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This volume was prepared by the staff of the National Housing Agency and arrangements for publication were made by that Agency. It is being issued by the Office of the Administrator, Housing and Home Finance Agency, which succeeded the National Housing Agency pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 3, effective July 27, 1947 Under this reorganization plan the names of the constituent agencies were changed as follows: The Federal Home Loan Bank Administration became the Home Loan Bank Board; and the Federal Public Housing Authority became the Public Housing Administration. The name of the Federal Housing Administration remains unchanged.

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GENERAL INTRODUCTION

This Handbook of Housing Statistics has been prepared by the National Housing Agency as a modest beginning in what is believed to be an important task-the development of labor saving tools that will speed and simplify the work of those who wish to obtain statistics about housing.

There are an increasing number of persons in both private and public life whose work requires them to seek such statistics and to know something about what they represent, how they are assembled and their reliability and limitations for various purposes. Most of these persons are not prepared for the great variety of data relevant to housing which the efforts of private and public agencies have produced during the last two decades, nor are they prepared for the considerable amount of work necessary to identify these agencies, to learn what service each performs, and to assemble the necessary pieces from the separate

sources.

It is the purpose of this book to eliminate some of this effort, first by providing within its covers the most commonly used statistical material, with technical comment about the content of the figures and the methods used in assembling them, second by pointing out the types of data which either are not available or are too scanty or imperfect for general use and third by pointing to the sources from which additional detail or continuing reports may be obtained.

Statistics are included on the volume and cost of new housing production, on the size and characteristics of the existing stock of housing, and on the financial aspects of housing, and this book is organized in three parts, each covering one of these phases of housing. For the most part the data relate to nonfarm housing; specific data for rural housing appearing only in the discussion of housing supply. In selecting the data to be included under each of these headings, the many inquiries received by the National Housing

Agency from industry, public officials and private citizens have been kept in mind as a guide to general usefulness.

Users of this handbook who do not find the data they seek in this volume will probably be able to obtain source references from which the information can be secured, or from reference to this book will be able to learn whether such statistics are available. These references are presented as source notes to the tables and in greater detail in appendix A.

Evidences of the need for further coordination among agencies, both public and private, which collect and use housing statistics will be observed throughout this book. Uniformity of terminology and definitions is a first essential step toward such coordination. Extension of coverage to include information in certain areas which have thus far remained "blank spots" in the housing statistics picture is another needed step. Additional studies will be required to determine the continuing relationship of housing to the national

economy.

The preparation of this volume was under the direction of B. Douglas Stone. E. E. Ashley III and A. R. Reimers served as consultants on the selection of material to be included. Original preparation of tabular and textual material for the book was done by Chester Cooper, Dave Lowery, John West, and Eleanor Wolkind, and staff members assigned to them. Editing and preparation for publication was under the direction of Charles F. Shea. A considerable portion of the data included in this volume was obtained from the constituent agencies, i. e., Federal Housing Administration, Federal Public Housing Authority, and Federal Home Loan Bank Administration. Contributions from various other agencies are acknowledged in source notes and bibliography.

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Table 14. Construction cost of new nonfarm dwelling units started: By type of
financing, by year, 1920-46; by month, January 1945-December 1946__
Table 15. Value of construction put in place: Total new construction and private
residential nonfarm construction, by year, 1915-46; by month, January 1945–
December 1946___

Table 16. Construction contracts awarded: Data for 37 States, by type of construc-
tion, by type of ownership, by year, 1919-46_.
Table 17. Residential construction contracts awarded: Data for 37 States, by type
of ownership, by month, January 1939-December 1946.
Table 18. Number of units in publicly financed new nonfarm family dwelling projects
started in continental United States, and their development cost, by year, 1936-46.
Table 19. Number of units in publicly financed new nonfarm family dwelling projects
completed in continental United States, and their development cost, by year,
1936-46__

Table 20. U. S. Housing Authority public low-rent housing: Active nonfarm develop-
ments and dwelling units approved by the President, by program and by year,
1934-46..
Table 21. U. S. Housing Authority public low-rent housing: Nonfarm developments
and dwelling units completed by program and by year, 1936-46---
Table 22. Publicly financed nonfarm family dwelling units under active management
in Federal Public Housing Authority programs, by month, January 1946-
February 1947.

Table 23. Wholesale price indexes for specified building materials, by year, 1913-46.-
Table 24. Wholesale price indexes for specified building materials, by month, January
1945-April 1947-

Table 25. Average hourly earnings of skilled and common labor in general construction, by year, 1913-46; by month, January 1945-December 1946.

Table 26. Average hourly and average weekly earnings in private building construction; by year, 1934-46; by month, January 1940-December 1946.

Table 27. Indexes of union weekly hours and union hourly wage rates in all building trades, by year, 1907-46-

Table 28. Cost of house and land: Percentage distribution of the major elements which comprised the capital cost of house and land in 1940-41.

Table 29. Residential construction costs: Boeckh index for brick residences in 20 reporting cities, by year, 1913-46_

Table 30. Residential construction costs: Boeckh index for frame residences in 20 reporting cities, by year, 1913–46_-

Table 31. Residential construction costs: Boeckh index for brick residences in 20 reporting cities, by month, January 1945-December 1946-

Table 32. Residential construction costs: Boeckh index for frame residences in 20 reporting cities, by month, January 1945-December 1946.

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Table 33. Consolidated Boeckh index of construction cost and index of dwelling unit cost, by year, 1920-46-

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Table 34. Residential construction costs: National Housing Agency indexes, by month, November 1935-December 1946...

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Table 35. Residential construction costs: National Housing Agency indexes, by geographic division, by quarter, 1936-46...

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Part Two. Housing Supply and Need

Table 36. Nonfarm dwelling units by geographic division and State, 1940_-.

Table 37. Type of structure: Nonfarm dwelling units in selected metropolitan districts, 1940.__.

Table 38. Type of structure:

Nonfarm dwelling units by geographic division, 1940.-
Table 39. Type of structure: Nonfarm dwelling units by monthly rent, 1940..
Table 40. Number of rooms: Nonfarm dwelling units by geographic division, 1940.
Table 41. Number of rooms: Medians for all dwelling units in each geographic divi-
sion, 1940---

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Table 42. Type of structure and number of rooms: Nonfarm dwelling units, 1940 Table 43. Exterior material: Nonfarm residential structures by geographic division, 1940_

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Table 44. Year built: Nonfarm dwelling units by geographic division, 1940.

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Table 45. State of repair and plumbing equipment: Nonfarm dwelling units, November 1945 and change since 1940

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Table 51. Tenure and rent: Nonfarm dwelling units by number of rooms, 1940-

Table 46. State of repair and plumbing equipment: Nonfarm dwelling units by type of structure and geographic region, 1940-

Table 47. State of repair and plumbing equipment: Occupied and vacant nonfarm dwelling units by geographic region, 1940--

Table 48. State of repair and plumbing equipment: Nonfarm and rural farm dwelling
units inside and outside metropolitan districts, 1940-

Table 49. Tenure: Nonfarm and farm dwelling units, 1890 to 1945..
Table 50. Rent: Nonfarm dwelling units by year built, 1940-.

Table 52. Vacancy and tenure: Nonfarm and rural farm dwelling units, 1940 and
1945.

Table 53. Occupancy and vacancy: Nonfarm and rural farm dwelling units by geographic division, 1940..

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