FLATS FOR WORKERS
600 LONDON FAMILIES DUKE'S LIBERAL ASSISTANCE • The wife of the Prime Minister of Britain, Mrs, Baldwin, recently opened a remarkable example of "rehousing." which the Westminster City Council carried out on the site of the Thames tragedy of 15)28, when 14 people were trapped and drowned by the floods. Here, near the river, seven blocks of what are claimed to be Britain's most up-to-date working-class flats have sprung up. Through tlie liberality of the Duke of Westminster a low rent record must, have been established for London —or anywhere else. The Duke has leased the site to Westminster City Council for !) ( .)!> years at rental'of Is a year. Sir hid win Lutyens, H.A., is the architect of the new blocks. lOaeh of the flats has from one to four rooms, exclusive of kitchenettes. Already 001 families, who formerly lived in houses covering an area of 21 acres, are rehoused in approximately six acres. A further rehousing scheme is being carried out by Westminster City Council at Kbury Bridge Road, where five blocks of flats are being built to house ; 300 families.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22481, 27 July 1936, Page 16
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183FLATS FOR WORKERS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22481, 27 July 1936, Page 16
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