MAINTENANCE OF STATE HOUSES
Statement By Mr. J. A. Lee By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, March 24. “Houses belonging to the State are not going to be allowed to deteriorate for the want of a coat of paint or other necessary repairs,” said the Un-def-'Secretary for Housing, Mr. J. A. Lee, In reply to an interviewer who asked if money was to be set aside out of rentals. “Adequate reservation will be made and the amount will vary according to the .type of construction,” said Mr. Lee. “In the past houses financed by the Government were allowed to deteriorate, not because of faulty construction, but because tenants had not the funds adequately to maintain the dwellings after they had paid out all the necessary outgoings. State houses will be kept in repair.
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 153, 25 March 1938, Page 17
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