WORKERS’ DWELLINGS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3672, 29 July 1924, Page 57

WORKERS’ DWELLINGS.

AUCKLAND OTTV COUNCIL’S SCHEME. AUCKLAND, July 25. Applications for the remaining 22 houses of the 50 workers’ dwellings that are being erected at Grey Lynn by the City Council closed on Thursday. The applications re ceived were considerably in excess of the mumier of houses to be allotted. The selection of suitable tenants has been placed in the hands of the town clerk, who has made it a rule not to allow any house to other than married couples with young families, as it is felt that such have the greatest difficulty in securing suitable accommodation. Some weeks ago the City Council held a ballot for the first 28 of the Grey Lynn houses, for which there were 144 applications. Twenty-eight names were drawn with an additional 12 as emergencies. This proved to be a wise precaution, as a number of the successful applicants either withdrew or were found to lie unsuitable, some even being found to be single men. It w’as in making the necessary adjustments that the council decided to place the decision in the hands of the town clerk, and he was able to satisfy himself personally that these admirable little houses n era being occupied by those for whom the scheme was originally frameu.