POLICY
13. Generally speaking the policy of the Authority is to provide flats of a good basic standard and at as low a rent as possible. The standard laid down provides for self-contained flats, each with its own kitchen, lavatory and balcony. It is realized that this type is not the cheapest possible and that it is unlikely that it could be provided at a rent within the means of the poorest classes. However any reduction in this standard would mean a reversion to the tenement-type accommodation with communal kitchens and lavatories, and the Authority is strongly of the opinion that it is wrong to perpetuate this type. By providing good accommoda- tion on a large scale it is hoped that the general level of rents will be lowered and that as a result those persons who are unable to afford the rent of the Authority's flats will nevertheless be helped indirectly. The Authority has also accepted the principle that, as building sites in the urban areas are scarce, accommodation must be provided in multi-storey flats with a maximum number of people to the acre.
14. Tenants for those flats are to be selected in accordance with their housing need. Applications will be limited to those families whose monthly incomes correspond with the proposed rent levels and it is proposed to establish a form of points system to decide the degree of priority which should be given to each application. The final details of the system to be adopted must await the advice of the Housing Manager, but it is intend- ed that the main factor in selection will be the degree of overcrowding experienced by applicants at the time of their application.
15. Once installed tenants will be subject to careful supervision to ensure that their flats are not overcrowded or sublet, and generally that the conditions of tenancy are being observed.
16. The scale of building will depend on the loan funds available from Government, or elsewhere, and on the sites that can be allocated. If the problem is to be attacked on a realistic
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