UNWANTED HOUSES
£12,000,000 STATE BURDEN. The housing position of Iho Old Country was reviewed by Sir Alfred Mom] in a speech on the work of the Ministry of Ilenllli in the House of Commons. He said a. limit of 300.000 houses had been agreed to for Government commitments. It was estimated that n loss of £6O a year would full on the State in respect of each house 'erected bv the. local authorities. Applying that fie-ure to '..'00,000 or 300.000 houses, it showed a burden of £12.000,000 to £13.000.000 a year fallinc on the Exchequer. Tn addition to that there was the grant of £15.000,000 for the subsidy on houses built, privately. Mr Stewart, of the Wirral division of Cheshire, told a story of a "caravan city" on the borders of the Irish sea in 'us division. If tccran as a holiday camp for young people. Now there were 1000 or more caravans there on wheels, and in a few weeks fhese would be supplemented by several thousands of tents. Being on wheels, the caravans escaped rates. He was told of one as bis as a military hut, on specially low wheels.
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Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14765, 3 October 1921, Page 3
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