WORKERS’ HOMES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 26 July 1924, Page 5

WORKERS’ HOMES.

DEMAND IN AUCKLAND. (BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.! AUCKLAND, July 22. Applications for the- remaining 22 houses of the 50 workers’ dwellings that are being erected at Grey Lynn by the City Council closed on Thursday. The applications received were considerably in excess of the number of houses to be allotted, and the selection of suitable tenants has been placed in the hands of the Town Clerk, who has made it a rule not. to allot any home to other than married couples with young families, as it is felt that such families have the greatest difficulty in securing suitable accommodation.

Some week® ago the City Council held a ballot for the first 28 of the Grey Lynn houses, for which there were 144 applications. Twenty-eight names were drawn, with an additional 12 as emergencies. This proved to be a wise precaution, as a number of successful applicants either withdrew or were found to be unsuitable. Some were even found to be single men. It was in making the necessary adjustments that the council decided to place the decision in the hands of the Town Clerk, and lie was able to personally satisfy himself that these admirable little houses were being occupied by those for whom the scheme was originally framed.