Show Alta Alfa Vista Project Gives Housing Facts Fi Fifty ty families moving into new houses built with P W A housing money in Alta Vista Va Vat gives encouragement encouragement encouragement en en- to other cities working working working work work- ing out housing programs says Coleman Coleman Cole Cole- man Woodbury executive director National A Association of Housing OfficiaLs Officials Officials Of Of- in a recent bulletin of the or or- Although too much should not nat be made of a miniature project which because of ot its size and location escaped escaped escaped es es- es- es many of the difficulties in planning planning planning plan plan- ning common to larger cities certain facts are worth noticing says Mr Woodbury The money for the project was signed over to a limited dividend corporation corporation corporation cor cor- by P W A Administrator Ickes on March 3 1934 Work Vork started started started start start- ed eleven cleven days later and the project is now complete except for some landscaping and seeding Costs have r run run n below original estimates es es- es- es on almost all items and have hav not exceeded the estimates on any items The total cost of the project was Townspeople subscribed P W V A loaned The construction was so efficiently efficient efficient- ly organized and carried out that the project was finished five weeks ahead of ot schedule The standards of community planning planning plan plan- ning are good The typical house is ison ison ison on a lot feet in size which gives a degree of ot privacy to the tenants tenants ten ten- ants and a feeling of ot spaciousness in hi the development that are all too rare in residential districts of ot even small towns Need for the new houses and appreciation ap predation of them by residents of the town are shown by the fact that already already al 31 ready there are three times as many applications for occupancy as there arc are houses in the project Rentals are arc 4 to 5 per room per month Each house has two bedrooms and anda a bath With all due qualifications this project is ra a definite step in the P PV PW Pv V W A housing program comments Mr Woodbury It is an indication that a well-planned well enterprise can go ahead rapidly efficiently and econ econ- |