Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 November 1939 — Page 7

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e Live for $10? Ask Tenants of Condemned Hous '|families continue to live in many correct the conditions which led to|in City records as 717-21 W. 13th|“condemned” sign is plainly v weeks ago and told the tenant the) A row of Houses on W. 13th St.|dwellings. There seems to 0 Or ih iT ey With tees (The at Maio, incl iatrine In the Yard Would hats to be which were Visited snd. condemned] Way 10 g5t Tid of ther, tenauya “Oh, : away e es i "rear Ww ca repaired or the . go i CR : ext, der of discomfort, a : by sanitary inspectors, does not ap-|,. yinc roofs. These are hard

ad? Yes!

- By RICHARD LEWIS : A pale, dark-eyed child lies criti- [of them month after month. Roofs |the condemnation, according to the

But Where Else Can W

cally ill in a ramshackle house in|leak, floors sag and at several places | inhabitants.

W. Morris St. Sickness is a ca- [the latrine is more than 20 yards tastrophe in this house where there |from the rear of the house.

is no inside water, no

The official Health ' Board sign:

running glass in the kitchen windows. This | “This House Is Condemned as Unfit is a house condemned as “unfit for |for Human Habitation,” appears on

human Health Board. : In Indianapolis, there are 202

Jabitation” by the City|some of the houses. But most of them have ‘no signs visible. At two

, & sign was put up and later

places, a houses similarly condemned. Yet! removed, but nothing was done to

- Although the official list shows 202

than that. Perhaps some of

spectors admit they don’t know,

searched for a row of houses listed

rest of them.” . . A field is there now, its tall condemnations, there may be more|grasses almost hiding a row of stone the| foundations. ] condemned houses have been re-| Ten dollars a month is standard paired. Some have vanished, prob-{rent for the condemned dwellings. ably torn down. City sanitary in-|Tenants say they can’t find other | places for $10, so it’s In one neighborhood, this reporter | think of moving.

: hopeless to

At 1036 W. Morris St., the Board's

this and the house next door -at{up. There have been no repairs, ac1038 W. Morris St., to be condemned. | cording to the The latrine is in a weatherbeaten|is visible, : “| Two families a In the summer of 1938, a sanitary |Ave. use a single latrine. inspector tacked up a condemned|houses are on the condemned list sign at 2714 Burton Ave, according|but there is no sign. At 2717, a

shack. : :

to the tenant. Later, the inspector|piece of cardboard keeps the wind came back and took down the sign.|out of the kitchen, There is no inAnother inspector appeared several|side water.

tenant, and no sign t 2717-19 Burton

pear on the official condemned list.|ax Broken windows can be

Tenants assert that while some re-|{ with »ags and paper, or pairs have been made, others were over, but it takes a skilled workm not. The signs are down now. In|to repair roofs.

one house there are kitchen leaks and there is no inside running water. :

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If there are basements, they commodate utility meters. Cent: : heating plants are few. It is usu. Rats and roaches outnumber’ the |ally a pot-bellied iron stove in

human population of condemned |kitchen that fights off the winter.

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