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It explains the housing crisis in New York’s slums and argues that solutions cannot rely solely on tenement-house legislation. 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TARGET\n\nOBIGINAL MATERIAL AS FILMED-EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD  \n\n| 308   |  |\n| --- | --- |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n| Z'  \u003Cbr>弱  \u003Cbr>Fecksclier,Aueust.1848-  \u003Cbr>Box 270  \u003Cbr>The housng problz up to date;a staterent by  \u003Cbr>August;Hockscher,prepared for and presented to  \u003Cbr>the Eavor Rul the Board of est,imate and aDporticr-  \u003Cbr>ment,July 26,1927·  \u003Cbr>lew York,Heckgcher foL2ndlA   |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  | tion for chi.ldren r19271   |\n|  | 13 p.plan.21 cm.   |\n| 141865   |  |\n|  | ONLy EJ)   |\n\n Reproductions may not be made without permission trom Columbia UniversityLibraries               \nRESTRICTIONS ON USE:  \nTECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA  \nFILM SIZE:            35m  \n 9:/   \nIIB  \nIB   \nREDUCTION RATIO:  \nIMAGE PLACEMENT:IA  \nDATE FILMED:                    517197INITIALS:          7LM  \nTRACKING\\#:                                                                                                  MSH 244017  \nFILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA.  \nBIBLIOGRAPHIC IRREGULARITIES  \nMAIN ENTRY:Heckscher.August  ……………………      ……………  \n………   …  ………     ………       …                              -…The housing problemup to date          …     -ttt  ttt                tt  \n# Bibliographic Irregularities in the Original Document:\n\nList all volumes and pages affected;include name of institution if filming borrowed text.  \n ___Page(s)missing/not available:                              \n_____Volume(s)missing/not available:_                           \nX Illegible and/or damaged page(s):_page 1  \n  Page(s)or volume(s)misnumbered:                          \n  Bound out of sequence:                                 \n___Page(s)or volume(s)filmed from copy borrowed from:_                  \n\n| ___Other:_   |\n| --- |\n|  |\n\n  Inserted material:  \n                                   \nThrough the Presdent's Office  \n308  \n30x 270  \n# The Housing Problem up to Date\n\nA statement by August Heckscher prepared for andpresented to the Mayor and the Board of Estimateand Appoetionment July 26,1927.  \n)  \n(n the seventh of July,Mayor Walker,in cc ncewith a number of realty operators,bankers,capi:alist.andphilanthropists,gave his approval to a housing plan pre-sented by Mr.August Heckscher,who one year ago wentabroad at the Mayor's request to investigate housing conditions in Europe and to report thereon.  \nCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES  \nThis book is due on the date indicated below,or at the  \nexpiration of a defnite perlod after the date of borrowing,as  \nprovided by the library rules or by special arrangement with  \nthe Librarlan in charge.  \n\n| DATE BORROWED   | DATE DUE   | DATE BonROWED   | DATE DUE   |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  | 17'AP   |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n| C28(747)M100   |  |  |  |\n\nIt has long been recognized that the problem ofhousing in the slums is one demanding a substantial solution,which cannot be found in the application of tenement houselegislation or even in its revision.Attempts to cope withthe situation in the congested arezs of the city,as forexample the forming of limited dividend companies operat-ing under tax exemption,the worthy enterprises of Mr.Bing,Mr.Rockefeller and the Metropolitan Life Insur-ance Company,serve to show how necessary it is to provide,along with public schools,parks,baths,etc.,etc.,suitablehomes for some of the citizens of New York.  \n过  \nThe immediate purpose of what may be called theWalker-Heckscher plan is to erect suitable apartments onsuitable sites,and thus secure safety from fire and promotehealth,morals and contentment.The need for such ade-quate housing has long been felt,and it requires no argu-ment to show that the slums of the 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