU, 80 the PRE-