The Snapshots in Time Collection

Used Car Ceiling Categories and Postwar Housing Shortage Text Spread, WWII Veteran Guide Booklet

Used Car Ceiling Categories and Postwar Housing Shortage Text Spread, WWII Veteran Guide Booklet

This page from a 1946 veteran's guidebook addresses two pressing postwar concerns: fair pricing on used cars through OPA 'as is' and 'warranted' ceiling categories, and the severe national housing shortage. With an estimated three million veterans seeking homes by the end of 1946, the government extended price ceilings to building materials to keep construction costs within reach of GI housing loans. Project: 218671