4.
emphasize have only just been received and are still under consideration. In brief, this report recommends that, for the period up to 1976, the following housing should be provided:-
People
Private sector
360,000
Housing Authority
& Housing Society
120,000
Low cost housing
& Resettlement
560,000
1,040,000
I am sure you will agree that any plan to re-house one-quarter of a population within 6 years is an ambitious one: particularly when over 43% are already accommodated in housing provided by Government and Government-aided agencies.
But to set this programme against the need, the following is the estimated current position in rough figures:
Housed in permanent
private housing
1,600,000
Housed in Government
& Government-aided housing
1,700,000
Housed in temporary structures or temp-
orary shelter
700,000
4,000,000