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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io6 THE HOUSING QUESTION Or read this extract from a Ministry of Health circular to employers on Labour in October, 1920 :— “ It is a recognised fact that inadequate housing is one of the most fruitful causes of industrial unrest. " Discontent amongst the working-classes, resulting in in efficiency, and the waste and misery of strikes, vitally affect commercial enterprise. " if each employee were in possession of a comfortable home, discontent would undoubtedly be decreased. . . . “ Local Authorities are working to satisfy local housing demands by means of their State-aided schemes, but the demand still far exceeds the supply." And lastly the famous pronouncement of Mr. Walter Long (now Lord Long) in 1916, when he was President of the Local Government Board (now the Ministry of Health):— “ It would be a black crime indeed if we were to sit still and do nothing by way of preparation to ensure that when these men come back they shall be provided with homes with as little delay as possible. To let them come back from the horrible water-logged trenches to something little better than a pigsty here would indeed be criminal on the part of ourselves, and would be a negation of all that has been said during this war that we could never repay these men for what they have done for us.” The Government has totally stopped further rural housing probably because they do not think the suf ferers command many votes. Read, then, what men who live in the country have to say:— Mr. Maurice Hewlett, the Vice-Chairman of a Rural Council in Wiltshire, than whom no man knows better the life of the agricultural worker, wrote to the Times on July 10th, 1921 :—

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