Build’s Standards
Will Be Changed
FHA s minimum property re
<juir ements will receive a thorougn
study with a view to revision, ac
cording to Federal Housing Com
missioner Norman P. Mason who
this week told of a task group as
signed the job of streamlining
FHA building standards.
Present requirements are pub
lished in 28 separate booklets to
cover regional variations in build
ing needs and practices throughout
the country. Commissioner Mason
wants these requirements, which
have had a tremendous effect on
home building standards in Amer
ica during the past 21 years, clar
ified and standardized.
Because of their impact on resi
dential construction, it is essential
that the MPRs abreast of current
buildjpg methods and materials,”
the Commissioner stated. “We
have ben clipping away at the re
quirements in an attempt to keep
them up to date, but I am con
vinced that the only effective
solution will be to make a com
plete revision.
“This has been an objective of
mine ever since I came to FHA.
The demands of our day to day
operations have permitted only
partial revision to date. I am
therefore assigning specialists
from both Washington headquar
ters and our field operations to
concentrate their full time and
energies to this task.”
While the members of the task
group will do the actual revising,
they will be guided by an industry
advisory committee, meeting at in
tervals to review their work, the
Commissioner* said.
“The issues at stake in the re
study of the minimum property
requirements do not necessarily
involve either raising or lowering
of the present standards,” Mr.
Mason stated. “The need is for
simplification and standarization
in order that FHA property re
quirements may be put to more
effective use in creating better
housing standards for all Ameri
cans.”
Doris Tegstrom was a successful
applicant for a license as real es
tate salesman, according to word
received from W. A. Chipperfield,
Territorial Real Estate Commis
sioner.
The Examinations were given at
Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau.
Mrs. Tegstrom, a former resident
of Kodiak, was one of ten who re
ceived licenses. Eight others re
ceived real estate broker’s licenses
at the same time.
The University of Alaska is one
of the last organized land grant
colleges. The U. S. Congress set
aside the land in 1915; the terri
torial Legislature accepted it in
1917, and the Alaska Agricultural
College and School of Mines open
ed its doors Sept. 18, 1922. ,
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