STANDARDISED HOUSES.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 December 1917, Page 7

STANDARDISED HOUSES.

rjr 150,000 TO 200,000 TO BE BUILT. GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY OF MANY .!«;• MILLIONS. : London, Oct. 26. iThe Government has decided that the : W national housing scheme shall be directed by the Local Government Board. T'io returns already, received from the city, borough, town, and district councils throughout the country show that about MX),000 new workmen's dwellings are urgently required, but it can be stated that from 150,000 to 200,000 will be erected to meet the after-war conditions. It was stated at the Local Government Board yesterday that the Government would "be asked to grant a subsidy of several million pounds for the purpose. The type and size of the houses will vary according to the district in which they are .built, but all the parts will be standardised, from the bricks to window fittings. In every possible case gardens will be provided, the cultivation of which will be of national value in the years of food shortage which will follow the war. Local authorities arc being urged a adopt a standard system of planning with not more than twelve ■houses to the acre. It is suggested that arterial roads be 100 ft Wide, shopping Or Secondary roads not more than 50ft., Mjt residential roads from 36ft to 40ft. /™ te rvie wed yesterday, Mr. Henry R Aldi-idge, secretary of the National llousand Town Planning Council, said tjbat up to now workmen's houses had l»en turned out like cottage loaves. 411 this was to be altered. The house of fth«-laborer could he just as artistically Ugned as that of the rich man. No re brick boxes must be erected. What wja wanted was healthy garden cottages, vatli more air and window space. Land could be bought near Birmingham, Manchester, and Sheffield for less" than £-200 a W acre, and it was wrong, therefore. local authorities should in some ' m,V ' as lnue!l S s £IOOO per The National Housing and Town Planning Council are arranging to hold a series of conferences throughout the coun- £ y » first will > St. George's Hall, Liverpool, on November 28, 29, and 3®,