This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ... a few great land-owners who practically own some of our cities and who, in many cases, deliberately keep back much of the unused land for the rise in value which is certain to come--only the minimum amount possible will be purchased for housing purposes. It is obvious how direct must be the connection between this ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ... a few great land-owners who practically own some of our cities and who, in many cases, deliberately keep back much of the unused land for the rise in value which is certain to come--only the minimum amount possible will be purchased for housing purposes. It is obvious how direct must be the connection between this deamess of land and such evils as overcrowding, lack of open space and general insanitary conditions of living. 2.--The House Famine. But another ill effect which this artificial value of land has upon our cities is its creation of that house famine of which we have already spoken. We have seen that private enterprise has very largely failed to supply a sufficient quantity of dwelling-houses for the working classes. One of the main reasons for this is that, in consequence of the high price of land, buildings cannot be put up at a rent which it would be possible for the workers, who need such houses, to pay, and which would at the same time make a safe investment for the builder. It has been pointed out that this is so even in the case of building enterprise not strictly "private." "This 'corner' in land has operated very injuriously on those semi-public, semi-philanthropic bodies such as artisans' dwellings' companies and cooperative societies, that have been endeavouring to cope with the deficiency in the supply of good houses. So much has their work been hampered by this and other causes, that the great public companies and trusts, after building over 30,000 dwellings have practically suspended operations during the last ten years, in spite of the average return of four and a half per cent which they get on their capital." 3.--The Land Monopoly. Yet another effect of this dearness of land--an effect which vitally concerns ou...
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