"The special feature of Liverpo ol housing is the er'ee
tion of tenement houses, mostly 3 storeys high, of a very plain
character, on cleared areas or other districts in central parts
SO as specially to accomodate persons displaced.
up to sprinp1910 has erected 2,332 tenements for this purpose,
containing 193 one-room, 1,095 two-room, 845 three-room, and
202 four-room drellings with 20 shops.
together vrith the valuation of sites for housing purposes, was
E443,962, while the gross annual rental was E21,694.
return on the later dwellings is from El to b4 per cent;and
the charge on the rates in respect of rehousing the dispossess
ed is hll,951 per annum, or a rate of about 2/3d. in the h.
This,however, includes the provision of a sinking fund, which
will put the ratepayers in possession of the properties at the
expiration of periods varying from 60 to 80 years."
The Council
The cost of building,
The net
Statement from!"A.W. Thompson, Municipal Housing in England
and Wales.
