Show 1936 MARRIAGE GAINS INCREASE HOUSING CRISIS Thousand Couples Re I ported Delaying 1 I Weddings Weddings' f 7 Increased marriages in 1935 were factors in creating a housing short shortage age which still sUll will become more se serious serious se se- se rious if It no new hew homes are arc constructed constructed con can in Salt Lake City and county county coun coun- ty before beloro the estimated total o 0 of 1000 delayed marriages are m made d realities This was indicated Monday In re reports reports reports re- re ports of the Salt Lake Real Estate board which showed that the rate of marriages greatly increased In iri 1935 helping to cause a a. housing shortage S Werner Kiepe executive secretary of the board said that while marriages marriages mar- mar Increased last year there still are about 1000 delayed weds wed n dings S S 1000 Delayed 5 Our fOur 1934 report showed there were about 1000 delayed marriages and in view of at the failure to de develop develop develop de- de further momentum in this re respect respect respect re- re we still have the same number number num num- ber her of held in abeyance abeyance abeyance abey abey- ance for various reasons he said in his rep report rt The Thc boards board's report is optimistic concerning the thc f future ture of these delayed delayed delayed de marriages by pointing out that these marriages are ore not l lost st st. The report shows that in 1934 the marriage license rate increased noticeably noticeably noticeably no no- over previous years and ran to a figure slightly lightly above the average for the past ten years The low point for issuing marriage marriage marriage mar- mar licenses in Salt Lake county w was s reached In 1932 when whim only 1836 were written In 1933 a total of 2240 were issued in 1934 2511 and in 1935 2524 the report re xe- xe Building In Salt Lake S City ity in 1936 will bemore than double that of ot last Jast year because of the shortage of or houses according to a report Issued by the board boar Only vacancies were reported of ot a total of oC dwelling units in the city Including single houses duplex dwellings and apartment houses the survey revealed It showed there are 69 one family houses se seven n houses of two and three family units and two apartment apartment apart apart- ment mentho ho houses ses of f 18 IS units units either being rb constructed pr re Tho The survey revealed led tHat single sin sin- gb gle residences were vero unfit for use and 31 duplex bu buildings also were unusable Stores and other oilier commercial commercial com corn mercial buildings in the city totaled 2944 of which were vacant Of the total lotaK number of ot dwellings there are arc single family homes living units in duplexes and terraces and units in apartment houses according to the report A gross vacancy of per cent as against per cent a year ago was reported Only 81 p per r cent of the single houses are vacant compared to per c cent nt a year ago while two and three unit houses showed per cent vacant this year compared to 10 per C cent vacant last year and apartment houses per cent empty as against per cent in 1935 |