STATE HOUSING SCHEME.

Northern Advocate, 27 April 1921, Page 4

STATE HOUSING SCHEME.

STEI'S TO RELIEVE SHORTAGE. WORK TO BE HASTENED. A velum prepared l:y iho Housing Department shows tlui' siilCO the inception of Iho. Government's housebuilding scheme 1011 housi'«. have been authorised, 382 have been contracted for, and oO art; now nearing com pic tion. The figures fov some of the principal centres are as follows: — s * "z .s '£! z c; o 2 "ft 'a M *-> tr ir -a « a U 3 O CO < o . c c. Kv°cllin<;ton . . .300 152 48 15 .lackland . . 150 15 5 4 ;hrUtc-h>ireh 8G 8(> 3 6 l)unoHn 50 1 1 —•■• / , N. 30 1 — 1 Itaweni .... 35 10 — 3. 'A'anganui .. 40 29 1 - Mnstcrton .. 2 r ) 10 9 Sew Plymouth 34 1? 1 3 Xapier 30 12 2 2 Hamilton .... 10 — — — O-.tmani .... 13 13 — 9 Inning- the week ended April 4 four liou.ser. were completed—three in Wellington and one in New Plymouth. The operations of the Housing Dep:- rtincnt. it should bo understood, aro .li.-o in-'-r rho workers' dwellings and advances to workers schemes. The jfinister of Labour lately has been en-

<lie building' of homos under the a lvalues system, :ind something has been done in this direction to relieve the housing shortage. The Hon. 0. J. Anderson mentioned to a "dominion" reporter that he was taking stops to hasten the work of the HousiiHi Depavlincnt. Ho recognised that many dittieulties had be«ln encountered iu the inception of the scheme, but ha dosiro 1 that, the output of completed houses should be materially increased.