Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Saturday 10 January 1953, page 5


Camp may be

"for keeps"

/ M3IP PELL might become a permanent ? emergency housing settlement,' ' Mr. Hayes,

Housing, Minister, said last night.

He said it was full, and at least half of the 629 families there we're not eligible for Housing Commission homes.

Mr. Hayes said the settle-, ment seemed to be the per-manent home of people who were not eligible for Com-mission homes or could not afford to pay Commission rentals.

He added: "I am very]

worried about Camp Pell, and there does not appear to be any solution to the prob-lem. *

"There has been a big de-mand that it be closed, but this is out of the question."

Mr. Haves said Fitzroy slum dwellers who had re-fused offers of alternative accommodation by the Hous-ing Commission, because they would have to pay

higher rents, would probably go to Camp Pell:

He . said the Common-wealth should make avail-able to Victoria an interest free loan to help people evicted from slums.

The money could be used to subsidise the rents of al-ternative accommodation.