HOUSING SCHEME
MINISTER REVIEWS PROGRESS By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, January 16. The progress made with the construction of dwellings under the State Housing Scheme was brieflly reviewed by the Minister of Housing, the Hon. H. T. Armstrong, in an Interview this evening. The Ministry of Housing was established in September. 1936. and the building of houses was commenced early in the following year. Statistics were quoted by the Minister to show that 5705 houses have been completed since the inception of the scheme. Following was the position on December 29, 1939: Houses completed 5,705 Houses under construction and actually completed .. .. 1.855 Houses advertised for contracts 10,057 Houses completed and handed over during 1939 3.333 Men employed by the. department and contractors .. .. 5,162 Towns in which work is procceeding 113 Mr Armstrong said he had hoped that by this time it would have been possible to show better results than those achieved, but the war had given a serious setback to the scheme. Labour and material which would otherwise have been available had been taken for the building of hutments and other buildings in military camps. He thought that under the circumstances it could be claimed that good progress had been made with the scheme.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21554, 17 January 1940, Page 6
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