HOMELESS FAMILY

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 48, 20 November 1920, Page 8

HOMELESS FAMILY

CAMPING- IX A DOMAIN. Victirtis of the ' liouse' shortage— Mr. John Lyc, an Addington workshops employee, his wife and nine children—have Qn forced 'to ramp. out in tents at) Uie Pleasant I'oint Domain, South New Brighton, says. a. Christchurch writer. All through the Tecent ram, wind, and sleet they wore without proper shelter and decent cooking conveniences. u "We cannot got a house anywhere, said' Mr. Lye.. "Landlordsobject to (he children: .. About a week ago I paid XI deposit !to an lor a ' our " roomed cottage at - -North Reach. I tJiotig-hfc I was fixed. When I came homo in the morning after working on night shift my wife! tojd me that the deposit had been returned.- 'Hie- oivner objected to letting lus ,bcm?e <» ptoplo with children, or to parties of younß men.' I< hav« tried other ■; agents,, but tliey laugh at inc. 'Pay -SIOO down, f thev say, 'and you can have a house. A friend of mine, a returned soldier, cave up his house along the road Ulio other dav. He had : been. paying 2as. n week rent. Tlie landlord is chanting the new tenant 555. ' Summer is heTO now and the owners want stiff holiday P Tho plight of the Lve -family .is .exciting some concern in Now Brighton. So far, however, there seems no proper solution. The" house shortage problem is probably more pronounced at New Brighton than in any other suburb or miv part of Christchurch., The demand for summer Siceommoilation . exceptionally heavy and. the s,uppl.v is less than it lias Wen for many, years.