HOUSING SHORTAGE IN NELSON
POSITION STILL ALUTI. The demand for homes to rent is as . keen as ever in Nelson, in spite of the building of State houses. Inquiries ] made among land r .ents show that the ] housing shortage is as acute as at any time in recent years. One agent has a waling list of 40. In many cases families are making do with limited accommodation, one family living in | two rooms. i There is stated to be quite a good , inquiry for houses to purchase but the ] difficulty is to supply the typ_ of house i wanted. One house agent said that .many of the houses offering are from £ 1500 up. and the demand is for [ houses round about the £ 1080 mark. , Among those in this plight of wanting houses are some of the married [ men at the Air Force
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 29 October 1941, Page 4
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142HOUSING SHORTAGE IN NELSON Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 29 October 1941, Page 4
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