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National Housing Council 1947

63-1224
Accession Number
63-1224
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White

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Description

Members of the new National Housing Council gather for the first time to discuss means of relieving the housing shortage. Seated (left to right): John H. Fahey, Home Loan Bank Board Chairman; Raymond Foley, Administrator of Housing and Home Finance Agency; Frank W. Kelsey, Veterans Administration Assistant Administrator of Finance. Standing (left to right): B. T. Fitzpatrick, General Counsel, Housing and Home Finance Agency; Franklin D. Richards, Federal Housing Administration Commissioner; Dillon S. Myer, Public Housing Administration Commissioner; Edgar A. Stansfield, Reconstruction Finance Corporation Assistant General Counsel; Roy J. Burroughs, Senior Agricultural Economist, United States Department of Agriculture; and William K. Divers, Housing and Home Finance Agency Assistant Administrator.

Date(s)
September 24, 1947