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Show ENGLAND SHORT MILU0N.H0MES LONDON, Jan. 1. ( 'orrespond-ence.i 'orrespond-ence.i It is estimated that London is short of 100,000 houses and Premier Lloyd Oeorge. apeaktnsr in the bouse Of commons, has placed the total house shortage for the whole of the I nlted kingdom at roughly l.aoo.000. A house f(M rnt notice board In ljn-don ljn-don quickly attracts a crowd. Housing is a department of the ministry min-istry of health and, by legislative act. local authorities are required to submit sub-mit bousing schemes. Thousands of '. hemes have been submitted, but progress pro-gress has been cry slow. Icrhaps the chief reason for this has been the economic ractor. Hous.i Which OOSjI three or four times much to build as before the war. cannot can-not obviously let or sell at pre-war figures. Nevertheless, according to government govern-ment statistics some 60.000 now houses were started In 1 920 and the number contracted for ha risen during the It 'rum 10,408 to 133.301- One striking feature of the effort to provide houses is a housing scheme onducted by tho office of works.' which was empowered to spend 6.000.-000 6.000.-000 pounds spread over 18 months. Its operations started In Camberwell. a soutn wnaon oorougn. An arrange- I ment was made by which the office of1 works supplied the plans, material and1 supervision, while the local federation of trades unions supplied the labor and the borough council assumed responsibility responsi-bility for the fl ances. The plan' worked smoothly and houses were built for 780 pounds nplere, a saving of at least 200 pounds, making a to-( tal saving to ta.vpajers of 400,000 pounds. This scheme may become the embryo of a state building department. depart-ment. The financial difficulties connected with the housing problem have been responsible for the creation by local authorities of interest bearing "hous-' Ing hon.ls" which are in, some localities a fairly popular Investment In the north of England, concrete houses have become popular aa machinery ma-chinery largely replaces man-power In their erection. In some parts of London, Lon-don, too. such houses have been built recently, owing to the shortage or brli JUL .the high rate of waes and other oth-er difficulties. ' |