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Show ...i. -,. - W f I: f I ' , t " 1vwy . . ,,iWJU iijitjiut.irrT" y y .. ... , . ".. .- " - . , ''" V" - ': - : ' y- 1 , x ' f O With housing cosfs remaining so high as to keep home ownership out of reach of many people, the build-your-own-home idea has begun to sweep across Canada. Most of the home-builders have had little or no experience, experi-ence, but they pitch right in and with ths aid cf specially prepared plans and loans manage to do the job in adequate fashion. fash-ion. This Ontario family (photo at left) has joined the scores of Canadian veterans who are in the t build - your - own - house program. They are planning plan-ning on a house with a room for baby Nancy. ' . 'v. O The veterans often obtain better quality material ma-terial for less money through careful shopping. The Veterans Loan association asso-ciation in Canada finances fi-nances the program. Shown at right, a V.L.A. supervisor, standing at left, is helping a veteran contractor to select his woods which are to be used in the house he is building. ft V V i I M V f - ; ' H - a t t. ; . v ' . ,j i" ' - s v. ' 1 I - , , : - x ' " t , 5 V , ' . - , ; 5 - - I ft 1 - x 8 ' ' s. s l , . " ! - . . H - J it , : r" " -f y " 4 O This evening class of 1950 vet builders (above) being instructed by V.L A. supervisor Robert Woode is one of 12 organized or-ganized in the western Ontario centers. The veterans vet-erans are given encouragement encour-agement in the form of a loan and they need to give proof only of their business ability, their will to work and spare time. The photo at left shows the Simpson family of Roseland, Ontario, working work-ing on their home. Simpson Simp-son put the foundation in himself, learned how to lay cinder blocks and built the walls with his wife acting as hod man. O This is the house (right) that knack built. Ken Reid, a draughtsman, built a home for $7,000 $6,000 V.L.A. aid and an extra $1,000, in addition to a down payment of 10 per cent of the cost and excess over $6,000. The veteran repays two-thirds of the loan amortized at 25 years with interest at 2Vz per cent. The remainder re-mainder is a grant given conditionally on his fulfilling ful-filling terms of the contract con-tract for 10 years. !,-. xla.; ' ,-) ----.i LksLtaii2tfc -....j-W:A.v.AiL-A-..-.j.. - --J |