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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28 THE HOUSING QUESTION People sometimes have the idea that more cottages are not wanted in the country, and that the existing ones are all that can be desired. “ How pretty" they say, as they fly past in a car. “ Do look at those roses on that cottage.” But it is not the roses which matter; it is the drains, and it is as well not to look at those—if there are any. It is only God’s air and sunlight which saves the countryside from epidemics as serious as any in the slums. The rural labourer knows this and he is not content. FIFTH EXCUSE That the Working Classes cannot Afford to Pay the Rent The present Minister of Health is the principal propa gator of this excuse, which is very widely held. Let us quote from his speech to the House of Commons on July 2 ist, 1921 :— " The Chairman of a Housing Committee, full of enthusiasm, and the Medical Officer of Health come and talk to me about the vast number of houses required, whilst the Chairman of the Finance Committee and other officers of the Corporation assure me that if you build these houses there is not the slightest likelihood of their ever being let.” Again:— " There has been a trade depression and people who entered themselves as applicants for these houses are now not so anxious to take them. Unfortunately a great many cannot afford to take them.”

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