The Victory Home: 
Housing--House-Sharing

Poster: Help Bring Them Back to You! Make Yours a Victory Home!
As housing became less available, it also became more expensive. Many families of servicemen joined together in house rentals. Others moved in with extended family to save money and/or pool ration stamps.
 
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Photos

This photo is in the American Memory collection, America from the Great Depression to World War II:  Photographs from the FSA/OWI, 1935-1945 . Click on the small image to see a larger one.

These children are some that belong to two families. One has five and the other six. Both families are living in one house which is very inadequate. MA.
 

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Posters

These posters are in the American Memory collection By the People, For the People:  Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943 . Click on the small image to see a larger one.

Welcome - defense workers! : Homes registration office : Defense rental listing bureau.

War workers! are you looking for a - house? apartment? room? we can help you.
 

These posters are in the National Archives ARC Digital Copies collection.

Share Your Home With a War Worker's Family. The Extra Income Will Buy War Bonds. Phone War Housing Center.

Share Your Home With a War Worker

War Workers Need Rooms, Apartments, Homes
 

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