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Book reviews Tenants want to buy their houses and we have power to sell. As soon as all inclusive costs for the estates are available and 7aluations made the scheme can be put into practice. At the end of last year a system of valuation and a method of repayment of the Jommonwealth Loan was 'formulated. In the meantime the tenant has security, and any payment over and above the payments he would normally have to make will form an equity for him. In country and metropolitan areas a fine type of self-reliant, home-making tenant is obvious. In their gardens and their willing­ ness to share the difficulties and mould the future of the new neighbourhood, their interest is evident. They are, in the main, young families beginning to develop after a gruelling period of cr~ped and heartbreaking housing. The Commonwealth-State Agreement has justified itself as a fine piece of preventive work, but, owing to factors beyond our control, production oannot increase to a rate sufficient to do more than touch the fringe of the housing problem. FRANCES E. PENINGTON, M.A.,Dip.Ed. Dip.Soc.Wk. Member Victorian state Housing Commission. 1. fTroubles of Children & parents' - Susan Isaacs Methuen, London, 1948. Susan Isaacs' http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Social Work Taylor & Francis

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Australian Journal of Social Work , Volume 3 (3): 3 – Sep 1, 1949
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Tenants want to buy their houses and we have power to sell. As soon as all inclusive costs for the estates are available and 7aluations made the scheme can be put into practice. At the end of last year a system of valuation and a method of repayment of the Jommonwealth Loan was 'formulated. In the meantime the tenant has security, and any payment over and above the payments he would normally have to make will form an equity for him. In country and metropolitan areas a fine type of...
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Abstract

Tenants want to buy their houses and we have power to sell. As soon as all inclusive costs for the estates are available and 7aluations made the scheme can be put into practice. At the end of last year a system of valuation and a method of repayment of the Jommonwealth Loan was 'formulated. In the meantime the tenant has security, and any payment over and above the payments he would normally have to make will form an equity for him. In country and metropolitan areas a fine type of self-reliant, home-making tenant is obvious. In their gardens and their willing­ ness to share the difficulties and mould the future of the new neighbourhood, their interest is evident. They are, in the main, young families beginning to develop after a gruelling period of cr~ped and heartbreaking housing. The Commonwealth-State Agreement has justified itself as a fine piece of preventive work, but, owing to factors beyond our control, production oannot increase to a rate sufficient to do more than touch the fringe of the housing problem. FRANCES E. PENINGTON, M.A.,Dip.Ed. Dip.Soc.Wk. Member Victorian state Housing Commission. 1. fTroubles of Children & parents' - Susan Isaacs Methuen, London, 1948. Susan Isaacs'

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Published: Sep 1, 1949

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