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Preliminarv report of the StateBoard of Housing to Governor Alfred E.mith.December 15.1926.Albany.J.  \nB.Lyon Company,printers,1926.  31  \nRESTRICTIONS ON USE: Reproductions may not be made without permission from Columbia UniversityLibraries.                   \nTECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA  \nFILM SIZE:           3mmREDUCTION RATIO:          //:/IMAGE PLACEMENT:IAIAIB IIB  \nDATE FILMED:                  5.7.97  \nINITIALS:                uB  \nTRACKING\\#:                                                                                  23891  \nFILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA.  \n 25  \nPRELIMINARYREPORT  \nof  \nTHE STATE BOARD OF HOUSING  \nto  \nGOVERNOR ALFRED E.SMITH  \nDecember 15,1926  \nALBANY  \nJ.B.LYON COMPANY,PRINTERS1927  \nSTATE OF NEW YORKPRELIMINARY·REPORTof  \nTHE STATE BOARD OF HOUSINGto  \nGOVERNOR ALFRED E.SMITHDecember 15,1926ALBANY  \nJ.B.LYON COMPANY,PRINTERS1927  \nTHE STATE BOARD OF HOUSING  \n—        ,  \nDepartment of Architecture  \nDABWIN R.JAMES,Chairman.  \nOLIVEE CABANA,JR.  \nLoUIs H.PINK.  \nJoHN HALKETT.  \nAARON RABINOWITZ  \nSULLIVAN W.JoNES,State Architect.  \nGEORGE GovE,Secretary  \nWLLARD L.THORP,Statistician.  \nCARL S.STERN,Counsel  \n[2]  \n儿  \nCONTENTS  \nPAGE  \nState Housing Law………                  …       ……  5Typical Block PlanB…              ……       ……    …8Coet of Aequiring Sites…   …       …………    …   …  …10Renta at Given Site Costa.………     ………   ……………   ……13Costa of Metropolitan Type I…   …  …………          …………16Coesta of Metropolitan Type II…   …………  …  …    …  …18Costa of Compaet Type L      ……    …………    ……   …20Costa of Compaet Type II   …………  ……………  …………………22Costs of Open Type I.…  ………………  ………………………24Cota of Open Type II…………    ……   ……         …  …26Methods of Eatimating Cost      ………         …  ………28  \nTABLES  \nTable  \nNumber  \nI Number of Blocka Available at Various Eatimated Coeta per Square Foot…………11 ·Ⅱ Distribution of Blocka according to Ownerahip.………           …12II Summary of Renta for Different Land Values…  ……           ……14IV Effeot of Store Values on Rents ……      ……   …   …   ……15  \nL551”20  \nThe Board acknowledges its appreciation of the assist-ance given throughout the inquiry by Mr.Walter Stabler,comptroller of the Metropolitan Life.Insuranee Company;Mr.Alexander M.Bing,president of the City HousingCorporation;Mr.Clarence H.Holmes,president of theCity and Suburban Homes Company;by officers of theBuilding Managers and Owners Assoeiation,and by theCommittee on a Regional Plan for New York and itsEnvirons.As eonsulting arehitects,Arthur C.Holdenand Assoeiates prepared the type studies which are shownin this report.  \n[4]  \nnu  \n# THE STATE HOUSING LAW\n\nThe State Board of Housing,created under the terms of the StateHousing Law,was appointed by Governor Alfred E.Smith on July 1,1926.The Board at once began studies of the cost of aequiring suitablesites and of various types of building that may be erected thereon underthe terms of the law.  \nThe studies have now progressed suffeiently to justify the eonelusionthat a material contribution to the improvement of housing conditionsean be made provided those interested are prepared to act under the law.  \nThis preliminary report is presented to show several types of multi-family dwelling that can be erected in present tenement house areas ofNew York City,or other eities of the State,to rent for not more thanthe statutory.maximum.  \nThe essential features of the State Housing Plan are:  \nLimitation of dividends on capital invested in housing projects toeliminate speculative profit.  \nExemption of the housing corporation,its stock,bonds and interestthereon from State taxation to reduce annual eharges on the projeet.Exemption of buildings and improvements from loeal taxation tofurther reduce annual charges.  \nExereise","cbCaig8U5XpxeiqA","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaig8U5XpxeiqA","pdf",1261077,22,"English","# Preliminary Report\n## The State Housing Law\n## State Housing Plan 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