Excerpt from The Carpenter, Vol. 59: A Monthly Journal for Carpenters, Sawmill and Timber Workers, Furniture Workers, Stair Builders, Machine Wood Workers, Planing Mill Men, Millwrights, Shipwrights and Boat Builders, Piledrivers and Kindred Industries; January, 1939 Shelter rentals have been placed in the reach of the lowest income groups, ranging from $21 per month in New York City to $8 per month in the Southwest. Cost limitations established by law have been met on projects on the way and under way. Most important, Administrator Straus Was cheered by the fact that slum-clearance and rehousing have, 'during the last year, been accepted as. Perma nent rather than emergency measures in the nation's economy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.