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frequently leads to friction and disagreement, for naturally
their tastes and habits to not assimilate. There is
now a long list of waiting applicants for houses at the
Council Office. Several large sites have lately been
sold and are to be utilised as far as we can ascertain,
for industrial purposes, which will tend to make matters
worse in this respect. It is estimated that to meet the
unsatisfied demand for houses, taking account of growth
uon, existing overcrowding, etc., it will be
necessary to erect 250 houses during the next three
years.
COUNCIL'S HOUSING SCHEME.
The Council have three sites upon which it is proposed
to erect houses to meet the shortage:—
(1) Canning Road site, undeveloped plots upon
which as a matter of urgency the Council are erecting
bungalows which will shortly be ready for occupation.
These have similar accommodation to Type "A" houses,
and consist of living room, three bedrooms and scullery,
baths and usual offices.
(2) Weald Village site, which has been approved
by the Ministry of Health. This is an excellent site
having a gradual slope facing South, is well timbered,
which feature is to be preserved as much as possible to
keep the rural appearance, and on which nine types of
houses are to be erected. One hundred and thirty-two
of the "A" type (living room, and three bedrooms), 118
"B" type (parlour, living-room, and three bedrooms),
and 18 "B4" Type (four bedrooms), all are provided
with baths and the usual offices. The various types
are to be varied as to their elevations so as to give as
pleasing and varied a front as possible, and eliminate
the monotony usual in the past in ordinary buildings.
(3) Montrose Road site, which is adjacent to the
above has the roads and sewers formed and laid, and on
which 23 houses of the "A" type are to be erected.
The total number of houses that it is proposed to
erect is 291, and it is to be hoped that good progress
will be made during the year 1920, both as regards the
formation of the streets and the construction of the
houses.