HOUSING IN MELBOURNE.
EVIDENCE OF OVERCROWDING,
Giving evidence in Melbourne before the Inter-State Commission's inquiry into the shortage of houses and increased rentals, Mr. 0. J. Bennett, who represented the Trades Hall Council, stated that the shortage of houses had driven people into apartments, where from 10 to 20 people lived under insanitary condtions. In some cases it was necessary for the parents and family to occupy tho same sleeping room, and .hi almost all there was insufficient sanitary accommodation for so many. . Many returned soldiers were unable to obtain houses, and were compelled to live in, rooms. In some cases agents rented howea and sublet them in rooms, thereby making big profits. It was not uncommon for people to a'dvertiso offering to buy the key of a house for as much as £3. Ho firofluceda letter from a woman residing Carlton stating that four members-of ; her (family had ; to occupy a room at night, which, was only 10ft 6in square, while her | three children-had .to play, in a yard 14ft squared , .She. described her heme as palatial to' some others. ; Some people bad to eat sleep,- and do their cooking in the .tearoom, ° .'•'••-*. ■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16995, 31 October 1918, Page 6
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