Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. B.J. Rogan, General Electric Company, employee, and his family inspect the kitchen of their new defense home, while J.P. Kane, housing project manager, looks on. Each defense home is equipped with a gas operated refrigerator, gas range, and central heating plant. The Rogans had been living in a trailer provided by the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) Division of Defense Housing to alleviate the housing shortage until the new homes were complete