Show Housing Riddle Up to Industry Responsibility ty of f Relieving Shortage Is Shifted By Government WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Formal Formal notice has haa been given giten by b the government that It has ha shifted chief ivy ity for tor meeting tye l tie housing short age ara to private Industry with federal controls and sod aid to be continued only where they the will win result in more housing The declaration was made mad in an official policy statement on OD th the 1947 housing housing program pl by br Frank Frink B R tee Cree- Creedon don don housing boutin expediter and Ray mond mood M Foley Fole national housing ad ad- ad Creedon and Foley Fole citing a series of controls which have been relaxed singe sine resignation of ot Wilson W Wyatt former housing expediter declared These T es changes chenes signify that in the moderate priced range rang of homes ho 1 for tor sale ale private industry ind I to practically i on o its lY wn aID again Moat Most etI olah he re r borne born by b the Ute govern ment Bunder a t war wn depleted con con- cany during the last Jast year ear has bal noW noi under wider Improved conditions cm been re r re- re returned I turned to the established avenues of private Industry o j- j Iv srM I Dom I The Th two official who took over direction of f the veterans housing program from Wyatt quoted build tog ing in Industry spokesmen as a a saying that construction could begin on one million homes bomel In 1947 and aDd that with the carryover from 1948 1940 about one million homes and apartments can be completed including conver conver- lion aloes The government has haa removed the sales ales ceilings on new hous hous- hous- hous housing ing in opened up new home construe construe- don tion to veterans non-veterans substituted a permit system for the old priorities system by which building materials were channeled into veterans veteran hous ing in relaxed restrictions governing the sale of building materials to non- non priority holders and raised the al ale al- al allowable total for tor non housing non con con- construction from 35 M million dollars dollar to 50 million dollars weekly Name Nama Homing Council Foley Fole announced establishment of ofa a federal housing coordinating coon coun- counell ell eil in a move to eliminate duplica tints tion of effort ellort and end overlapping of functions function by eight government agen ages cies cIba e agene concerned with housing The council Includes tives of veterans administration ag fig a department reconstruction tion don finance ance corporation federal deposit Insurance corporation office I of housing expediter federal hous- hous j ing log administration federal public I housing authority and end the federal home loan bank system I Foley Fale said aid the council would seek to develop a unified approach to common problems on housing He HeUsted listed such uch questions as reconciling varying techniques In residential ap op- op uniform mortgage foreclosure sure ure laws and long range Improve Improve- improvements ments in building b code codes |