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Show Decontrols Do Not Effect Construction Present decontrols have not affected af-fected certain restrictions applying apply-ing to construction Jobs, according to a statement Issued by Leland W. Mays, National Housing Expedltor for Utah. Many people apparently reel that the lifting of price ceilings on building materials automatically automatical-ly abashed all other controls pertaining per-taining to the building Industry Thl3 is delinltely not the case, according ac-cording to Mr. Mays. The decontrol action token by President Truman to date refers only to OPA price ceilings and in no way affects other government restrictions applying to construction, Mr. Mays stated. Residential building build-ing Is still limited to veterans or to a person or persons building to sc'.l or rent to a veteran. Priority approval as issued by the Federal Housing' Administration for non-farm non-farm residences and the County Agricultural Conservation Commlt-tre Commlt-tre for homes on farms is still required. re-quired. The limitation on repairs and remodeling to residences with out priority approval remains at $400 as before. Commercial, industrial and other non-residential construction still requires re-quires approval by the Civilian Production Pro-duction Administration, Mr. Mays emphasized. The issuance of a building permit by the city doei not alter the necessity of securing PI I A or CPA approval. Persons engaged en-gaged in Illegal building will be subject to the penalties established establish-ed by the federal statutes under whldi theso restrictions ore operating, oper-ating, he warned. Anyone contemplating contem-plating building a home should first consult the FHA or if non-res-tdcntlal construction Is contemplated contemplat-ed the CPA should be contacted. |