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Virginia Polytechnic Institute

A study in housing for a low-income group

Abstract

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This thesis has four main objectives which are as follows 1. To make a detailed study of the environment of a selected low-income group of families on a comparative basis with low-income families of similar characteristics. 2. To relate the knowledge acquired from this study to the analysis and planning of a housing project. 3. To design dwellings for this project with a maximum of livability, structural soundness, pleasing aesthetic quality, and economy. 4. To investigate the financing of this housing project with several types of ownership in order to ascertain their feasibility, and to determine which offers the greater advantage to the group, to be housed.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
M.S.
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Architecture
Department dc:contributor.department
Architecture
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Year dc:date.issued
1949

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Swackhamer, James Arthur

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright
Language dc:language.iso
en

Identifiers

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Handle dc:identifier.uri
https://hdl.handle.net/10919/118525
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/118525

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Swackhamer, James Arthur. A study in housing for a low-income group. masters thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1949. https://hdl.handle.net/10919/118525