Letter from the Bureau of the Census to Mr. Niehauer, Housing Authority of the City of South Bend, 1959

Description:	A letter from Wayne F. Daugherty, Bureau of the Census to Mr. Niehauer, Housing Authority of the City of South Bend. Containing data on housing in South Bend from the 1950 Census of Housing, with a definition of substandard housing. US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEbureau the censusWASHINGTON as. D. C.February 27, 1959Mr. M. A. NiebauerAssistant Executive DirectorHousing Authority of theCity of South Bend4l7 Whiteomb & Keller BuildingSouth Bend 25, IndianaDear Mr. Niebauer:This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of February 20enclosing a check for \|io for a special tabulation of data from the1950 Census of Housing for south Bend city, St. Joseph County, Indiana.The data are as follows:Total White Nonwhitedwelling units 35,155 32,712 1,714Owner occupied. ... 24,127 23,161 966Renter occupied 10,299 9,551 748729 XXX XXXReported as substandard.............. 5,905 4,987 779Owner occupied. 2,783 2,4l6 367Renter occupied ..*.... 2,983 2,571 412Vacant....... 139 XXX XXXCondition and plumbing not reported.. 744 614 72As you requested, a dwelling unit has been considered substandard, as defined by the Public Housing Administration, if it eitheris dilapidated or does not have the following plumbing facilities: hotand cold running water, flush toilet and bath inside the structure forthe units exclusive use.yours,Wayne F. DaughertyChief, Housing DivisionBureau of the Census
Origin:	1959
Source:	http://michianamemory.sjcpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16827coll4/id/2068
Collection:	Civil Rights and African American History
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Subjects:	African Americans--Social conditions--To 1964--Indiana--South Bend Discrimination in housing--Indiana--South Bend Housing--Indiana--South Bend

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