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Amerikas internationale Kapitalwanderungen

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Identifikator:: 1029343713

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-72101

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Schreiner, Olive http://d-nb.info/gnd/118795457

Title:: Die Frau und die Arbeit

Place of publication:: Jena

Publisher:: Eugen Diederichs

Year of publication:: 1914

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (180 Seiten)

Digitisation:: 2018

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: VI. Einige Einwände

Collection:: Economics Books

»»» 32 THE HOUSING QUESTION *■ We found that the rates, added to the rent charged, mean that the houses are impossible for workpeople. For instance, in Bristol, where houses have been built in most admirable positions and in the most admirable way, for a living-room, parlour and three bedrooms the rent and rates amount to 2is. 2d. weekly. . . ." “ There is a total charge of 21s. 6d. per week for the houses mentioned, 17s. yd. for a house with a living-room and three bedrooms, and 16s. for a house with a living room and two bedrooms, and that is more than the ex-service men can afford.” SIXTH EXCUSE That the Cost will be Ruinous SEVENTH EXCUSE That the necessary Capital cannot be Found The former excuse attempts to show that the British people, now and in the future, cannot afford the annual charges which a complete State-aided Housing Scheme will bring on the Exchequer, owing to the impossibility of fixing the rents high enough to meet the interest and sinking fund on loans together with the usual landlord’s expenses for repairs, voids and management. The latter excuse is an assertion that the Government and the Local Authorities combined cannot, at least without grave detriment to the finances of the nation, borrow the money for paying the builders, quite apart from the question of being able to pay annual charges. Let us quote once again the Minister of Health in

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