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Housing shortage

The Housing Shortage

October 10, 2017October 10, 2017jhgraham Postwar Tags: Film Noir, Housing shortage

During the war, they dreamed of home. Now that it was over, many returning veterans found that trying to get a home was a more like a nightmare.

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Home Sweet Hut: Rodger Young Village

September 25, 2017jhgraham Postwar Tags: Basilone homes, Housing shortage, Rodger Young Village, WWII 2 Comments

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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

September 25, 2017May 30, 2018jhgraham Postwar Tags: Housing shortage, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 2 Comments

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Basilone Homes

September 21, 2017September 25, 2017jhgraham Postwar Tags: Basilone homes, Housing shortage 4 Comments

In June 1946, two months after Rodger Young Village opened near Griffith Park, the Los Angeles City Housing Commission announced the start of another large federal, state and locally-funded veterans’ emergency housing project, Basilone Homes.

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