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4-2298 F:C::DEB.AL WORKS AGENCY Work Projects -A&ni.n istration -. ,,,. SEP 14 1942 .A For Release Monday , Ee0::-uary 2, 1942 l(.b).'JTS .UP SUEST.A;J:i'IALLY I.N DEFi;~rnE A..~AS SU_RVE1E~ BY i'lPA Average residen t ial rents in defense are~s have increased sub- .. star.tial-ly. since the beginning of the defense program, according to a summary of rental surveys prepared by the WPA Division of Research an4. releaseq. today by F. H. Dryden, .'\.cting Commissioner of Work ?rejects. Rents have been increased in 114 of 115 areas surveyed, the summary shows, but the rate of increase ranges from one percent or less in Baton Rouge , La., Gallipolis, Ohio, and KeW})ort, R. I., to more than 90 percent in Starke, Fla., and Leesville, La. Only one city--Boise, Idaho--showed no T~e report is derived from recurrent surveys conducted during 1941 by the WiA Division of Research, in cooperation with local WPA offic es , at the req_u(; s t of the Office of Price Adljlinistration. The surveys covered chiefly areas near military est?.blishments, sm.?,11 industrie.l commu.ni ties, and other smRll ci tit:~s from which complaints of high rentals had been received by OPA. In order to maintain a check upon the eff ect of the war en r esidential r ents , WFA expects to repeat the surveys every four or six months in most of the areas, Mr. Dryden said. Average rentals for ei thcr MRrch, 1940 1 or September, 1940, are used ~s the base for computing rent incr~ases. Latest reports show that in approximately half the cities surveyed the a.ver~.ge tenant is paying at least 8 percent more for his dwelling than he was before the war production program got under way. Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4-2298 The reports are based on surveys of family dwelling units only, and do not include single rooms. Since cities surveyed were selected because of specific interest to OFA, results should not be regard~d as a national sampling for statistical purposes . (The attached table, by cities, shows indexes of average rentals . disclosed b:r each survey.) oOo Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY ~2298 Summary o:f Rental Change S~ve;ys Made ··Du,r7-ng 1,941 by the · w.PA 1)ivision of Researcl: at the "Request of the Office of Price Administration Area Survoved. Index of 1940 Alabama. .Anniston Florence ) Sheffi~id) Tuscumbia) Huntsyille Selma Mar: Sept _ 100.0 102.7 111.8 - 100.0 102.0 ll2.4 - Sylacuga) Talladega) Arkansas Texarkana Mar May · June . July Average Rent 1941 Aug Sept Oct Nov 120.8 121.0 - 100.0 100.0 100 .0 100.0 122.5 104.2 135. 6 138.8 - 100.0 116.4 - - Ca] j fo:cnfa :Monterey) Salinas) Paso Robles San Luis Obispo Connecticut Bristol Meriden Middletown New London) ) .Groton Florida. Gaii:iesville). ) Starke Pensacola 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 100.0 101.5 100.7 10000 100 .3 .105.6 104.6 - 102.6 - 100.0 101.2 100.0 126.3 100.0... 101.9 103.2 178.2 103.5 - Georgia Albany Toccoa 100.0 100.0 Idaho . . Boise 100.0 Illinois 100.0 102. 0 Joliet :Viadison Co. Cities 100. o 1op. 2. 100.0 Rantoul 100.0 -- Savanna 10; 133.·o - 100.0 100.~ n, 106.8 101. 6 - 102.6 l C0 .4 100.0 Dec 111.3 108.9 ... 109.5 102.1 105.6- 104.3 190.2 106.3 107.9 107.0 100.0 - 109.3 102.0 - 113.6 105.1 10 1os·:o 110,8 - . Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN Ul\llVERSITY 4--2298 InQeI of Aver~ge Reut Area Surveyed 1940 lv'1ar Sept Indiana Anderson Connersville Elkhart Lafayette La Porte Madison 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 102.0 102 .3 Iowa Burlingt on 100.0 102.6 Kansas Junction City 1 00.0 Parsons 104.6 100. 0 Louisiana Alexandria Baton Rouge Leesville Minden 103 .3 100 . 0 115. 8 100.0 121. 3 106.1 100.0 100. b Ear Hay June July 1941 Aug ... Sept Oct 105.2 104.2 - 119. 6 - - 115. 5 127.5 120.8 - - 159.7 129.5 -100.6 -.:. - 198.5 - 194. 9 - 126.7 115. 3 - Waine Bath 100.0 102.7 Marvla nd Elkton Hagerstown 100.0 100.0 101.1 100.4 101. 5 102.0 - Ma s sa.chusetts Ayer 100.0 101.3 103.0 - 105.2 - 100.0 101.8 100 .0 102.8 102.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 102.7 - 107.1 104 .9 108.7 Michigan Bny City Jackson Midland Muskegon ·Jil(:)s ) Buchanan) Ypsilanti 100.0 100.0 ... Missi ss ippi Biloxi Meridian ~ Missouri Neosho Rolla St. Charles New Jersey Dover New Brunswick Phillipsburg 100.0 100.0 110.9 - 103.4 107.8 105.2 107.9 104.6 - 124.8 101.8 103.8 - - - - - - 120.9 - ... ..,. 103. 4 104.1 lGl.8 - Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY - - - 113.3 103. 8 100 .0 100.0 100.0 103. 7 102.6 100.0 100 . 0 100.0 102.3 Dec 106.8 102.2 119.1 .,.. 115.5 - 110.l 112. 9 Nov - 146.0 - f -., ' 4-2298 Area Surveyed Index of Average Rent )I f 1940 New York Bethpage ) Farmingdale) Dunkirk Elmira Ilion Jamestown Massena Sidney Watertovm) Carthage) North Carolina Fayetteville Henderson Morehead City New Bern Wilmington Ohio . Elyria Fostoria Gallipolis Lorain Middletown Port Clinton Sandusky Sidney Warren) Ravenna) Wellington Oklahoma La,vton Mar Sept 100.0 100.9 100.0 100.J 100.0 100.0 102.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 ·Har May June 1941 July Aug 102.0 101.9 100.0 100.0 10'.).0 101. 7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100 . 0 100 . 0 101.2 99.4 100.0 100.0 Oregon Astoria Pendleton 103. 7 Oct 104.0 - 104.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100 . 4 101.3 100.0 1.00 .0 100.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.2 100. 7 D?C · - 105.2 111.4 109.9 109.0 .,. 110.8 - 107.9 107.1 111.0 - 116.8 101.1 ·108 .1 106.9 119.2 ~- ·~ 111-.2 - 110.0 104.2 100.9 108.6 - 102.6 - 10.s.o - 107.4 107.7 110.1 114.4 106.2 105 .1 107.7 11_5.2 - 123.3 - 106.3 109.2 - 100.0 100.0 Pennsylvania Beaver County Berwick Bristol · Corry Ell wood City New Castle Sharon) Farrell) Titusville Williamsport Nov 10.5.7 104.9 - 101.3 100.0 lCO.O 100.0 Sept 103.4 - 104.4 102.5 102.7 103 .3 - - 10.5. 7 ,... 105.6 - 104 .7 101.9 10.5.5 110.7 104.0 103 • .5 110.1 Digitize'd by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 104.2 - 4-2298 , Area SurveYed Ind.ex of Average Rent Mar Rhode Island Newport Tennessee Medina) Milan ) Humoold~ Paris Tullahoma Texas Abilene Brownwood Mineral Wells Orange Palacios Texarkana 1940 Sept - - - 101.0 100.0 105.1 137.4 - 145.8 100.0 100.0 109.7 100. 0 1()(1 _ J l C,J . 0 100.0 101.7 114.9 106.1 100.0 100.0 Vermont Springfield) ) Windsor 100.0 103 .. 9 100.0 102.6 111.2 157. 7 140.6 - 115. 3 154.5 143.6 137.9 - - - 119.9 157.6 - 127.7 - 10~.8 .. 113.3 108.7 - 111.4 - 145.9 122.9 102.2 - 109.1 105.9 ...; - 102.7 - 107.1 l CO.O 104.1 - 116. 6 100.0 - 100.0 104.1 .100.0 - 114.6 - 128.3 103.9 100.0 101.6 - 103.6 - 106.0 100.0 - - 121.2 - 103.6 - 104.5 - Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY ... .. - 100 . 0 Washington Ev.erett Wisconsin Mt•.ni towoc ) -Two Rivers) Sparta Dec 100.3 100.0 101.9 West Virginia Morgantown Point Pleasant 1Tov 99.8 100.0 Utah Ogden Virginia Petersourg · Rad.ford) · Pulaski) 1941 Mar May June July Aug Sept . 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