FURNITURE FOR HOMES
COUPLES NEED ADVICE OPENING OF AN EXHIBITION Received June 3, 6.21 p.m. LONDON, June 3. Opening an exhibton of workingclass furniture and equipment organised by the Council for Art and Industry in London, Sir Kingsley Wood said that housing progress was such that about a million people in this country moved last year into new houses. There was a real need, he said, for advice and assistance which would enable houses to become real homes. There was a number of people who did not possess sufficient furniture and equipment to make their new house a home because they had not the means to do so. Local authorities had power under the Housing Act to provide furniture for tenants in such cases. A scheme at Birmingham enabled furniture to be supplied to young married couples. At Gateshead the corporation, through local retailers, provided furniture, and instalment payments were collected each week with the rent. It was noteworthy that arrears of instalments were under two per cent, of the amounts due for payment.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 131, 4 June 1937, Page 8
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