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phrase read , "the high cost of money that accompanied the wartime economy . " Mr . Floyd said that that would be clear enough, everybody knew what war was being fought . Mr . Norris also suggested that not only the scarcity , but also the "high price " of land be mentioned as a cause for the slowing of the boom . Housing Aide Ransom noted that there was a mistake on Page Fourteen, "Number of Rooms . " Slightly more than half of Redwood City ' s units have "four rooms or less , " he said , not "less than four rooms . " On Page Sixteen , "Rooms Per Person , " Mr . Norris asked whether the "high rooms per person ratio in the central tracts " really reflects "a high number of households there of one or two elderly people whose children no longer live with them, " or whether it reflects the fact that Redwood City is becoming an older community . Chairman Keckley pointed out that this trend was reflected in the cutback in church pre- schools in neighborhoods that ten years ago were abounding with them . On Page Twenty , "Price , " Chairman Keckley pointed out that while the price of housing locally is much higher than the national average , so is the income , these things somewhat balancing each other out . On Page Twenty-two , " Size of Households and Units , " Mr . Soderer said that the paragraph discussing San Pablo ' s housing unit size needed explaining . Housing Aide Ransom said that that was one of those paragraphs which keeps getting whittled and whittled until it is a shadow, of its former self . The Committee suggested it be dropped . On Page Twenty-four , " Incomes and Housing Costs , " Lou Knowles asked why there was such a spread in the estimated number of households earning between $6 , 000 and $7, 250 which "may have to spend more than a quarter of their income for shelter . " Housing Aide Ransom explained that to arrive at those figures he had had to use two unsatisfactory sources , one probably low, the other probably high, and that while these sources had been not too far apart on their lower income estimates , their differences became greater with this smaller, moderate - income sample . Chairman Keckley asked if the Committee wouldn ' t like to call it quits for the day and pick up on Page Twenty- four at the next Housing Concerns Committee meeting . The meeting was adjourned at 8 : 20 A .M. The next meeting of the Housing Concerns Committee is May 24 , 1972 . MINUTES HOUSING CONCERNS COMMITTEE MAY 10, 1972 PAGE 3 OF 3