. Phelps-Stokes fellowship studies . hey were kept. Table IX will show the relation between the ownership of homesand the condition in which they are kept. TABLE IX. Relation Between Ownersliip of Home and Condition. Good % Fair %3947 II Bad 1 221 30 % Occupied by owners _ _ _ _Occupied by renters _ _ _ _ 31 34 3923 3169 1641 19 III. Rent. As lias been pointed out before, there is a marked tendencyon the part of the negroes to purchase their own homes. Thisis due largely to the desire for ownership and probably alsoto the high price of rent. Investigation showed that the averagerent for the th
. Phelps-Stokes fellowship studies . hey were kept. Table IX will show the relation between the ownership of homesand the condition in which they are kept. TABLE IX. Relation Between Ownersliip of Home and Condition. Good % Fair %3947 II Bad 1 221 30 % Occupied by owners _ _ _ _Occupied by renters _ _ _ _ 31 34 3923 3169 1641 19 III. Rent. As lias been pointed out before, there is a marked tendencyon the part of the negroes to purchase their own homes. Thisis due largely to the desire for ownership and probably alsoto the high price of rent. Investigation showed that the averagerent for the three room cottage was $ and for the four roomcottage $7,29 per month. As the tax books show that these housesare valued at from $300 to $500, this represents a return of about30 percent on the investment. Evidently negro rental property isa profitable investment for in most instances there seems to be verylittle spent for improvement or repairs. In many cases leaks inthe roof existed and the houses presented a general delapidated. Home of Well-to-do Gainesville Negro. appearance. In some cases the negroes improve the property wliichcomes into their possession, as is shown from the fact, that of the120 painted liouses, 52 percent were those occupied by the the 65 houses found to have screens, 53 percent were those oc-cupied by the owners. In some cases houses renting for the sameamount as the less attractive ones were in much better conditionthan the average. These were of course secured by the more en-terprising negroes, while the others seemed content to take such asremained to them. The cause of liigli rent could be partly explained when the con-dition of some of the rented houses was thoroughly one case a new house, screened and freshly painted occupied by 20 renters was found to be in such a condition of filth within, tliat itwas easily seen that if the house was occupied for any length oftime by that class of occupants there would be a great de
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