CITY HOUSING SURVEY

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22073, 22 April 1937, Page 8

CITY HOUSING SURVEY

"Most Progress" -^£l work comhjsied^oil SIXTY 1 The area defined for the Tim»Js survey in Christchurch hasj3 divided into 236 sections, ands«s3 day 60 of these sections surveyed by the staff appdisteftS the City Council. The survey ~y| commenced on March 22, and lA Chief City Inspector (Mr J.W:Ttf gins), who is directing the inv«| gation, said yesterday that, the gil gress had been most satis&9u|| The survey was further advauacein Christchurch, he added, than in ajn of the other main centres. "jl The Housing Survey Art./. lA under which the being carried out, stipulates thft IS work must be finished by but Mr Huggins said that it wasij| possible at present to say *"!»» the council would be able to'canji with this requirement survey of the defined area has d completed, it will be necessary',l a survey to be.carried out ofhoofi that are considered to be bebm:|| standard set out in the regafisifl under the act. '""vfff The investigations were - ben with a staff of 10 men, but thesj| has grown to 18. Sixteen wnjtt on outside work, and the renaatnj two are preparing the informatja obtained for submission to the-M partment of Housing Construct*! Mr Huggins remarked that toe ml was now large enough to the investigations with the'tiUi efficiency. ■ tlzJfß The survey has been completeaj parts of Waltham, Sydenham,; ; fi| wood, and the north-east jseraora the area bounded by the To-day the investigators wfll-Mp a survey of the north-wesUSg sputh-west areas in the city «§s§ is anticipated that progress j§|B men move towards the centre MM city will be slower, for •work so far has been in ,sumjj|| single-unit dwellings. gested buildings in the city, however, will offer more ! «| cultproblems to the investigatm!

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