HOUSE SHORTAGE
PROVISION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE OPPOSITION MEMBER'S SUGGESTION <FromvOur Parliamentary Reporter) WELLINGTON, Aug. 22. Advice to the Government not to think exclusively of elderly people, but instead to make some provision for housing for the young folk now growing ud was given bv Mr T. D. Burnett (Opposition, Temuka) during the Financial debate in the House of Representatives to-day. Mr Burnett suggested that the social security taxation paid by young people should be earmarked by the Government and put into housing projects so that when the young folk had reached marriageable age they would have an interest in a home in which to start life. This, he said, would be better than thinking overmuch of elderly people. The present social security scheme with the proportion of young people declining was putting the cart before the horse. A Government member: Is that the new policy of the National Party? Mr Burnett: No. Over here we are free to say anything we think for the advancement of the people of New Zealand.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19390823.2.53
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 23894, 23 August 1939, Page 7
Word Count
171HOUSE SHORTAGE Otago Daily Times, Issue 23894, 23 August 1939, Page 7
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in