BRITAIN'S HOUSING.
CO-ORDINATING SERVICES. (Itritish O.tticiiU Wireless.) RUGBY. March 22. With the object of co-ordinating the activities of various voluntary bodies which are .working for the abolition of slums, and the rehousing in modern and hygienic conditions of the poorest part of the population, a new "housing centre" was opened in London on Wednesday by the Parliamentary Secretary , to the Ministry of Health, Mr. Geoffrey H. Shakespeare. Mr. Shakespeare paid a tribute to the part that voluntary effort had played in the campaign against bad housing. He pointed out that in the bill now before Parliament the Government had provided for housing for the population. A National Federation of Housing Associations was in the course of formation, with financial assistance from the Government. It would be allied with the housing centre.
Turning to the Government's plans* Mr. Shakespeare said they were housing shun tenants at the rate of IjO.OOO persons a year, compared with a total of 1,200,000 for the last <>0 years.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 70, 23 March 1935, Page 9
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