Case for 'Minimum standard?' 26 Live in Single House in Fairfax

Item

Title
Case for 'Minimum standard?' 26 Live in Single House in Fairfax
Repository
Library of Virginia - Virginia Chronicle
Date Created
2/5/1961
Vol. 24, No. 123
Creator
By: Julian Morrison

Northern Virginia Sun
Description
Article on a dilapidated home in Fairfax with 26 people living in it. Article discusses the fervor by some in the county to implement a housing hygiene law as a way to curb slums, tackle poverty, and remove pockets of dilapidated housing in an otherwise affluent county.
Research Themes
Housing Hygiene
Dr. Harold Kennedy
26 families
Slums
Myth of Progress
Type
Newspaper
Researcher Name
Jacob Connelly
Bibliographic Citation
Morrison, Julian. “Case for ‘Minimum Standard?’ 26 Live in Single House in Fairfax.” Northern Virginia Sun, February 25, 1961, Vol. 24, No. 123 edition. Library of Virginia.