APPENDIX TO CHAPTER V
BUILDINGS IN COTTAGE AREAS
Owned by Permittee
Hire- purchase Agreements
Rent Agreements
Total
A. Stone or Brick Cottages
1. Built by Permittee
1,789
1.789
2.
Built by Contractor
between 1951 and
1954 for sale to
eligible persons
2,149
99
9*
2,257
3. Built by non-profit making and welfare organizations
1.044
1,455
2,286†
4,785
4. Built or purchased by
Government
437
437
Total
4.982
1,554
2,732
9,268
B. Wooden Huts
Built by Permittee ..
5.573
5,573
C. Shops
Built by Permittee
406
406
D. Workshops and Factories
80
80
Grand Total
11,041
1.554
2,732
15,327
* Requisitioned by Government.
† 1.711 of these cottages have been handed over to Government which therefore now
owns 2,157.
CHAPTER VI
WELFARE IN THE ESTATES AND AREAS
83. When a squatter is resettled in a multi-storey estate his housing problem has been solved, and he knows that he will not be evicted as long as he is able to pay his rent and as long as he observes the very reasonable conditions of his tenancy. If, as is often the case, he previously rented accommodation in a squatter area from a squatter landlord his new rent will almost certainly be less than he was paying before. To that extent he may be better off financially, but the problem of earning enough money to keep himself and his family alive will probably still be his main preoccupation since the majority of the residents in multi-storey estates are under-employed.
84. If, therefore, the term welfare is used in its broadest sense the biggest need of the average settler is regular employment. It is for this
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