SLUM CLEARANCE
NEW BRITISH BILL STATE ASSISTANCE PLANS LOW RENTS FOR COTTAGES By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright (Received February 4, 0,5 p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY, Feb. 3 A bill has been introduced in Parliament by the Minister of Health, Sir Kingsley Wood, to make provision , for future State assistance for slum clearance and the elimination of over-crowding.
The subsidy for the first time will be uniform for both purposes,
The bill makes special provision for the general needs of the agricultural population. It is estimated that on the average cottages can be let, with aid of normal subsidy provided for in the new bill, at rents ranging from 6s to 7s a week —exclusive of a few ranging from 7s to 8s —and those for the agricultural population at rents ranging from 3s to 4s a week.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22955, 5 February 1938, Page 15
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136SLUM CLEARANCE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22955, 5 February 1938, Page 15
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