HOUSING IN BRITAIN
SLUM ELIMINATION THE AIM GOOD PROGRESS REPORTED (British Official Wireless.) Press 'Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. RUGBY, May '2. The Minister for Health (Sir Hilton Young) stated that in the six months to the end of March 140,000 houses had been built in Britain. The causes of this increase in building include lower costs, rising confidence, and the cessation of competition from slum building. The subsidy for clearing slums and reducing overcrowding has removed the barrier and greatly stimulated private building enterprise.
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Evening Star, Issue 21711, 4 May 1934, Page 9
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83HOUSING IN BRITAIN Evening Star, Issue 21711, 4 May 1934, Page 9
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