Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1925, Page 21

‘REAL ESTATE BOARD’S SUCCESS IS TOLD BY FORMER SECRETARY John A. Petty Describes Body’s Help to Realtors and| to Public Following Lapse of Rent Control Legislation Here. THE EVEN ING_STAR. WASHINGTO v Real Estate Board where there was|study disclosed information extremely {any evidence to fustify t! the request for an increase in rent or the attempt to secure possession of the | thentic manner the position of the property was not warranted. The rec- | board in its prediction that no whole- {ords kept by the board disclose the fact | | that, with two or three exceptions, the | lapse of rent legislation. landlords were perfectly willing to ad-| just their demands for rent Increases | cases flled fro he belief that D SATURDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1925, T houses are found in row house and| cammunity group sections, and there are also semi-detached and detached | homes avallable in desirable suburban sections ranging from approximat the same low price. Of course, there | has been a considerable production of | higher priced homes, but this phase of | the buflding program hardly could be tendency toward eviction. lnlfllew tenant situation. The moderate prices of the fact that the Rent Commission |ang attractive partial payment plans of the District of Columbia, by ad- | have made 1t possible for many. (o verse court dectsion, was practically | buy homes at a less monthly outlay inoperative for several months befors | than they have been accustomed to it lapsed by expiration of law the pre- | paying for rent. Modern homes with dicted udvent of wholesale evictions | th latest improvements of sanitation ana {nereased rentals could have been 2 na convenfences ave: available: from expected before the actual lapse of the | something less than $5,500 in desira- interesting and signfficant, as it sup- ported in the most definite and au- isale evictions would result from the “The statistics compiled show 13, March 1, 1925, to Sep- the past year and at the present tima desirable builc plan which there are several ve ings being offered on t brings the of home ownershiy even to a much lower level to the of this special purchases, . “The lesson learned in Washing: cost needs class of | in accordance with the ideas of the | board as to fairness and ‘equity. | quite a few instances tenants appealed | to the board regarding notices of in | creases in rents when they themselves . | realized the increase was fair, but the Ilicre appeared in the current issue | ment and operation of rent laws has | mere fact that they had a place for of the National Real Estate Journal article entitled *Housing in the written some weeks Petty, formerly ex of the Washington | The article deals lowing the lapse atton and shows hington Real ning normal | The ar an Nation's Capital.” azo by John A ecutive secretary Real Estate Board ith the conditions f of rent control | the activities of the Wa Estate HBoard in mair econditions in local housing. ticle follows: “IWhen it became apparent that Con s would not enact arther rental tion for the Distriet of Colum T 1 kstate to the | ia Board desired in some ¢ issure Loth t President members of bo here was no n ection with ihe h With hite way and houses of Congress | on- | of ising situation in | this thought in sublicly announced, | 1 by letters, its means within | exorbitantin arranted evie liowing the lapse This position \ the banking ternities of the city, | nd moral support and | in these | concurred nd husinc and the active ration of this legisla- . 0 pe which srounds ¢ claim for in Wash ditlons ex aring and im- var did not besin until the ex vent control , il ed “several permanently ulty erienced ir ediate the nor 1 laws perma nent_solution of i “Conditions noval of demon t unres Al course tioned to bring Wash using. In ind bit the en a efficient) arer n sendered hv P e R R e Bargain, $12.250 1 Think So 1840 Park Road N.W. Open for inspection Sunday from 1 to 0 PIM. Breuninger 9 rooms, large 1. oak floors, front seesesrresretrrststetrene P e S T OO porch. sleeping porch: > space for ar garage. E. Walt Burton, Jr. 201 Insurance Bldg. Main 1648 P R TR ees b + $ ! b : + b o 0000000004 Upshur St. West of 16th Street Detached homes. cor eight rooms, two baths, hard- aining wood floors t nial front porches, large attic Lots 0 to alley Sample House No. 1714 Open for FLOYD E. DAVI COMPANY 732 12th Street N.W. Inspection Opportunity in Woodridge 2615 Monroe St. N.E. Open Sunday well constructed in excellent con- vooms and bath t floor and three fin- ished rooms the second. Porches, hot-water heat, fire- place, electric lights, gas, ga- rage. Coal in cellar. ~Lot 40 feet front. running through to and fronting on Rhode Island Avenue. Price, $10,500 A chance seldom hiad to secure a nome' of thi {ype at such a low price. Owner leaving city. Unusually semi-bungalow Come Out and Inspect Sunday Louis P. Shoemaker 1407 New York Avenue Main 1166 | been seen to disappear. “During the latter part of Febru- . before Congress adjourned, ashington Real Estate Boare suant to its public announcement, dertook the investigation of any com- | the amount of rent desired, but we [bearing whatever on the housing sit- | plaints ‘of injustice and unwarranted ' were immeasurably helpful in bringin action on the part of any landlord, | to each a better understanding of the and during the course of eight months | opposite it received considerably less than 200 | that they left much better prepared to | rent. such complaints. stances, and tenants, did not involve either the | sonal ill will and antagonisr question of a rent increase or the|so much in evidence in \ question of eviction advice and assistance were sought by hoth Jandlords and tenants on matters of law, practice and c were many Instances where the board was made in anticipation an justice of such action. purpose of checking the wisdom and | jandlord and tenant cases in the Dis- “There were less than a score of in-| stances coming 1o the attention of the of the statistics gathered ‘cuxm)luln.s created a state of mind that prompted a call on the board. In the[evon case handled by the board we pur- | not only attempted to bring the land- un- | lord and tenant together in respect to viewpoint, with the result al relations between Many of these in- | pursue the nor t without the per- coming from both landlords|landlord and tena Frequently only | during the period of rent control. No Wholesale Evictions. ‘While this a visit 10| gervice was being c ‘lmnnl, it also conducted a very care for the’ sole |ty study of the records of the Munici- | pal_Court, which court receives all stom, and there informal adjustment expected action A careful analysis from this fet of Columbia. CYRUS SIMMONS Announces The Removal of His Offices, December 14, 1925 to 1414 K Street N.W. Where he will be pleased to have you call and inspect his new home. CYRUS IMMON Re:ltor 1114 K st. N.W. ‘P Why Pay More Than $6.500 » need to! You can procure a truly charming new bungalow home for the very reasonable figure given above. situated in a high, healthy neighbor- hood and convenient to cars, stores, schools, ete. lach dwelling has large grounds with beautiful oak trees. There arc . a complete modern electricity, up-to-the-mi; bdern constry e once oo five $55 a month—small first pavment OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY Take G Street car out Rhode Jsland Ave. to 14ih Street N.E. nnd walk three saunres North (o Irving— or to 1 nd Lrving Streets N.E. MKerp ARREN OWNERS AND BUILDERS 925 15th Street Main 9770 Sunday Phone—Potomac 13 NOTHER Miller-built community—with its value-insuring restrictions and its hominess features. Semi-detached Homes of English motifs— grouped in artistic units. Six’ and eight rooms and bath, with builtin fixtures—cedar-lined closets— and all those features of equipment and decoration which stamp them as Miler-built. Lots, giving spacious lawns; with foundation planting, fronting on a paved parkway, Van Ness Street, linking Connecticut Avenue with Wisconsin Avenue. $12,950 =~ £13,500 —and we'll arrange terms Open for inapection every afternoon, evening and all day Sunday. Lighted heated. Just north of Cleveland Park copsin Avenue and Van Ness Street Realtors 1119 Seventeenth Street In| ied on by the | | tember 30, 1925, which perlod extend- | ed from aimost three months prior to | | the lapse of the rent luw until four | months after its lapse. Out of all these cases there was a total of 13,181 cases which showed on their face that | { they v flled solely for non-payment | of rent. In view of the fact that only 198 cases resulted in actual evictions| {by the marshal's office, it is conclu- sively proven t the number of land lord “and tenant cases flled have no| law and certainly would have been expected after May 1925, the date ‘ of its expiration. | Restored Confldence. tion has restored confidence fn real | estate and brought a renewed activ ity in building with the result that today it is plainly evident to all there | 1s 1o shortage of housing. Unofficial | statistics show that 2,500 new houses were bullt in 1924 and 4,000 built du ation and represent merely that por-| ing the first nine months of 18 7 i tion of our tenant population that are | Two thousand apartment units wers | delinquent in the payment of their|constructed in 1924 and 2,700 were Practically all of these cases are | constructed during _the first nine ;[ adjusted before they reach the evic-|months of 1925. This tremendous fon stage, because the rent is paid by | building program has opened up ave the tenant. Out of the number filed | nues of competition and restored to ach month there i its normal function the law of supply oup of tenants that a and demand. It is now quite possible | f pay and to secure living accommodations in | & apartment houses furnishing the usu- | al apartment conveniences nd com- forts for rentals ranging from $17.50 | per room, with a lower graduated |§ scale in nre\\m'-ronmrurlml Ivu\hl“ 2 in chronically require court proceed- ry month in order to number of complaints that reached the board and the insig- i nificant number of evictions, both of | which are negligible in comparison to { the population of the city, prove con- | clusively that the removal of rental { legislation did not result in any gen eral increase in rent or any general ‘hile the tremendous activity in | the construction of houses has been | confined to those offered for sale, thi: has had a distinct bearing on the | | | Beautiful Corner Home In Chevy Chase, D. C. 38th and Kanawha Street (One Block West of Conn. Ave.) I'lie large, well appointed rooms and inclosed porches are r.m!h- arranged to give this Colonial dwelling its distinctive rm'and comfort FEATURES. Nine large rooms Screened and Weatherstripped Three fine baths Built-in Garage Two inclosed porches Tile roof Lot 75x100 Feet Open for Inspection Sunday, 11 A.M. to 5 P.M. L. E. Breuninger & Sons Main 6140 706 Colorado Building “Deal With a Realtor” 1707 Allison Street N.W. (Just Completed) A center-hall type of colonial resi- dence of which the discriminating purchaser may be justly proud Nine rooms, three baths, lavatory on first floor, two-car garage, lot 63 feet wide. Open and Lighted Every Day Until 9 P.M. Built and For Sale By L€ Breunancger & Soxs 706 Colorado Bldg. Main 6140 “DEAL 'WITH A REALTOR" ble $15.000 in extremely desirable loca- | tons and with larger accommodations. ! ;l"he lower-priced houses are being of- e | “The lapse of rent control legisla- | 154" ag " g500 | ments of {and a payment on the reduction of the | srincipal. “While many of the lower priced |few years ago has been reneted in' Washington fopitee < Sl Sl 2 taken into consideration in a study | of the housing situation for the r at the housing situation is gen referred to as it affects the av red with an initial cash payment as | erage wage earner and consequently nd with monthly pay- |the high-priced propertles do not fit| . covering_all interest | this progiam. “The co-ope plan which was somewhat locations up to approximately should be emphasized throughout the countr ny uttempt be made enact tive rent control legis tion in of the § v with the combined help c - of the country and their affil that the Washington realtors - to successfully combat the i itive apartment house posed permanent rent vontrol active i fre it R g Suliae 2 e _Suie Sl _Sallec 5 Massachusetts " Ave. Heights At Its Best 2804 , .34:11 St. Facing a Portion of Rock Creek Park Nowhere in this exclusive section will you find a more de- lightful situation for a new home. i portion of Rock Creek Park and its proximity to the new Cathedral are two distinct advantages.over similar properties offered at considerably higher figures. The house, constructed of brick and half timbers, is a center entrance effect. To the Your left of the entrance hall is a sun porch, with southern exposure. i ekl 1BThoL el e e P In.s‘l)(’(‘fion house. On the right will be found unusually large living and ining rooms, both with side brackets: the kitchen is most complete. On the second floor are four well proportioned bedrooms and two fine tiled baths. Servant quarters with com- plete bath. A two-car brick garage is provided on the rear of « the lot. Really a remarkably fine home and one that will be better appreciated after an inspection. Hedges & Middleton, Inc. REALTORS Will Be Open Its permanent view over a For Sunday After 10 AM. t { ) ‘ ' \ } ¥ ) ' | ' } f { ' ' 1412 Eye St. N.W. DL esiy o1 Rssitor Franklin 9503 § OPPORTUNITY SHOULD BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY THE PURCHASE OF A Kansas Avenue Home Overlooking Beautiful Sherman Circle 85 Built 2 Left A Shapiro-Katz Home is a Guarantee in Itself ' WE GUARANTEE A WINTER’S SUPPLY OF COAL WITH THE SALE OF EACH OF OUR HOUSES NEW SECTION, HIGH ELEVATION, REFINED NEIGHBORS Sample House 4829 Kansas Ave. N.W. Open Daily and Sunday Until 9 P.M. TO INSPECT Drive out Ga. Ave. to Decatur St., thence east 3 blocks to Kan- sas Ave. and Sampl~ House. Fair Price Good Terms These homes are 20 feet wide and 32 feet deep. with double 10-ft. rear porches. They are carefully planned and built of the finest material obtainable. Large, well proportioned rooms, a kitchen that will delight any woman, .tile bath with built tub and shower, pedestal stand, ample closet space, floor plugs in all closet downstairs, side lighting fixtures, hot-water heat, electric lights, Pittsburg instantaneous water heater. rooms, coat To describe every outstanding features is impossible. Come and see for yourslf. This location is enhancing in value every day SHAPIRO-KATZ COMPANY REALTORS—BUILDERS : 1416 K St. N.W. Main 9111 Deal With a Realtor