HOUSING SCHEME.
ELIMINATION OF SLUM AREAS. WELLINGTON, March 11. The Government is considering a big housing scheme under which the State will purchase the required land, erect houses and provide the necessary finance. It is not anticipated that action will be taken immediately, as the Government is engaged on matters of greater urgency, hut a start will he made on the scheme at the earliest possible moment. In an interview, the prime Minister (Hen. M. J. Savage) said there would be no jerry building, and there would he an attempt to introduce town planning methods. The Government was anxious to eliminate existing slum areas in the main cities. Mr Savage said the Government was fully-alive to the housing problem, and as soon as practicable, steps would be taken to cope with them.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 128, 12 March 1936, Page 12
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