The Effect Of The War On The Housing Problem In The United States

Author : Charles Harris Whitaker
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ISBN 13 : 9781440036354
Total Pages : 124 pages
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Download or read book The Housing Problem, in War and in Peace (Classic Reprint) written by Charles Harris Whitaker and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Housing Problem, in War and in Peace Why has the provision of shelter for workmen come to be called "housing"? Why has housing become a problem? Why cannot workmen build their own houses? Why will nobody build houses at the present time? It is intended that these questions shall be fully answered in the following pages. When we acknowledged that we were unprepared for war, did we realize that the backbone of modern war-making is decent housing? That the weakest spot in our armor was the lack of decent houses for millions of the workmen upon whom the burden rests? Now that we have found this out through the costly and dangerous delays in building ships - and in every other industrial activity - do we not see that we have never been prepared for Peace? Of all the nations of the world, the United States stands alone in its tenacious adherence to the policy that decent houses can be provided by rigid "tenement-house laws." Such an archaic policy is about as well calculated to produce good houses as a regiment of archers would be useful in France at the present time. For months, we have blundered and muddled over the housing question raised by war. The full story of what this has cost will be written at some future time. Now, Congress has appropriated $50,000,000 with which to make a start toward housing the workers in our shipyards. Other millions - many and many millions - will have to be spent for this purpose, and this book is intended to provide the information by means of which the people of the United States may form their own conclusions as to whether or no our attitude on this vital question shall be as enlightened as that of the rest of the world, or fall back on a par with the intelligence of the dark ages. The illustrations are published, not as suggestions for the solution of our problem, but as examples of the scope and thoroughness with which others have already dealt with the question. All of the material which follows, with the exception of a few illustrations, is reprinted from the Journal of the American Institute of Architects, issues of September, 1917 to February, 1918, inclusive. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.