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Of the total of 450,000 dwelling units in the city of Detroit, a recent survey showed 4,050 vacant. This vacancy ratio of 00 percent compares with 5.6 percent in 1938. on the outskirts of the city, where many defense workers live, provide environments for the children as shown above.

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A real-estate office in Warren Township which sells the property before it is built to customers who move in when it is half built. The buyer finishes the job himself.

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Here is what the customer gets when he buys the house "roughed in," as advertised in the picture on the preceding page. After hours in the defense plant, this worker expects to finish up his homework.

The rush for living quarters in the Detroit area is reflected in many makeshift arrangements. Above is shown the basement of a house in Warren Township, roofed over until the family can afford to complete the house.

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