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Show an opportunity to build what he wants. We do not need any more houses built to mass plan," he said. Mr. Weggeland dclaru there is a more definite need right now in Utah county for rental units than for veteran-owned houses, and he urged builders to produce such rental units. "It is far better for most veterans veter-ans to pay rent for a short time, even an increased rent, than to saddle himself with the responsibility responsi-bility of building a house in these times of fantastic cost of building material," Mr. Weggeland said in urging the rental unit plan. In urging the development of large scael building of rental units, un-its, and saleable homes, Mr. Weggeland Weg-geland stated that not only should people consider the needs of the prsnt, but should look into the future to se what the growth of the steel plant would mean. CONTY NEEDS 1000 4 HOUSING UNITS SAYS FIIA OFFICER More than 1,000 housing units, with the emphasis on rental units, are seriously needed in Utah county coun-ty if present and immdiate future needs of Provo and the surrounding surround-ing area are to be met, Gordon Weggeland, state federal housing authority dirctor, told a meeting of realtors, builders, bankers, and home owners Monday in Provo. A building program of this magnitude mag-nitude would cost $6 million with the cost determined on a basis of the average of $6,000 per unit, Mr. Weggeland stated, but pointed point-ed out that a streamlined FHA program is now willing to back the building program to the hilt. Mayor Mark Anderson of Provo opened the meeting with a short address in which he said the housing hous-ing shortage could be cleared up by itself as soon as builders were given freedom so that they could get materials at a reasonabl price. "We want now to give th individual indi-vidual who wants to build a home The U. S. Steel corporation, owner own-er of the big plant, has already asked cooperation from the FHA in making additional housing available avail-able to employes who must be imported im-ported to work at the plant if full capacity is reached. 1 The FHA urged the building of three and four family units, saying say-ing that such a program is an excellent ex-cellent opportunity for the small investor, and pointing out that the investor could live in one of the units himself and rent the others. Building costs which are still too high and a shortage of building build-ing materials, were given by Mr. Weggeland as the main obstacles of any building program, but he said that the only way to break inflation on existing homes and lower exhorbitant prices is through the production of scores of new homes. . f |