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War housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to house civilian workers employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard. These homes, constructed at a cost of $1,114,748 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority) through the local housing authority, are permanent and are expected to continue after the emergency as part of the local authority's low-rent housing project. Rents are divided into three groups which run from a low of $19 to a high of $39 a month. The project completed on February, 1941, consists almost entirely of apartment-type dwellings

Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to house civilian workers employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard. These homes, constructed at a cost of $1,114,748 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority) through the local housing authority, are permanent construction and are expected to continue after the emergency as part of the local authority's low-rent housing project. Rents are divided into three groups which run from a low of $19 to a high of $39 a month. The project completed on February, 1941, consists almost entirely of apartment-type dwellings

Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to house civilian workers employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard. These homes, constructed at a cost of $1,114,748 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority) through the local housing authority, are permanent construction and are expected to continue after the emergency as part of the local authority's low-rent housing project. Rents are divided into three groups which run from a low of $19 to a high of $39 a month. The project completed on February, 1941, consists almost entirely of apartment-type dwellings

Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to house civilian workers employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard. These homes, constructed at a cost of $1,114,748 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority) through the local housing authority, are permanent construction and are expected to continue after the emergency as part of the local authority's low-rent housing project. Rents are divided into three groups which run from a low of $19 to a high of $39 per month (July 1941). The project completed on February 1941

Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to house civilian workers employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard. These homes, constructed at a cost of $1,114,748 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority) through the local housing authority, are permanent construction and are expected to continue after the emergency as part of the local authority's low-rent housing project. Rents are divided into three groups which run from a low of $19 to a high of $39 per month. The project completed on February 1941

Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to house civilian workers employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard. These homes, constructed at a cost of $1,114,748 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority) through the local housing authority, are permanent construction and are expected to continue after the emergency as part of the local authority's low-rent housing project. Rents are divided into three groups which run from a low of $19 to a high of $39 per month (July 1941). The project completed on February 1941

War housing. Langley Field, Newport News, Virginia. Multi-unit apartments for housing married, enlisted personnel at the Army Air base. Construction work on one of the 350 units being built by the Public Buildings Administration under a war authority program at a cost of $1,282,000. The project is over ninety percent completed (July 1941). Rentals run about twenty percent of tenant's income

Defense housing. Merrimack Park, Norfolk, Virginia. This project to house married enlisted personnel of the Norfolk naval base has 500 units which include single-story detached dwellings, two family houses, two-story group houses and apartments. Built at a cost of $1,980,000 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority), the project was opened for occupancy on July 1, 1941. Rentals are divided into four groups which run from a low 13-15 dollars to a high of 30-33 dollars

War housing. Langley Field, Newport News, Virginia. Multi-unit apartments for housing married, enlisted personnel at the Army Air base. Construction work on one of the 350 units being built by the Public Buildings Administration under a war authority program at a cost of $1,282,000. The project is over ninety percent completed (July 1941). Rentals run about twenty percent of tenant's income

War housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to house civilian workers employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard. These homes, constructed at a cost of $1,114,748 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority) through the local housing authority, are permanent and are expected to continue after the emergency as part of the local authority's low-rent housing project. Rents are divided into three groups which run from a low of $19 to a high of $39 a month. The project completed on February, 1941, consists almost entirely of apartment-type dwellings

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01/01/1941
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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
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Portsmouth (Va.) ,  36.83556, -76.29833
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virginia portsmouth safety film negatives portsmouth va war hale homes hale homes project house workers norfolk navy yard norfolk navy yard cost usha authority emergency part low rent rents groups three groups month apartment type dwellings navy yard navy yard portsmouth 1940s 40s us navy united states history 1940 s library of congress