20,000 HOUSES NEEDED YEARLY.
HOUSING POSITION BAD IN SCOTLAND
By Telegraph.—-Press Assn.—Copyright, *' Sydney Sun ” Cable. (Received January 28, 12.20 p.m.) LONDON, January' 27. Mr Baldwin, speaking at Stirling, said that it was necessary to build 20.000 houses y'earlv in Scotland for the next fifteen years, to overcome the housing shortage. Statistics showed that 8 per cent of the, population were living in single rooms, and that 39 per cent were in two rooms. The Government was not satisfied with the present rate of building and had decided to construct 2000 steel houses in Scotland yearly. He denied that he was fighting the trade unions or that he was desirous of reducing the builders’ standard of living. The engineering trade unions were pressing for an increase of £1 weekly', but the demand had been in abeyance pending the Government’s unsuccessful efforts to secure general ratification of the International Eight Hour Day Convention.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17756, 28 January 1926, Page 8
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