Show federal ho housing using agency asks for millions to build homes by WALTER A SHEAD staff correspondent action of federal housing administration officials asking the congress for an additional appropriation of million dollars for public and private housing and reopening of the taft committee hearings investigating vesti gating h housing problems has brought speculation as to the future of the federal housing program under the appropriation asked by is sought tor for 36 units of public war housing and is being asked to construct privately financed units unter title VI of the during the war emergency most of the separate housing organizations have been operating under the general framework of the national housing agency it seems to be the consensus of opinion among organizations such as the national association of real estate boards the states savings and loan league the national association of home builders and others that the national housing agency should not be projected into the postwar era most of these organizations believe according to private sources here that the federal housing administration and the federal home loan bank board should be independent or be reestablished as relatively independent agencies treasury may alay take over instead of liquidation of war housing projects by the national housing agency the general opinion seems to prefer that the disposal of permanent perma nelt and temporary war housing should be the function of the treasury department the treasury also is regarded as the likely liquidator of the assets of such agencies as the U S housing corporation the home owners loan corporation po ration the defense homes corporation po ration and all assets of agencies owning defense and war public bubli c housing including the defense housing of the federal works and the non farm public housing agency of the farm se security carity administration it is presumed that the united States Housing willibe authority will be rei to its prewar status in the federal works agency there seems seams to be a wide diversity of opinion however as to the activities which should be be permitted the USHA some realtors and home builders believe it should be liquidated as rapidly as contracts between the USHA and local public i housing authorities will permit |