Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 144, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1919 — Flat Famine Threatens N. Y. Workers’ Exodus [ARTICLE]

Flat Famine Threatens N. Y. Workers’ Exodus

Tenement and home building must" be resumed on a large scale in New York to prevent a general exodus of workers to other parts of the country, the state reconstruction, commission announced. A shortage of 100,000 apartments exists in New York City, the statement said. Only half as many plans for new buildings were filed in 1918 as for the same period two years ago, and only a third of the buildings planned have been completed. ~ ' ~