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Show Britain Needs New Houses. It has been estimated that 800,000 new houses are needed In the United Kingdom to properly house the population. popu-lation. All building was at a standstill stand-still throughout the war. Because of the enormous increase In building materials ma-terials and the Increased cost of labor la-bor these houses cannot be built for less than twice the amount they would have cost In 1914. Thousands of big houses In London are for sale, but these are of no use to newlyweds, who In most Instances cannot afford to maintain them, nor can they get the servants necessary to keep up such establishments. It has been found too costly to try to convert many of these houses Into apartments. They now are monuments to prewar and opulent opu-lent family life In London, when servants serv-ants were employed by the dozen. |