Research Article
Public Housing Construction and the Cities: 1937–1967
Table 1
Indicators of rental unit quality.
| | 1999 | 2009 |
| | Rental units (1000s) | 34,007 | 35,378 | | Lacking full kitchen | 3.98% | 3.88% | | Lacking full plumbing | 2.88% | 1.85% | | (No exclusive use) | 1.62% | 1.58% | | Year built (median) | 1966 | 1971 | | Over 70 years old | 16.58% | 19.10% | | Square feet in unit (median) | 1293 | 1300 | | Square feet per person (median) | 523 | 520 | | Persons per room | | | | Up to 0.5 | 62.04% | 63.30% | | 0.51 to 1.00 | 33.06% | 32.46% | | 1.01 to 1.50 | 3.96% | 3.39% | | 1.51 and over | 0.94% | 0.79% |
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Source: American Housing Survey, 1999, 2009.
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