TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1985
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CONTROL OVER VACATED SQUATTER STRUCTURES TIGHTENED
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TO DEAL MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE STRUCTURES VACATED BY SQUATTERS WHO WILL BECOME PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT WILL INTRODUCE NEW MEASURES WITH EFFECT FROM TOMORROW TO FREEZE THE OCCUPANCY POSITION OF THE SQUATTER FAMILY OR FAMILIES AS SOON AS THEY ARE CALLED FOR INTERVIEW UPON THEIR TURN COMING ON THE WAITING LIST FOR PUBLIC HOUSING.
+SQUATTER CONTROL STAFF WILL UNDERTAKE A DETAILED REGISTRATION OF ALL THE FAMILIES/PERSONS LIVING IN THE STRUCTURE,+ SAID A HOUSING SPOKESMAN TODAY.
HE SAID THAT BY SO DOING, THE FUTURE REHOUSING ELIGIBILITY FOR THE SHARING FAMILIES, IF ANY, WOULD BE SAFEGUARDED WHILE ANY NEW-COMERS WOULD BE REGARDED AS +LIVING IN AN ILLEGAL STRUCTURE+ AND WOULD NOT BE ENTITLED TO PUBLIC HOUSING WHEN THE STRUCTURE WAS EVENTUALLY CLEARED.
+THIS REVISED PROCEDURE WILL TIGHTEN CONTROL AND PREVENT ANY NEW-COMERS FROM JUMPING THE QUEUE FOR PUBLIC HOUSING IN THE EVENT OF SUBSEQUENT CLEARANCE OF THE AREA. THESE MEASURES SHOULD THUS DISCOURAGE PROFITEERING INVOLVING SQUATTER STRUCTURES.
+ THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT WILL STILL BE THE DEMOLITION OF THE VACATED STRUCTURE WHENEVER THIS IS POSSIBLE.
+ IF THE STRUCTURE IS IN SINGLE OCCUPANCY, THE SQUATTER WILL BE REQUIRED TO SURRENDER THE STRUCTURE AND AGREE TO ITS DEMOLITION UPON HIS MOVING INTO A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE.+
AT THE SAME TIME, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, NOTICES WOULD BE POSTED ON THE STRUCTURE DECLARING THAT IT WAS SUBJECT TO DEMOLITION.
+ IN CASES WHERE THE STRUCTURE IS SHARED BY OTHER FAMILIES, THE NOTICE WILL CARRY THE WARNING THAT ANY PERSON COMING TO OCCUPY THE VACATED PORTION WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR PUBLIC HOUSING WHEN IT IS CLEARED.+
THE SPOKESMAN EMPHASISED THAT GETTING ON TO THE WAITING LIST WAS THE PROPER CHANNEL OF ENTERING PUBLIC HOUSING.
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