Wednesday, April 7, 1976
Touching on suggestions that rents in new estates were "unduly high,"
he said they were certainly higher than those set, say, three years ago. "But
they reflect as they must
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current costs.
"However, the Authority does not fix rents in an arbitrary way, and is
at all times aware that they must not run beyond the means of the majority of
the occupants."
For those with difficulties in paying their rents, he said the Authority
tried to recover older, lower-rent flats by inviting the families occupying
them to opt for new estate accommodation.
"This is a sensible way of tackling the problem and the scale of this
transfer process is being extended," he added.
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