Show trailers solve housing problem of navy personnel with families veterans at rehabilitation and training centers live in comfort at low rental all of the problems of the united states navy arent immediately concerned with sweeping the japs off the face of the pacific ocean for example there is the critical housing situation for returned veterans in florida where fighting men back from war theaters for rehabilitation or further training find it next to impossible to find lodgings compatible with a sailors income but the florida housing problem like the remnants of the japanese fleet is crumbling under shrewd navy planning if we cant find homes for the returned fleet veterans well build them navy officials decreed and the result was an order for 1800 housing units speed of course was paramount and since the permanent units planned could not be ready before august the navy ordered automobile trailer coaches for immediate delivery everything for 33 a month now officers andor enlisted men and their families are living in luxurious trailers at or near 14 naval air stations in florida the trailer occupants pay 1 a day rental and a monthly utility charge of approximately the utility I 1 charge includes electricity water and sewer drainage all facilities connected to each trailer by navy engineers ice is also included the low cost housing provided by the quick availability of the trailers also has contributed to the morale of the veterans one station commanding ni officer explained 10 one ne 0 of f our real problems was finding suitable housing for these men at figures within reason it make sense when fellows have to pay from 50 to 75 a month for lodgings and then eat all their meals out we have licked the cost problem with trailers and at the same time the officer or enlisted man has a comfortable home for his wife and children he is located on or close to the base where his wife can shop at the commissary and cook meals just like she would at home complete apartment the trailers are comparable in size to a small four room apartment they are from 22 to 24 feet long depending on the make of trailer all are eight feet wide the accommodations include a spacious living room which can be converted into a second bedroom a kitchenette and a bedroom with a double bed the trailers came from the manufacturer completely furnished even to an ice box gasoline stove for cooking and an oil stove for heating navy engineers set up the trailers on concrete piers which allowed for the return of the undercarriages under carriages to manufacturers for use on other trailers electricity water and sewer drainage were piped directly to each trailer in addition the navy constructed a utility building for each community of 10 trailers which houses a laundry and individual toilets and showers for each family the trailer communities are located in shady areas on or near the naval air stations and the surrounding areas have been landscaped with grass shrubbery and flowers in in soma locations occupancy of the trailer homes it was explained has been limited to 60 days per family the trailers are arc now located on or near air stations at jacksonville green cove springs cecil field deland sanford banana river melbourne vero beach fort lauderdale de opa locka richmond key west lake city and pensacola permanent housing units are under construction st at the same sites seamen are so pleased with their trailer homes navy officials said that it is not unlikely that more trailers will be ordered for housing in florida while other naval districts watching the florida experiment peri ment ent will avail themselves of this peacetime luxury to solve housing problems in their districts iz V Is IR d d d i 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 Z rv r v bmw 1 I the navy solved a knotty housing situation in florida by procuring trailer coaches as homes for returned fleet veterans the trailers located at or near 14 naval air stations in the state are rented to the seaman for 1 a day plus a utilities charge of approximately a month this view shows the trailer community at the fort lauderdale air station PY av A z iw vo 0 xa ak x 1 A W I 1 4 ot M 40 0 0 a 0 ell 0 A vv it mw V Z LIE JEW is ensign alan station one of the trailer tenant s at the vero beach while mrs geel prepares eel of chicago who relaxes in the bedr living room trailer dinner the picture was taken from the |