(1) To keep under review:
(a) the progress made in the construction of permanent domes- tic housing (Government, Government-aided and private) by major types of premises;
(b) the existing need for such housing; and the probable need over the succeeding 10 years, by major types of premises and their general location;
(c) the suitability of the balance between the various types of housing being constructed or projected, and the appropriate- ness of these types as presently defined (or later redefined) to the changing needs of the community;
(d) the extent to which the need for domestic accommodation
is being met;
(e) the scale of ancillary social and employment facilities avail- able and (in broad terms) required in various parts of the Colony in association with domestic housing;
and, having regard to all aspects of the Colony's practicable ability to provide domestic housing, to make a report annually by 1st September for the consideration of the Governor in Council covering the matters listed above, together with recommendations for a forward building programme and a technical planning target, in categories of housing, covering the next 10 years from the date of the report.
(2) To advise the Governor from time to time on any administrative measures necessary to improve coordination between the agencies responsible for providing domestic housing.
(3) To consider and make recommendations on any matters affecting domestic housing policy which may be referred to the Board.
22. The Commissioner for Resettlement is an ex-officio member of the Board and the department provided a variety of statistical and other information for consideration in preparing its first report.
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CONSTITUTIONAL
LEGISLATION
23. The legal powers of the Resettlement Department derive from the Resettlement Ordinance No. 16 of 1958 and Regulations made
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