HOUSING PROBLEM.
INCREASES POPULATION. SITORT.VTfE OF SEVEN* THOUSAND DWELLINGS. "With rrtference to the housing pr.iblem. the nnnual report of the Wellington Central Progress league points ou* that the increase n the papulation of ithe .Dominion in 1010 was, according to j official figures. 0f1,05f1, and in lf»'2o. j '10,4*14; a. total of 8.5.-100, requiring to I house them at. the rate of 4A person' I per house. 10,214 houses. But the : number of houses built in 11)10, al?o j according to the official figures, was 6*214. | and in 1920 only 6000; or a total of j __4. So that "we are short of 7000 i houses in two years to cope w'th the increase in population; making no provision for the destroyed houses, slums, or present overcrowding. "Your executive (adds the report) are of opinion that a mistake has been -ma.de in removing the embargo on buildings other than homos, many of them not of an urgent character, .vhile the housing conditions of the people are in the shocking state that has been proved by personal investigation by oflicials of the league." "Despite the action of the Government,'' declares the executive, "the house shortage in Well'ngton appears j-irst as acute as it was twelve months ago."
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 95, 22 April 1921, Page 6
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206HOUSING PROBLEM. Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 95, 22 April 1921, Page 6
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