The housing question

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Identifikator:: 1023104237

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-61777

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: The housing question

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.

Year of publication:: 1922

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (125 Seiten)

Collection:: Economics Books

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7 6 THE HOUSING QUESTION Take a typical and well-known instance—the Brady Street area in Bethnal Green. Early in 1919, Queen Alexandra visited this area, and as a consequence the Ministry of Health “ had their attention directed to it,” and presumably set to work. In a reply in the House of Commons on 29th June, 1921, 2^ years later, Sir Alfred Mond said that no decision had yet been given in regard to this scheme. Can procras tination go further ? On 13th March, 1922, the Minister at length reported that “ a start had been made on the Brady Street Scheme.” However, Colonel Fremantle, a Conservative Coalition Member and Chairman of the Housing Committee of the London County Council, threw new light on this. He told the Minister that, although the Brady Street Scheme had been sanctioned two months before (January, 1922), the L.C.C. had heard nothing from the Ministry as regards approval of 17 other most urgent slum-clearance schemes, where enquiries had been held 18 months ago. He added, “ We were right behindhand with this slum business and waiting for a policy.” If such was the case in this famous slum, things elsewhere in the country are much worse. Not only has slum clearance practically nowhere begun, but the Minister would not during 1920 or 1921 consider slum clearance schemes at all, and at the beginning of the latter year sent his emissaries round the larger boroughs to implore them to rescind any “ resolutions ” proposing to proceed with such schemes.

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