CREATION OF SLUMS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 107, 2 November 1939, Page 15

CREATION OF SLUMS

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"One of fke causes of the creation! bf slum areas is dq^etatiofr* 615 owners of residential property that th«. land will eventually attract;a:7<buyeßs at' a high 4 price - foi' factory or s*«%eN| house purposes/^ i s^d itHeTvpresideht the Town Planning cfr^J^-i Zealand; :*Mr: 3yfc>GyC.; McCaul} ssSßtfes ihg at the iannualimeeting^of'tocj toi^? tute. "If too cmuch; residential v*lanifrj carries this expectation Xyre« |»Oduae^aife example ■■ yery ..common X-.^.(LVewXiSim^£-land cities of large area^bfr^deEtUall property steadily deteridratiri^^c&tSa^ the f owners^ feariiib, speind vrnofiiEarii 'SfatiXf. houses ;that may have t#b.ef demolished to make 7 way;- for factories;; orvbWMte-^ houses, whereas,, in: point 'bf fact, "<Wli§ a small proportion of: the;^a: ■ aywfcg able can possibly be absorbed fM^ithiiii purpose during i'tTi^XVi^^^pt^%V^^ present owners*-: iXligtf^ ■'■>. "If certain; parts 7 were {definitelyis zoned, for future use :-as- w^^QH^iuMJK factory: 'sites ■ andiihe^rest^axmea?^^ residential,* land values ;^d^^tenjastO»| wards stabilisation and .owners'^fj^s perty iri residential.areas:would: JGß&ftt that it was wortfc thebrwhn^to^ tain their houses in perfect conditfonuy The haphazard dotting of factories 05:^ warehoiisesl': #y& -^^d^i«siattiW| area tbat cannbt bfe ftfe^-^4nt«3 its new use for a long) period of -ytm*:* destroys more value/a^^it;:CTeate^| whereas a-.sound syste^^^onn3«7^ creates- real values ~and \\ those values be maintained." : yr ft