Houses And Loans For Ex-servicemen

Chronicle (Levin), 3 June 1948, Page 7

Houses And Loans For Ex-servicemen

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\\ EbiLlN GTOxN , June 2. Another 159 ex-servicemen obtained State iiouse tenancies during April. i'nis brought t-iie number of ailocated nouses up io the end of that month to 8401. 1 ollowing are the district allocations to ex-servicemen as at the end ot April, with tliose for April itself sliown in parentheses:— Auckland - North Auckland, 2402 GJo); Waikato-Bay of Plenty G44 (5); ixawke's Bay-Poverty Bay 3G1 (10); taranaki 242' (2) ; M ellington province ( including 1'alme.rston North, Wanganui and Alastefton) 2972 (()0.),; - ■Nel-' rion-AJ ari borough-W-est land 198 ' (9); Canterbury province 877 (29); Otago province 400 (8); Southland 179 (1). l'otals: 8401 (159). Alore than £50, 000,000 has been autliorised in rehabilitation loans to ex-ser vicemen and women. The latest figures as at the end of April show that 02,255 appliciuits had ..iieen granted loans ■ unounting in value to £50,522,400. The total outiay on rehabilitation at the ;ame date was more than £07,000,000. During April, there were 1470 fresli authorisations totalling in value 21,101,481. With 78 farm loans in April, the total under that head was brought to 4794 valued at £19,001,348. This inchidcd 57S men' settled under the land settlement scheme. Another 257 ex-servicemen were granted loans to b.uild and 240- to purchase homes during April, the total value of these being £309,015 and £206,373 respeetivelv. r ■ Altogether at the end of April,. about 34;000 ex-servieeinen liad- received direct hotising assistance in some foriri th rough- the Rehabilitation Boa'rd. Apart from those included above is a considerable number of AJaori ex-ser-vicemen, wh.o haye been - , assisted throngh the Afaori rehabilitation finance committee and under ■ the Native Land and Housing Acts.