ALLOCATION OF STATE HOUSES
MINISTER ANNOUNCES / NEW BASIS URGENCY OF CASES TO BE CONSIDERED Cruas cHocu/nov AUCKLAND, March 13. The system for the allocation of State houses to tenants has been changed.' It was stated by the Minister for Housing (the Hon. H. T. Armstrong) to-day, that so far as it is possible houses will be let according to the urgency of cases and the circumstances of the applicants. Mr Armstrong said that complaints had been made that persons who had been living in good circumstances had gained houses under the ballot system, whereas others who were living in hovels and often with large 'families were unable to gain houses. Every endeavour would be made to allocate the houses as they were finished in order of urgency of cases. Some persons in Auckland and Wellington were living under appalling conditions and the departi ment had a body of inspectors who would visit the applicants’ present homes and report on conditions.
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Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22659, 14 March 1939, Page 10
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