Show HOUSE SHORTAGE IN I 0 NEW NE YORK MORE ACUTE Meager Supply of Apartments Apartments Apartments Apart Apart- ments Has Been Depleted NEW YORK Au Aug New 23 23 New V e York elt city faces a housing situation this fall rall no less acute than that which last spring cau caused ed an army of or tenants to march on Albany Alban demanding new rent la laws ws Last spring tho the Immediate problem which faced d legislators was paRla passage e of oC measures which would protect ten ten- tenants ants in a a. city where e cr every apartment was at a premium from grasping landlords Next Net fall aU the problem which Is expected to lo engage attention of ot state lawmakers Is the encouragement of apartment house building The housing shortage this summer has been the cause for tor sundry hearIngs hearings hear hear- ings Ines by state and municipal bodies At each was heard the tha cry We Vc must have more apartments But Dut so 80 far thane thare Is little prospect that thai this demand de demOnd demand de- de mand mOnd will be met mat SUPPLY S E Experts have havo given It as their opinion that next fall rall Instead of or having hav hav- having In ing more flats fiats New Yorks York's meager supply will be depleted by several hundred The reason thc they said Eald was that demand for office space especially especial especIal- ly on Manhattan had hd caused man many property owners to raze old apartments for tor construction of oC commercial establishments establishments which they could rent at nt hl higher her prices Some experts asserted that rent laws Vs passed last spring de designed designed de- de signed to check the meteoric rise rise of oC rents had tended to check building of oC ap apartment houses The building trend trond was well Illustrated illustrated Illus mUg last month when plans for lor new structures filed riled In showed Manhattan showed to what little 1 extent property owners were going toward filling the need for additional apartments Construction Con Con- n of oC only ono apartment house and one ono single lIngle dwelling were ware filed riled whereas five theatres the garages and three loft structures arc are contemplated plated OIt IAL ADDITION Normal construction In this city according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to Tenement louse House Commissioner CommissIoner Commissioner Commis Commis- Mann fann is apartments a year yearl In addition to family houses and hotel hOtCH apartments Four thousand nd a year ear has been the average however for tor the last four years Various plans plan have been suggested for encouragement of home building including cooperative ventures and us use of tho the city's sinking fund rund for loans on bonds or morta mortgages The latter plan tan has been advocated by Mayor Hylan who Is seeking to o establish the legality of ot such acion action I |