THE HOUSING PROBLEM.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 August 1919, Page 4

THE HOUSING PROBLEM.

AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE..

By Telegraph.—Praia Association. ' Wellington, Last NigH The conference convened by ngton Repatriation Board ducuned mla housing- problem. The «hairmMid w lisv Kepatriation Board presided, and W- -,'■ gatea from the City Council, HejEr-T Board, Keturned Soldiers' A«od*2«r'. the. Town Manning Association, aad tfti 1 Labor Department were present, i It wa* decided to urge upon the Q*V- ■»» eminent tb e imperative necessity fak., building a large number of faouHt 3? , meet the present need. It wa» al*4 lb* cided that the Government tie requested immediately to set up a housing em* mjsaion, whoso duty it should be toto•iicate to the local authorittaa thajr obligat.ons in the matter of housing!.' their districts, to approve the housing schemes, and to grant the loans neoee6avl '* '!?£ out of schemes. Mr. I- w. Rowley, superintendent of workers' dwellings, said he had no doubt that if all went well with the tenders for erection of 200 houses authorised tt» government would authorise a further' 200 soon. The department's system «i» on «■ 90 « nd footing financially. The following resolutions wereca«W: That with regard to the loss on any moneys lent by the Government tolooul bodies one-third should be borne by the consolidated fund and two-thlrde by the local authorities! that wherever possible the tenure should lie freehold, eabject to certain restrictions na to residence and sale of property,,, • : . ■■ '> It was decided that a deputation Unit ttpon the, Government to urge ptttßng' iitlo effecttha {evolutions of M» confer.eicA r