HOUSING SHORTAGE
20,000 HOMES REQUIRED ANNUALLY IN SCOTLAND. GOVERNMENT NOT SATISFIED WITH BUILDING RATE. WILL ERECT 2003 STEEL HOUSES YEARLY.
(United Press Assn. —Copyright.) LONDON, Jan. 27. Mr Baldwin, speaking at Stirling, said it was necessary to build 20,000 bouses yearly in Scotland, for the next fifteen years, to overcome the shortage. Statistics showed eight per cent, of the population to be living in single rooms. Thirty-nine per Zerfb. were living in two rooms. The Government was not satisfied with the present rate of building, and bad decided to construct 24)00 steel houses fin Scotland yearly. He denied tha,t be was fighting the trade unions or that he was desirous of reducing the builders’ standard of living. The engineering trade uncus Were pressing for an increase of £1 per week, but tfie demand had been in abeyance, pending the Government’s unsuccessful efforts to secure a general ratification of an international eight-hour day convention.— A.N.Z.C.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11014, 29 January 1926, Page 5
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