WORKERS’ DWELLINGS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13331, 21 March 1911, Page 4

WORKERS’ DWELLINGS.

Regulations under “The Workers’ Dwell-, mgs Act, 1910,” are published in the Now Zealand Gazette, and workers who desire to purchase or lease dwellings under this Act can now obtain particulars on application to the Advances to Workers Of lice Designs of dwellings, of which each bears a number, may be inspected at the nearest office of the Department of Labour, and the Workers’ Dwellings Board will bo prepared to consider any reasonable alteration of same to suit the requirements of applicant. “Worker" means every person, male or female, who is employed in work of any kind or in manual labour, whose earnings at the time of his application do not exceed -£175 per annum, and who is landless —meaning thereby that he is not, either by himself or jointly with any other person, the owner in fee-simple or the tenant or occupier under a lease of any land in New Zealand. Printed froms of application are supplied, and in the case of a renewable lease, a deposit of four weeks’ rent, in advance is required. Applications to purchase must be accompanied with a deposit of .£lO. In connection with applications for weekly or monthly tenancy four weeks’ rent in advance is required to be paid. Applicants arc required to state the particular locality in which they desire to have a dwelling erected, the approximate size of the section, the number of rooms required number of the design selected, and any other particulars concerning land or dwelling that applicant desires to submit. Applicants have also to state whether they are over 21 years of age or not, whether married or single, where employed, rate of earnings at time of application, and the proposed occupants of worker’s dwelling, stating the ages and sexes of children. In disposing of applications for dwellings, applications to purchase shall in all cases bo preferred to applications for lease or other tenancy; and the Board may give preference to those applicants who, in its opinion, arc most in need of such dwellings. If tenders exceed the estimated cost of dwellings, applicants may withdraw their applications, and arc entitled to a refund of deposits in respect of purchase money or rout. If for any other reason an application is withdrawn, an applicant is not entitled to a refund; but the Board may, if it thinks fit, refund the balance of such deposit after deducting an amount of not less than £1 for expenses. When a dwelling is Vicing disposed of by way of purchase, the tenant occupying it will have the first option of entering into an agreement to purchase the dwelling. The Board will insure each dwelling to the maximum insurance value, and the purchaser is required to pay the amount of tlie premiums to the Board. There are also several machinery clauses, as well as regulations in regard to keeping the dwellings in good order, repairs, and alterations, and it is also stipulated that any person appointed by tho Board shall at all reasonable times be entitled to inspect any worker’s dwelling.