Govt’s housing policy slated

Press, 12 May 1981, Page 6

Govt’s housing policy slated

Pa : - Wellington It would Take the National ' Government'loo years at its present rate; of- building to produce enough homes to provide fof 7 those on State housing lists,., said Labour's Shadow Minister of Housing, Mr M- K< Moore, yesterday. He told delegates at the Labour Pai;ty conference in Wellington That the Housing Corporation planned , to-build 12 State housing units in

Christchurch this year, and 43 in Auckland. Critising the Governmentdirected cuts in Housing Corporation building, he said that it had caused the logs of “ 50.000 -jobs iH the building’ industry. Mr Moore ’ reiterated his party's promise to reintroduce a speculation tax when it became the Government. warned, "We will not cure the problem within

24 hours of becoming the Government.” The conference adopted a remit calling for a waiver of payments; on all institutional • 1 mortgages in-the case.of lossy of job or sickhfess on the pari' of. the mortgagee. . It also adopted resolutions to; . ... ■. :.,. , — Encourage increased density housing in city areas; — Provide more inner-city State housing;

— Provide conveyancing facilities at cost for all home buyers; • — Enable co-operative groups of low and middleincome earners to buy new and existing homes. — Provide low-interest loans for superannuitants and long-term beneficiaries to move into suitable premises.