HOUSING SCHEME.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume IV, Issue 160, 18 June 1936, Page 3

HOUSING SCHEME.

Local Bodies To Be Asked To Co-operale. RENTAL PROVISIONS. Press Association— Copyright. Wellington, June 17.: The Government's : housing y'i&A&me, which Cabinet has been further considering since the adjournment of Parliar.ent, involves provision for rented houses as well as facilities for those wishing to own their own dwellings, according to a statement made by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage, to-day. He said local bodies would be asked to co-ooerate in the way of building or renting. Dealing with renting Mr. Savage said many men had let their savings through putting down deposits on their homes. When a reactionary Government got into power they found everything had been taken away from them because they had invested their savings in houses when earning decent wages, being under the impression the position would continue. Then the depression came along, wages were reduced by Acts of Parliament and because people were unable to meet, payments to mortgagees they lost their properties. Mr. Savage said local bodies would receive assistance in housing schemes. The Government's view of the problem was that when it lent money to a worker to build a home its job was to see that his income was maintained and that the worker was enabled to meet his liabilities to the Crown or to a private mortgagee.