The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 2, 1951, Page 8

Page8 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thursday, August 2. 135! ~ 75% Key West Landlords Can Ask For Ten Percent Rent Increase Under NewRent x mais Cen Re Aes New Law Will Extend Rent Control To June 30, 1952 More than “5 percent of Key West ask for already granted since June,| expansion of Naval facili- 1947. ties here. T : wst/ Director of Rent Stabilization, Though sips Key West Tighe E. Woods pointed out in his; obtained) wire to Knight that “where suc-} * e cessive increases through the years | rent raises up to 50 per- jaye made today's legal rents| Z a z f the rent. “se have been for higher than 20 per cent ol Z cent, the piled June 30, 1947 rates, ordered by} major inprovements and Congress, the landlord will retain increased services. They his present rent.” es ill ask £ 2 aint Monroe county has not granted | can still as or ten pe any increase for maintenance and cent rent raises on the! operations costs beyond the 10) asis inerea ost of Percent raise in December, hence | basi of increased cost of the landlords are entitled to an| maintenance and operu-| additional 10 percent if the Rent tion. And if by any remote! Advisory Board approves it, | ‘hance they did not ask for! ,, 2045 Promises that he will chance they did not ask for) «oncentrate his efforts upon an| a ten percent increase! effective Rent Control program | * around military installations and when the Rent Advisory | vitical defense housing areas to| Board empowered them to protect military and defense work- | last December, they could’ ers and their families from ex- 20 ploitation. ask for the full 20 percent,|" “gyery | excessive rent that permitted under the new | stands up like a sore thumb is since June 30, 1947. law | going to be knocked down,” he ‘ “ Fi | declared. The mew law extending) Rent increases are per-| He was referring to areas that} rent control till June 30, mitted in critical defense pave ee oggavets | 59 1 la 7 and are econ- 1952, says that landlords | areas such as Key West and| trolled as critical defense areas ean ask for rent raises up| Monroe county. This area| “We are now giving top priori- to 20 percent, for inereased| has never been decontrol-' *Y.*© effective rent control around » ‘- - ) military installations. Once certi- costs, deducting increases' ed because of the continued ‘fication of a critical housing area landlords bave landlords can ten percent rent under the new signed by imercases the Free- rent law President Tuesday, man L. Knight. director of local Rent Stabilization of- fice announced today. Key West has permitted only one ten percent rent raise for increased costs of maintenance and operation Armour’s Cloverbloom Gr. ‘A Armour's Cloverbloom Roll Butter Armour's Dexter i Bacon » 45¢ DURKEE’S COLORED DOG FOOD. . 2 cans 2c FAB veeeees Dlg. 2cy FACTORY PACKED SUGAR ....5 lbs. 45c — ee DEL MONTE—NO. 308 CAN PEACHES .. 2 cans 39c BAKE RITE ..... 83c ARMOUR'’S—Reg. Size ROAST BEEF . can 45c CASE OF 24 COCA COLA ..... 82c LONE PALM GUAVA—12-0Z. GLASS JELLY ...... jar 2lc MONARCH GOLDEN CREAM STYLE—Picnic WHITE ROSE FRENCH STYLE GREEN—8-0Z. CORN .....2 cans 29c| BEANS .... 2 cans 27c vatow QNIONS... . . othe. 18 cum PEACHES. ....... 2iR ae CELERY. . 2 stalks 25c SUPER MARKET WHITE and PETRONIA STREETS LARGE: CRISP 14's Aevelonpment. AP ge a is made by the Secretary of De-| increase in rentals. Landlords or! come to the local office where ' fense {tion acting jointiv. nfay then be established ower every type of residential rentals in the area.” the exploited Woods heard ample evidence during de bate on the bill that some land- lords were turning regular apart- ments courts, decontrolling themselves, and then charging the wives and |public housing. Second, the old families of the military as high| office of Housing Expediter, which as $12 a day. This in turn, forced |many women to live in cheape housing—places that were a hor-| of Rent Stablization substituted. red i the eye and an offense to| It will become a division of the ealth.” critical area will enjoy the relax. ation of credit controls enabling| builders to construct additionai housing under connote. according to the nev jaw. said Woods, “c: ent local r paid, will r extensive powers in critical and in non-criti .| that they may still recommend to this offic: has never existed, or a general [ike serve an impdrtant fun and of Defense Mobiliza rent control tenants dissatisfied with the de- they can expect accurate infor- ision of local officials may also| mation to be given taem in a continue to appeal to the Boards.” | courteous manner, It will be our Woods said tat the new law/ Purpose to render every possible | for first time directs the use of| Service in this area.” injunctions against landlords who| Serving on the local Rent’ Sta- evict tenants unfairly. Also for|bilization Advisory . Board are the first time landlords can. be| Carlton F. Smith, chairman, Ber- |sued for as much as treble dam-|nard Frank, J. P. Baillod, James | ages in cash, if proven unfair. | F. Porter and. Mrs. Aloysia Van | The new law empowers the| Goitsnoven. tourists | Office of Rent Stablization to im- —— pose rent ceilings upon Federal} About two-thirds of America’s’ women are married, about one- fifth are single and about one- seventh are widowed or divorc- ed. Select the service that selec’ | its men—U.S, Marines. Knight, director of the local of- | ice of Rent Stabilization said: “The local office has complete | information on the new law and “This is a major protection to in such aree “because Congr said, into so-called | Woods headed under the expired law, is abolished and the Office conomic stablization agency. 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