HOUSING PROBLEM.
i —————.————— i PROTECTION OF TENANTS. TEMPtORARY LEGISLATION. . ’ (3y Telegraph—Pres: Assonufllon.) \VELLING’I‘ON, \Vednesday. Legislation lot a temporary nature to ‘safeguard the interests of tenants will be introduced by the Government at an ‘ early. date. The Prime Minister (the Right Hon. .\i. J. Savage) stated tn~rlay that caucus had approved of a Bill that \\'ill give Magistrates wider powers than the}. jhave at present to prevent eviction of tenants during the winter months. .Vlr Savage added that the measure would only he palliative and did not pretend to deal with the housing proh—lcm. That matter would he fully dealt ‘\vith in legislation which would he in—troduced during the second portion of the session. The only way to deal satisfactorily with the problem of rents was to build decent houses for the people, and to provide the people with decent, wages to enable them to pay the rent. The Government did not want private people who built, houses to lose money.
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19891, 21 May 1936, Page 4
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160HOUSING PROBLEM. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19891, 21 May 1936, Page 4
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