Advisers on Housing The appointment of the Central Housing Advisory
Committee under the new Housing Act is another step forward in Sir Kingsley Wood's plans to ensure the success of his housing pOlicy. It is too late to continue the argument for a Central Housing Board : the new committee must be'snieented, therefore, as the next best thing, and its operations carefully watched. Its efficacy; of "course, can only be determined after it has had adequate time to play its part,' but a glance at the names' of '-e members should reassure those who doubt 'whether , the Ministry will turn ' to proper 'use the expert extra-departmental knowledge which the existence of the committee makes available. As a whole its Ineinbers' are widely representative of housing interests throughout the country, and include' many authorities of the Goverment Who will not be content to remain inactive. Their main 'task will be to expedite that pa/4, Policy which 'is directed to the prOviSiOn of an adequate iiiinber of houses to let at rents which the lower-paid ‘vage-earners can afford. That is the urgent need today.
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