HOUSING: No Place like Home, But ...

Homeless veterans got a mite of help last week in their house hunting. The Civilian Production Administration slapped a priorities system on building materials, to start Jan. 15. In 1946 it hopes to funnel them into some 400,000 new homes for veterans costing $10,000 and less.

CPAdministrator John D. Small listed ten critical building materials* which will be affected by the priorities program. Special "HH" priorities will be issued by Federal Housing Administration field offices to veterans who want to build houses, or to professional builders, providing that they will hold their houses for rent or sale to...

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