Housing Lags Population by WILLIAM J
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filing Deadline for Jobs Grants Is Today SEE STORY BELOW Sunny, Warm Sunny and warm today. Cloudy and mild tonight. Be- coming sunny, pleasant to- FINAL morrow. EDITION Moiimoiifli rouuly's Oiilsfiiiuliiig Homo Xo\vs|>si|M»r VOL.94 NO.45 RED BANK, N.J. MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1971 TEN CENTS Housing Lags Population By WILLIAM J. ZAORSKI development. ship, and 115 per cent in Marlboro Township." creased dramatically. In 1970, the percentage of homes in the The report shows that there is a need for low and middle The predominant type of dwelling in the county-is the 135,000 and over group increased to 20.8 per cent. FKEEHOLb - The county's population is expected to income housing in the county and it offers suggestions of six single family home, continued the report, notine that in iDHi'h The average value of a home was $9,409 in 1950. It jumped reach 735,000 in the next 14 years but housing construction in types of housing that could be constructed to meet the coun- represented 77.2 per cent of the total number; in 1960 it rose to 54.1 per cent to $14,500 in I960 and jumped to ?26,417 in 1970. In- Monmouth is lagging behind and will not meet the demands of ty's needs. 84.3 per cent and in 1970, it declined to 75.5 per cent. flation and restrictive zoning practices account to a consid- 1985 if It continues at its present rate. It also makes note of federal and state programs to ac- Below Average erable degree for this trend, said the report. To house the estimated 1985 population, said the 114-page quaint municipalities with what is available for housing con- Since 1960, the number of new multi-family units con- The most important housing characteristic of housing is county housing report prepared by the county Planning Board, struction. structed has averaged 33.1 per cent of the total. The county quality, said the report. While 1970 census figures did not in- a total of over 78,000 housing units will be required. Rate Drops has substantially less bousing stock in this category than other clude this, it said, it would be safe to assume that the per-- "If the new home building continues at the rate of the In reviewing the existing housing stock, the report said similiar counties in the New York Metropolitan region. But, centages of the deteriorating and dilapidated housing has in- 1960-1970 period, the projected population will be short about that the housing stock in the county grew by 40,996 units dur- the report added, this type of housing is expected to be about a creased during the 1960-1970 period. 22,500 housing units. ing January 1960 to December 1970. This growth averages third of the new housing units built in the next two decades. The number of units lacking .plumbing facilities totaled Increase Required \ abqut 3,700 units per year. But the rate dropped to an eight- Because the 1970 census did not provide up-to-date infor- 2,815 in 1970. "To meerthe demand for housing, the volume of con- year low in 1970 with 2,754 units. mation of the age of dwelling units, the report could not go The report said that the 1960 census revealed that 87.7 per struction over the next 15 years will have to be increased sub- Factors creating this situation were economic conditions, into this area but it said that 40,848 units were built in the cent of the units in the county were sound an additional 7.8 per stantially to about 5,200 housing units a year." the unavailability of credit and local zoning regulations. 1960's and 35,414 from 1950 to 1960. The total units built since cent were deteriorating but had adequate plumbing facilities. A public hearing on the housing report will be held Mon- Housing construction in 1971 is expected to increase be- 1950 make up 49.5' per cent of the total. Pre-1950 units total Only 4.6 per cent could be classified as substandard or day, Sept. 20, at 3 p.m. in the freeholders' meeting room in the cause of the easing of credit and now ample mortgage funds 77,956 or 50.5 per cent of the total. blighted. Hall of Records here. are available. The average size of new dwellings is increasing. The av- Trend Grows ' The report reviews the existing housing stock, noting the "The most spectacular municipal increase has occurred erage number of rooms for owner-occupied units rose from 4.6 These figures indicate a small but growing trend, warned growth, characteristics, financial characteristics and quality in Manalapan Township, which has seen a percentage gain of in 1950 to 5.9 in I960. the study. "Intensified efforts will have to be made by commu- of units; the impact and characteristics of residential devel- 190 per cent in the 1960-1970 period," said the report. "Other Costs Soar nities of the county to arrest this trend." opment; housing problems; existing housing programs in the major increases include 117 per cent in Colts Neck; 138 per Financial 6haracteristics of housing disclose that the per- In reviewing population characteristics and vital statis- county; future housing needs and new concepts in residential cent in Freehold Township: 119 per cent in Matawan Town- centage of homes constructed in the upper price ranges in- See Monmouth, Page 2 Today Is Job Grants ... - ' * is Deadline in County By HALLIE SCHRAEGER The money' is being dis- cations for aid must go pality, but Long Branch had FREEHOLD - Unless the tributed generally according through Mr. Narozanick, who the highest percentage of the federal Manpower Adminis- to an apportionment table is coordinating the program. unemployment claims filed in tration allows the county a based on 1970 unemployment The budget director said he the county in 1970, 9.82 per little more time, today is ab- claims. However, some towns planned to meet with Man- cent. solutely the last day for mu- need more aid and some less, power Administration officials These paragraphs tell nicipalities to file for federal or none at all. today. which municipalities filed for grants under the Emergency Shrewsbury Township, The county's plan is due to how many jobs and how much ^Employment Act of 1971, says which had no unemployment be submitted within 30 days, money, with the original allo- Monmouth County Budget Di- claims filed in 11)70, had no if the county is not a/lowed cation in parentheses if it dif- rector Theodore J. Narozan- share in the program allo- more time to file, it cannot ac- fers from the amount asked ick. cated to it. cept any applications from for: As of Friday's deadline, 31 Mr. Narozaniek said the 17 towns after today, Mr. Naro- Asbury Park, 17 jobs, of Monmouth's 53 municipal-. towns that have not yet been zanick said. $1 17,825;' Avon, one job, ities had filed for a total of 205' heard from would be called Long Wait Ahead $6,432; Belmar, seven jobs; jobs and had applied for early this morning. That means that any towns $39,001; Bradley Beach, one • • • i " Register Starr Photo §1,147,913.60 in federal grants. "If they want to file, they that want to participate in the job, $5,708 ($19,432); Brielle, APPEALS TO MANY — Townhouses appeal to families who want the advantages of home ownership Four towns said they didn't must do so immediately," he program but have not yet ap- two jobs. $10,537 ($6,158); with the freedom from expensive yard maintenance. This was one of six housing concepts explained in want aid, one wasn't entitled said. "We are going to ask (jiff- plied by the end of today will Colts Neck, one job, $6,569; the county housing report. • to it, and 17-tvere unaccounted Manpower Administration for have to wait until next July. Eatontown, five, jobs,' $32,217 for. another day or two. We want In the applications sub- ($33,664); Farmingdale, two The two-year program is every municipality afforded a mitted, Middletown listed the jobs, $9,001) ($13,411); Free- designed to employ the unem- full opportunity to partici- most jobs, 29, and Long hold Township, four jobs, ployed and underemployed in pate." Branch asked for the most $24,537 ($23,811); Hazlet, nine CATV Franchise Bidding public service jobs, with .the The county is acting as the money, $134,300. Middletown jobs, $37,765 ($42,696). federal government picking program agent, and ail appli- is Monmouth's largest munici- See lob, Page 2 dp 90 per cent of the tab and the towns contributing the other 10 per cent. May Get Court Ruling Retaining Half Half of .the workers em- FREEHOLD - Should "and the residents of Asbury make that choice." had failed to advertise for ployed in the program are to> there be competitive bidding Park are losing service. Mr. Edelstein charged that bids. be retained permanently and in the awarding of cable tele- "These are clear-cut is- the city councilmen had not others will receive on-the-job vision franchises? sues," said Mr. Ansell. "The •acted "in good faith and with "If the councilmen had ac- training to enable them to A court here might make city has made its choice. It's loyalty to the public." ted as reasonable men," he find other jobs. case law about it before the not up to Mr. Edelstein to" He complained that the city maintained, "the least they The county announced a legislature gets around to act- could have done was to make week ago that $1,368,472 in ing on the matter.