§ Mr. DAYasked the Minister of Health whether he has received any representations from local authorities to the effect that many tenants occupying municipal houses which were built under Housing and Town Planning Acts are unable through unemployment to pay the present rents; and whether these applications to reduce rents have been approved?
§ Mr. GREENWOODUnder the Housing Acts, 1923 and 1924, local authorities are not required to refer to me when considering applications for reduction of rents. Under the Housing, Town Planning Act, 1919, certain local authorities have suggested reductions of rents on general ground's and they have been agreed in more than half the cases dealt with during the current year.