The Report of the Government Committee on Housing, which was
issued on Thursday, April 10th, outlines a great scheme of house building to be spread over fifteen years, and is designed to produce 2,500,000 houses as a maximum, and 1,760,000 as a minimum. If the maximum were achieved an average of over 166,000 houses would be built each year. The Committee does not expect, however, that anything like that figure would be reached at once. The aim is to start with 50,000 houses and gradually to reach a maximum of 225,000 in a year. The Report is signed by Mr. W. H. Nicholls, of the National Federation of Building Trade Employers, and Mr. T. Barrow, of the National Federation of Building Trade Operatives. It will thus be seen that the scheme is likely to have the support of both Capital and Labour, as was intended. This is a distinctly valuable point, though we cannot wonder at the agreement when we reflect that the scheme promises practical security to the building trade, both for employers and employed, for fifteen years to come. Something like a Building Trust is contemplated.
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