Sunday, May 25, 1958 THE
STEADY IMPROVEMENT:
Student Housing
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STILL POSSIBLE-Many apartments still have violations of
housing laws which could result in fires and possible deaths. This
happened in 1954 when two women died in an apartment blaze.
But he added that there are no ing accounted for 11.05 per cent
plans to include apartments for and private dwellings for 35.35 per
married couples in the program, cent.
mainly because "most of the prob- Roughly, one-third of the stu-
l-ms the contracts are intended dents live in Residence Halls, one-
to alleviate are not in this area." third in private dwellings and one-
The rapid growth of colleges third in other types, including
and universities has, in fairly sororities, fraternities, League
recent years, made housing facili- Houses, co-ops and at home (in
ties a key factor in American high- and out of Ann Arbor).
er educational institutions. I The only sizeable change in this
The availability of housming is from the previous year was a three
exerting a strong influence just per cent increase in the number
on the extent to which some uni- of students living in private dwell
versities can expand. But the de- ings.
mand for housing also effects the The major factor in regularly
condition of dwellings. available housing is the amount
the University can offer at any
SOME University officials have time. (This description excludes
said that the only really ef- from possible city housing many
fective way to improve housing single rooms in private homes
conditions in Ann Arbor is to have which the owners rent only when
considerably more space than is an extreme housing shortage oc-
needed, whether it is provided by curs.)
the University or by private apart- The University plans its dormi
ment owners. tory building program a number
Then, the officials argue. crowd- (Continued on Next Page)
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