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Rising lncomes, Populotion ond Renovotion Aid Housing Boom

Washington, D. C.-Not only are rising incomes and a growing population helping to maintain the housing boom, but such factors as the tearing down of older homes and the chance to trade in a house on a new one help to strengthen demand.

New nonfarm households formed at an annual average of 977,000 between 1950 and 1955. New construction dttringthat period averaged better than 1,00O,00O new nonfarm units a year.

Older dwellings, industry officials believe, are being torn down at a rate of about 300,000 per year, although many are immediately replaced by public housing units. Still, the disappearance of older housing inevitably results in many former occupants moving to new, privately constructed dwellings, they believed.

Industry experts believe the trend to replace unfit city housing units will continue and expand as the public becomes more concerned about "blighted" areas.

Of the estimated 45;0@,000 dwelling units in the United States, not including farm houses, government experts believe about 8,000,000 are substandard. That does not mean, they pointout,that all should now be replaced. But it indicates that possibly one-fifth of the urban population could use better housing.

The National Association of Home Builders believes the annual 1,000,000-plus home building rate maintained since 1949 can be sustained through 1960, largely on the