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He said: "I believe that one of the worst features of the
old public housing arrangements was the immobility of tenants; once
you had been allocated a flat, usually at a very tight space standard,
there you stayed regardless of what happened to your family size or
to your income."
The new set up allowed many such families who had become
more prosperous to "trade up" to bigger and better flats in the
newer estates, albeit at higher rents.
"There has been an encouraging response to this move and I
am sure that the process will quicken as more and more tenants
realise the good sense of seizing this opportunity to improve their
family life," he said.
such a move helped not only the family concerned but a
less well-off family, which could then be allocated the original
family's low-rent flat.
Mr. Lightbody praised the contribution made to the Authority's
work by the 13 Unofficial Hembers who, with official members and staff
of the Housing Department, serve on the Authority's functional
committees comprising the Building Committee, the Management Committee,
the Operations Committee, the Finance Committee and the Appeals
Committee.