THE PLIGHT OF TENANTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 March 1920, Page 2

THE PLIGHT OF TENANTS.

To the Editor. Sir,—l have very little to say in reply to "Pro Bono's" letter. In the main I agree with him, but while the law of landlord and tenant stands as It is, 'twere better to be carried out by a considerate and sympathetic officer than by a callous, bumptuous jaeit-in-ollloe. It is very painful to see so many tenants, many of them excellent people,'in the unfortunate position only too many hare been in recently. The law is on the side of the landlords, "'nd until we have a Government for the people and not for vested interests it will remain so. There should lie a Tenants' night Act to minimise the Inconvenience and indignities that people who are forced to rent dwellings too frequently have to suffer. A housing policy is on urgent necessity, not the emasculated, inept thing that passes as such 10-day, and which will never achieve anything by way of relieving the present Situation, but a real live active housing policy. we are told that the urgent need of the country Is population, and an Immigration policy is foreshadowed. What on earth is the good of an immigration scheme when we are unable to house those already living in the Dominion? It will only acccntuato the housing difficulty. Vested interest is having a great timo just now. The seed of discontent is being sedulously sown. By-and-by the crop brought forth will be, must be, reaped.—l am, etc., "PUBLICO."