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>Question 65.
How do you intend to abolish slums and overcrowding, and how will you raise the
money to do it ?
>Answer
The slums will be divided into sections. The inhabitants of the first section will then be housed in
temporary accommodation outside the town, and a transport service will be organised to carry them to and from their work. The first section of the slums will then be demolished and rebuilt, and the inhabitants rehoused. The inhabitants of the second section will then be housed in the temporary accommodation, and the same process will be pursued until the slum problem has been solved. The whole undertaking will be carried through on lines similar to the production of munitions in the war. Every resource will be mobilized, and the direct production of materials will be undertaken according to standardised requirements. This method in the war, enormously reduced the cost of shells, and will have a corresponding effect on building materials. The project will be financed by loans guaranteed by the State. The present slums will be taken over without compensation. The only charge falling on the State will be the difference between the present rents paid by slum dwellers and the low rate of interest on the loan. This should not be a large annual charge owing to the great reduction in building costs produced by these methods.
