SLUM CLEARANCE IN BRITAIN
INTRODUCTION OF NEW BILL PROVISION OF LOW RENTS FOR POOR (BRITISH OmCliX WIRBLBSS.) RUGBY, February 3. A bill has been introduced by the Minister for Health, Sir Kingsley Wood, to make provision for future State assistance for slum clearance and the elimination of overcrowding. The subsidy will, for the first time, be uniform both for slum clearance and the elimination of overcrowding. The bill makes special provision for the general needs of the agricultural population. It is estimated that, on the average, cottages can be let, with the aid of the normal subsidy provided in the new bill, at rents ranging from 6s to 7s a week. An exclusive few will range, it is estimated, from 7s to Bs. Those for the agricultural population will, it is claimed, be provided at rents ranging from 3s to 4s. .
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22319, 5 February 1938, Page 15
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