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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30 THE HOUSING QUESTION (c) Any superiority in the condition or amenity of the houses to be let by them under the assisted scheme, or in the accommodation provided therein; and (d) The classes of tenants in the district for whom the houses are provided. It is further provided in the same Regulations that, if the Minister of Health considers the rents fixed by the Local Authority too low, he may appeal to an Independent Tribunal, whose decision is final. This Tribunal consists of two representatives of the Minister, two of the representative bodies of Local Authorities, and a Chairman elected by the first four. It is obvious to anyone who reads these regulations that the meaning of them is that the rents shall be such as the local working-classes can afford to pay. This view has been taken by the Tribunal each time a case has been referrred to them, and it may be added that in nearly every case the Local Authority has won and the Minister has lost. It is further the case that, where the rent arrived at by («), (6), and (c) exceeds that required by {d), the latter and lower rent is the one to be fixed. More than this, Local Authorities are fully entitled to lower rents, previously fixed by them, if the dwindling wages of the tenants render such a course equitable. This has been done by several Authorities. Where Local Authorities have fixed the rent at such a level that the working classes cannot pay, it can only be because, either they do not know the regulations.

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