Fifty Houses Required In Whangarei

Northern Advocate, 29 August 1938, Page 8

Fifty Houses Required In Whangarei

“If 50 h6uses and flats were provided in Whangarei they would meet all our housing requirements,” remarked a Whangarei land and estate agent in discussing the housing situation with a reporter today. The .agent said that a steady stream of inquiries was being received, and his firm had a large number of people upon its waiting list for rental houses, but he considered the seriousness of the position in the main had been exaggerated.

More Civil Servants. One factor in the increased demand for housing accommodation was the importation of more civil servants to Whangarei, with the centralisation of Northland Government Departments in the town. Many of the civil servants were ultimately securing State houses.

“There are quite a number of married couples living in Whangarei hotels and boarding-houses waiting to secure homes, while there are numerous instances of married couples with no children, or’with small families, who would prefer to occupy houses, forced to live in rooms.” There had been several sales of building sections recently, and when these homes were built the situation \vould be eased considerably Sales of houses had been comparatively few. State House Progress. There are now 12 State houses on the little colony on Bobbie’s Estate occupied. Nineteen more homes are in course of erection, but the only definite information available is that all will be completed before Christmas. The finishing touches, such as painting, interior decoration and the installation of electrical fittings, are being carried out on several of the houses, which should be ready for occupation within a few weeks. In the meantime, the State Advances Corporation is receiving a steady stream of inquiries from anxious prospective, tenants. The