WHO HAS THE HOUSES?
"What are we to say to our soldiers when they come back if we have a shortage of houses?" This question, asked by the AttorneyGeneral by way of excusing the maintenance of a vigorous housing policy, is not convincing when there is no provision to reserve the houses for the soldiers. If the dwellings were really to be built in readiness for the returned men there would be some reason for sustained activity. But what is happening is that the benefit is obtained, not by those who are away, but by those who remain here. Mr Mason asks what will be said when the soldiers return and find they cannot get houses. As things are going now they must be told: "We have built a lot, but you were not here to put in applications. Others have got them." Then the soldiers can put their names on the waiting list!
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 40, 15 August 1941, Page 4
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154WHO HAS THE HOUSES? Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 40, 15 August 1941, Page 4
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