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No answers for housing costs
NEW YORK <AP) — The "affordability gap" in
housing continues to generate a windstorm of
oratory, controversy, legislation and lamentation, but
with little evidence yet that the problem will be
blown away.
Nobody disputes there is a gap. For four decades
the median-income household could afford the
median-price home, but today there exists a $16,250
disparity. The dispute is over the closing of it.
It is, says Leonard Shane, chairman of the U.S.
League of Savings Associations, "troubling news for
homebuyers, home sellers and the nation." It has
"serious, long-range consequences that cannot be
ignored."
But the associations have also just released a
study, "Homeownership Affordability in the 1980s,"
that suggests some of the problem might be cor
rected without a call to federal action.
To begin with, homebuyer aspirations seem to
be part of the problem.
)ust 20 years ago the average size of the new,
single-family house was 1,460 square feet. By 1979 it
had risen to 1,760 feet, and even today it remains
close to 1,700 feet.
Match those figures against the typical subdivi
sion dwelling of the 1950s and early 1960s, when
square footage averaged about 1,100 square feet and
buyers were content with one bath rather than 2.
And, finally^ consider that average family size is
lower.
According to the savings associations study, each
100 square feet of extra space added to the size of a
home and associated land in 1983 adds $5,000 to the
average price.
The study also found that thousands of dollars
per unit could be saved by such things as simple
changes in local subdivision development standards
and zoning codes to permit the use of new
technologies and materials.
In a demonstration project at Lincoln, Neb., tor
example, townhouses of 844 and 880 square feet
were produced for $39,950 to $46,000 because the city
reduced its usual standards and procedures.
Among the changes was a modification of zoning
ordinances to permit 52 units on a site that otherwise
would have been limited to 32, sidewalks on one side
of the street only, and unfinished rather than finish
ed basements.
The study also found that the use of factory built
homes, often the target of zoning restrictions, offers
big savings.
Detailing the findings, they reported that con
struction costs for 1,500-square-foot factory-built
units were 34 percent lower than comparable units
built on site, a saving of $14,670, or about 90 percent
of the gap.
The implementation of such savings might be more
difficult than it appears, considering among other
things that buyers have come to expect a lot of house
for their money.
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MICROCOMPUTER
LABS
The University of Oregon Continuation Center invites you to
look into the new Microcomputer labs opening this fall.
Gilbert Hall Microcomputer Lab is equipped with IBM
microcomputers, and provides computer applications instruc
tion for community professionals and students in such fields
as Business Management. Journalism, and Law.
Condon School Microcomputer Lab has Apple 1 le
Microcomputers and provides educators, students and com
munity residents with a personal computing foundation.
Condon School Lab also has graphics peripherals for artists
and others interested in computer graphics.
★ There are no prerequisites for microcomputer labs ★
SELECTED BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
ACADEMIC COURSES
Spreadsheet Analysis, ACTG 510, 01. An introduction to elec
tronic spreadsheets as they are used in business management.
Several popular programs are covered including Visicalc. Perfect
Calc; and hands-on instruction on Lotus 1-2-3 (fall quarter). Four
(4) five week sessions are offered fall quarter. Instructor. Lichty.T.
7195 Lecture scvsmn I. Sept 26 - Oct 28 Fri 10:00 11 20;
7197 Lecture session II. Sept 26 Oct 28 Fn 1:00 - 2:20
7196 Lecture session III. Oct .11 Dec 17 Fri 10:00 • 11:20
7298 Lecture session IV. Oct .11 Dec 17 Fn 1:00 2:20
■Labs liia> hours Mon Thurs. see department lor times)
Business Applications Microcomputers, DSC 510, 03. Survey of
hardware and software for business applications. Communications,
word processing, spreadsheets, statistics, data base management,
(computer: IBM PC; software: Perfect, Lotus, Statpro). Three ses
sions. Instructor. Wilkins. D.
7216 Lecture session I, Sept .10 Dec 17 Fri 8:10 9:50.
-7217 Lecture session II. Sept 10 Dec 17 Fri 11:30 - 12:50:
7218 Lecture session III. Sept 30 - Dec 17 Fri 2:30 - 3:50;
Labs (day hours Mon-Thurs, see department for times)
7215 Word Processing & Business Communication, BE 199, 03.
Introduction to word processing as it relates to business com
munication. Examines electronic mail, written reports and
manuscripts. (Perfect Software, IBM PC) Tues. and Thurs. 4:30 -
5:50. instructor, Fagan, S.
For information or registration,
call the Continuation Center,
686-4231