Under care case load August 1938-heads of families by age group, by employment group, by year came to city-Continued Under care case-Intake by month-Year of 1938-Year came to city and reason for intake Continued Prepared by statistical department, department of public welfare, city of Detroit, Sept. 22, 1941. Applications received, month of August 1941, Department of Public Welfare, City of EXHIBIT 13. SURVEY ON MIGRATION TO DETROIT, SEPTEMBER 3-16, 1941 REPORT BY JOHN F. BALLENGER, MANAGER, BUREAU OF OLD-AGE ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD, FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY, DETROIT, MICH. SEPTEMBER 17, 1941. The results of the survey conducted in this office relative to the above subject shows the following: Total number of over-the-counter applicants - Total number of applicants who came to Detroit since July 1, 1941 3,865 381 or 9.8 percent The attached list shows the number of applicants who have migrated to Detroit from each State. Origins of in-migrating applicants for old-age and survivors insurance, Detroit, Mich., Sept. 3–16, 1941 EXHIBIT 14.-PURPOSE AND ACTIVITIES OF THE HOMES REGISTRATION OFFICE, DETROIT, MICH. REPORT BY STUART E. WALKER, SUPERVISOR HOMES REGISTRATION, OFFICE OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION, DETROIT, MICH. One of the many problems bearing upon the efficiency of defense production is adequate housing for defense and related workers and their dependents. If satisfactory dwelling places are not available within reasonable commuting distance of employment, production efficiency will be reduced materially. To cope with this housing problem, there has been established in the city of Detroit, as a unit of the Detroit Housing Commission, a homes registration office. This office operates in conjunction with the Division of Defense Housing Coordina tion, Homes Registration Division, in Washington, D. C. It is operated for the following principal purposes: (a) To secure and maintain current, in a central file, information on all available vacant dwelling accommodations, by location, type, rent, and condition; and to refer thereto applicants in need of dwelling accommodations, either directly, or through realtors, with whom listed. (b) To furnish information and regular reports to the Division of Defense Housing Coordination through the Division of Homes Registration in Washington, D. C., as well as to local governmental units and other agencies which will result in the development of every dwelling place which can be made available either for temporary or permanent use. This will also enable the development of whatever necessary action needed to assure the construction of additional dwelling units, if same may be determined to be essential. Registrations and applications for referrals are accepted from any person, but priorities have been established on referrals as follows: 1. Defense-industry workers and military and naval personnel. 2. Workers in service industries essential to the maintenance, health, and comfort of defense workers and to normal community life. 3. General applicants whose presence in the community does not seem to be essential. In addition, it is the policy of this office to make no referrals of any dwelling accommodations that investigation proves to be substandard. At the present time this office is operating only within the corporate limits of the city of Detroit and has conducted no campaign for registrations or referrals outside the city limits. However, plans are being formulated to expand the activities in the near future to include all of Wayne County. The zoning ordinance of the city of Detroit prohibits the rental of rooms, lighthousekeeping units, and the sharing of dwelling units, in approximately 70 percent of the area of the entire city unless the use was in existence at the effective date of the ordinance. The effect of this restriction on registrations of this nature are illustrated as follows: As of August 20, 1941, this office had received 3,633 room, etc., registrations, of which 1,819 were apparently in conflict with the zoning ordinance. To make these units available it would be necessary to amend or suspend the zoning ordinance. However, as of this date, there were less than 100 applications for referral to the 1,844 available registrations. A visual vacancy survey in the city of Detroit was conducted by this office, with the assistance of the Detroit chapter of the American Red Cross, on July 17, 1941. Briefly, this report indicated that vacancy had decreased from 5.1 percent in 1938, according to the real-property survey; to 3.5 percent in 1940, according to the Federal census of housing; to 2.2 percent in January 1941, according to the Work Projects Administration sample vacancy survey; to 0.9 percent as of July 17, 1941. While there is a certain potential value in over-all vacancy figures or percentages, it does not always follow that it presents a complete housing picture. Although it is realized that the value of any analysis of figures covering the operations of the homes registration office has its limitations, due to the fact that it has only been in existence since June 30, 1941, nevertheless the following data may be a guiding factor in any analysis of the housing problems. The following tabulation of 809 applications for dwelling units received by this office through September 10, 1941, shows the demand picture by rental, by size of unit: |