Housing list falls
Waiting lists for Housing Corporation rental houses i have fallen nearly a third ; in the last two years, e according to figures given o i by the Minister of Housing i-I (Mr Holland). The biggest drop :s occurred in Christchurch, y i where waiting lists fell »f! almost 67 per cent to 386 by' March 31 this year. iti Most other centres re-
corded falls averaging 23 | per cent, although Inver- I cargill showed an increase I of II per cent, to rise to I 254. Mr Holland said that the national waiting list on I March 31, 1976, had been ■ 14,899. By March 31 this ; year that had fallen to I 10,191, and in the next j three months had fallen \ further to 9422.
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