More Federal Housing in Wilmington

From the Jan. 22, 1943, Wilmington (NC) Star-News "Back Then."

JANUARY 4, 1943:  An additional 180 homes in the John N. Maffitt housing project for shipyard workers were turned over to the housing authority.

By then, 4471 of 800 houses had been completed.  Another 3,500 shipyard worker homes were expected.

Wilmington's population increased tremendously during the war and housing was always in short supply.

--GreGen