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(iii) Private sector housing
More than 34,000 flate had houses wore completed last porhaps, by the private poucos. Not surprisingly production at this level, coupled with high interest rates and
property
valuda indiatod, by, bpeculative activities in recent years, led to an abnormally high number of unsold properties. However, the levelling off of sale prices together with lowering of mortgage interoot tatés has put more of this large stock Of accommodatioh within the roach of those seeking
housing.
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(iv) Landlord and tenant
A significant advance in the private rontal field ovez the past year has been the introduction, under the aegis of the Lands Tribunal, of a system providing reasonable security of tenuze to tenants of premises not subject to ront control, provided they are prepared to pay, the fair markot rent.
1981 are Dow
very high
38. Ali prenices completed since June
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excluded from rent pontrol, and · promisep
'pad os rateable value aro being, excluded by stages. Well before the oxpiry in December nont year of the exdating legislation. controlling rent · labregado
inbreqsoo· for post-war promises; the Government will be considering tho
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Suturo form of those' controls, and appropriate logiciation; will be introduced in this session.
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(v) The squatter problon
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39. Doopito" high "levele of housing production, in areas' major problems still oziot. The most obvious in the aquatter problem. Although nearly 1.3 million squatters have been rehoused since the 1950's,' 'latoot estimatos still put the squatter population at over half a million.
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Many will be
rehoused through development clearanoda over the next rew years: but most large aquatter concentrations are likely to
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