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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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