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Section II,— Estimate of Housing Needs.
1. Working class houses required during the next three
years to—
No. of
Houses.
(a) Meet the unsatisfied demand for houses (taking
account of growth of population, overcrowding,
etc.) 1,750
(b) Re-house persons to be displaced by the
clearance of unhealthy areas 72
(c) Re-place other dwellings which are unfit for
human habitation and cannot be made fit 25
(d) Replace obstructive or other buildings (now
inhabited and not included under heading (c))
which should be demolished —
(e) Replace other houses which, although they
cannot at present be regarded as unfit for
human habitation, fall definitely below a
reasonable standard 113
(f) meet anticipated deficiences, e.g., arising from
new industrial development Doubtful
Total 1,960
2. Deduct—
(a) Working class houses which it is anticipated
will be set free during the next three years as
the result of any probable decrease in the
population Nil.
(b) Working class houses likely to be built during
the next three years by persons other than the
Local Authority 25
Net estimate of number of houses required 1,935