1965-66

VICTORIA

TWENTY-SEVENTH

ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION

VICTORIA

FOR THE PERIOD

1st July, 1964, to 30th June, 1965

TOGETHER WITH

APPENDICES

PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT PURSUANT TO THE HOUSING ACTS

By Authority· A. C. BROOKS. GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MELBOURNE. No. 33.-2554/66.-PRICE 35 cents

HOUSING COMMISSION, VICTORIA

MEMBERS

V. J. A. BRADLEY, c.E., A.M.I.E. (AUST.), Director

J. P. GASKIN, Deputy Director

ALAN A. ASHMAN, B.COM., A.A.S.A., Commissioner

Secretary:

A. L. BOHN, A.A.S.A.

179 Queen Street, Melbourne, VICTORIA CONTENTS

Page GENERAL COMMENTS 5-6

PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION:

Land Acquired for General Housing 7 Land Acquired for Slum Reclamation 7 Land Acquired for Housing Elderly People 7 Site Engineering 8 Architectural .. 9 Construction .. ll Concrete House Project 12

ESTATE AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT:

Residential Land 13 Sllops and Shop Sites 13 Tenancy 13 Maintenance .. 14 Estate Management .. 14 Industrial Land 14 House Sales .. 15 Housing Standards IS Slum Reclamation 15-16

FINANCE 17

STAFF 20

TABLES:

"A" Summary of Completions of Dwellings 22 ''B" Shops and Offices Completed at 30th June, 1965 .. 22 "C" Dwelling Unit Construction .. 23-26 "D" Summary of Houses Sold 26 "E" Types of Dwelling Units Completed during year ended 30th June, 1965 .. 27 "F" Location of Flats 27-28 "G" Block Types of Flats .. 29-30 "H" Bedroom Type of Flats 30 "I'' Construction Types of Flats 30 "J" Concrete House Project .. 31 "K" Lone Person and Low Rental Flats .. 31-32

APPENDICES 34 TWENTY -SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF HOUSING COMMISSION VICTORIA 1964- 1965

179 Queen Street, MELBOURNE. C. I

GENERAL COMMENTS

The Hon. L. H. S. Thompson. M.L.C., possible, the Commission has no such concern with Minister of Housing. respect to demand for accommodation provided by it. Demand has increased. 9582 applications were received compared to 8422 last year, and is the Sir, highest for 3 years. Applications outstanding at In compliance with the provisions of the Housing 30th June 1965 totalled 13778 10479 for the Act, the Housing Commission submits this report metropolitan area and 3299 for the country. of its activities together with financial statements incorporating the certificate of the Auditor-General It is the particular concern of the Commission for the year ended 30th June. 1965. that, whatever the level of completions for the whole State might be, an adequate proportion is made Total completions of houses and flats for the available to that section of the community who are State at 31495 were at a satisfactory level. not able to finance their housing costs on the terms Completions for the last 5 years are as follows offering in the open market. it is evident that it is in these categories that the real deficiencies in 1960/61 26277 housing exist. A large proportion of the need is for 1961/62 23039 rental accommodation, and where purchase is 1962/63 24100 possible, it can only be achieved with low capital 1963/64 27069 costs, minimum deposits, long terms and interest 1964/65 31495 rates that result in monthly repayments that can be serviced. Even on these terms there is a 2i per During the year the assumptions contained in centage of purchasers who fail to maintain their the national estimates of housing demand produced repayments resulting in the property being reposs­ by Dr. A. R. Hall of the National University were essed. applied to the Victorian situation, and together with additional information obtained from other sources The categories referred to are the elderly resulted in an estimate that over the next 5 years pensioners, widows, deserted wives, those dis­ annual production should be from 30.000 to 32,000 possessed by slum reclamation activities. large families, and the family including the migrant It is not possible to predict an accurate annual family~ in the £18-20 per week income range who, requirement. However, some estimate of the level contrary to popular belief. still exist in quantity in of demand over a forward period must be attempted the community. if the building industry is to avoid the marked fluctuations that is has had to contend with in the Although the Commission has adopted past. maximum income limits of £25 per week for rental and £30 for sale, recent surveys of applicants have lt would be a severe setback to our housing indicated that about half of the applicants have an progress if the supply of funds to housing were income within the range of £18-20 per week, with restricted to the point where this 1964/65 achieve­ one quarter above and a quarter below this range. ment is not maintained in the coming year. Further, of the 33541 weekly tenancies existing, 4816 occupants are on a rebated rent because they Contrary to the doubts expressed in some are unable to pay the comparatively low rents quarters that a situation of over provision is charged by the Commission.

5 In addition to meeting this demand of the lower completion of dwellings. Road and drainage works income groups throughout the State, the Commis­ were advanced sufficiently to allow of construction sion is also required to make particular allocations of the first 200 homes to proceed in the ensuing of houses to the country to provide rental accom­ year. Designs of the first section of the Town modation to the transient population, to cover Centre were completed. A specific area was set essential services, such as police, ambulance, aside and, when fully developed, will be available, hospital and education, and to make a contribution towards the end of the ensuing year, for sale to to decentralized industries. home builders.

This financial year is the last year of the existing This was the first year of an enlarged 3-year Commonwealth/State Housing Agreement. It is slum clearance programme. Clearance had been to essential that this Agreement be renewed, and the order of £700,000- £800,000 per annum. The should still provide for a concessional interest rate. new programme provided for an expenditure of Consideration should be given to the reinstatement £1,300,000 per annum. to the Commission of the 30 per cent of funds made available under the Agreement, presently being Expenditure for the year was £1,242,303. diverted to Cooperative Housing Societies. The Societies have other sources of funds available, and In addition £3,822,487 has been spent on the every effort should be made to expand these sources. redevelopment of these areas. Likewise, the diversion of 5 per cent of the available funds to housing of Defence Force personnel should To 30th June 1965 a total of £22,915,236 has be reviewed in the light of the increasing demands been spent on both acquisition and redevelopment of low income applicants. of slum areas.

A provision should be included to make a The General Revenue Account discloses a loss special contribution to the housing of elderly on rental operations of £238,448 compared with a pensioners. Without some assistance the Commis­ loss of £166,085 for last year. The rental ranges sion will be forced to reduce the rate of construc­ adopted in July 1963, whilst reducing the level of tion of these units that has currently been achieved. loss in the first year of operation, have now been overcome by rising cost. The Agreement should provide for a contri­ bution towards the acquisition and clearance of All the variable items of cost municipal rates, slum areas. maintenance, rental rebates have risen during the year and will continue to rise in the ensuing During the year 2688 flats and houses were year. Rental rebates amounting to £438, 102 again completed bringing the total completions to 54,004 rose substantially by £52,210. This is the direct This was higher than last year's completions of2,324 result of an accelerated elderly persons' building and was the direct result of a special additional programme. Unless some special financial assistance Defence Forces programme of £4,000,000 approxi­ is forthcoming, the Commission will be forced to mately, spread over this and the following year. curtail this programme. The number of houses available to ordinary applicants remained around 2,300 less the normal This rental loss has been offset in the past by 10 per cent allocation to the Defence Forces. profits on house sales. However, the decision to use £150,000 per annum for the next 3 years of these In the metropolitan area single house profits for slum clearance has left an offsetting construction is running down, with emphasis on profit of only £70,640. redevelopment of slum areas with flats mainly in the form of elevator blocks, designed by the The General Revenue Account is now disclosing Commission and built by the Concrete House a loss on all operations. The total loss is £135,455. Project. A 20-storey block of 180 flats at Flemington was opened during the year. Two similar blocks at Carlton will be completed early in the coming year It is a matter of serious concern to the Commis­ together with a 12-storey block of elderly persons' sion that the deterioration disclosed on rental flats at St. Kilda. £14,509,566 was spent on new operations has been allowed to continue. Whilst it construction during the year. is estimated that the total loss for 1965/66 over all operations will be £202,000 rental losses will be to To meet the needs in those country towns where the order of £312,000. As recovery of this amount difficulty has been experienced in obtaining would necessitate an average increase in rental over constructions the Commission has developed an a full year of some 4/6d. per unit per week, the industrialized house. This house has been designed Commission considers that rents should be adjusted on the principle of a 4-foot modular polyurethane without further delay in order to reduce the loss panel and will be in production early in the coming anticipated. year. The Commission records its appreciation of the At the new town of Churchill the construction continued assistance received from Government, of water and sewerage reticulation systems was Semi-Government, Municipal and other bodies, and progressed to a stage which will ensure that these acknowledges the good work of its own staff services will be available to coincide with the throughout the year.

6 PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION

LAND ACQUIRED FOR GENERAL HOUSING SLUM RECLAMATION LAND During the year, new areas to the extent of 15.96 Metropolitan acres were proclaimed at Hanover Street No. 2, Sunshine 309 acres Fitzroy, 3.58 acres, Courtney Street, North Macleod 30 Jots Melbourne, 9 acres and Lee Street, Carlton, 3.38 acres, and a total of 29 .74 acres in 16 estates were cleared. Country Land was purchased in the following towns:- Work was in progress on the development of approximately 29 acres Anglesea 80 lots Cavendish 3 lots The total area proclaimed and/or acquired to Colac 20 acres the 30th June, I 965, amounted to 206.7 acres of Dandenong 117 lots which approximately 117 acres have been fully Dunkeld 2 lots developed. Foster .. 7 lots Lakes Entrance 26 Jots LAND ACQUIRED FOR HOUSING Mornington 186 acres ELDERLY PERSONS Orbost 3 acres There was again satisfactory response on the Penshurst 6 lots part of Municipal Councils in the provision of land Point Lonsdale 5 acres for Low Rental accommodation. Portsea 26 lots Rosedale 8i acres Sites offered by the following Councils were Sale 9 acres accepted by the Commission during the year. Tallangatta 54 Jots Metropolitan Trafalgar 9 lots Chelsea, Mordialloc, Prahran, Richmond, · South Melbourne and Berwick, totalling 6l acres. In addition negotiations were in progress for purchase of land at:- Country Charlton, Maryborough, Mornington and Anglesea 40 lots Numurkah, totalling 4} acres. GJenthompson .. 5 Jots Portland 25 acres At the 30th June, 1965, investigations were Sale 9 acres proceeding in respect of sites at - Essendon, Seymour 50 acres Footscray, Ballarat, Colac, Wangaratta and Simpson .. 20 lots Warracknabeal.

Allractire Connnission houses at Golden Square , Bendigo. Sites have now been donated by Councils as Although there was some delay due to building follows:- construction, satisfactory progress was made with engineering works associated with the Blair Street Metropolitan Shopping Area, and the facilities and amenities Altona, Brighton, Broadmeadows, Bruns­ provided will be completed prior to occupation of wick (4), Chelsea (2), Coburg (3), Coiling­ the Centre. wood (2), Essendon, Fitzroy (2), Footscray (3), Hawthorn (2), Melbourne (2), Kew, Construction of ~treets and o f services proceeded Sunshine (2), Mordialloc (3), Northcote (2), in the Kyabram Street area to the north of Barry Nunawading, Port Melbourne (2), Prahran Road. (3), Richmond (2), St. Kilda, Williamstown Laverton North. Substantial progress was made and Berwick totalling 35 acres. with the provision of sewerage facilities to serve some 750 lots. Road works were well advanced and Country full access to the Railway Station a nd Shopping Bacchus Marsh, Ballarat, Char/ton, Drouin, Centre was provided by the construction of a new Fern Tree Gully, Hamilton, Horsham, bridge over the Laverton Creek. Maryborough, Moe, Mornington, Morwel l, Newtown, Corio, Numurkah, St. Arnaud, Frankston. Contracts were let to serve portion Sale, Warragul, Wodonga and Yarrawonga, of a further 184 acres acquired in this area. The totalling 15 acres. Shire of Frankston, the State Rivers a nd Water Supply Commission and this Commission co­ SITE ENGINEERING operated in the provision of major drainage works which will permit development of the whole of this Expenditure by the Commission on roads, land. drainage a nd site works generally was apprOXI­ ma tely £I ,800,000. Churchill. Contracts were let by the Shire of Morwe ll on beha lf of the Commission for road and Principal areas of activity were:­ drainage works to serve 200 lots. By arrangement, Broadmeadows. In an area of some 480 acres reticulation services for the supply of water and the bounded by Barry Road, Merlynston Creek, Rigga ll disposal of sewerage are being constructed by the Street and the North Eastern Railway line street Latrobe Valley Water and Sewerage Board and construction was advanced to practical completion. these services will be avail able to coincide with the In the area, there are 12 miles of streets serving 1450 completion of dwellings in the a rea. residential allotments. Seymour. The Commission was able to negotiate To the east of the Merlynston Creek the City of successfull y with the Country Roads Board for the Broadmeadows commenced drainage works which construction by the Board of streets a nd drains and will permit the construction of streets to serve a at the end of the year these works were nearing further 250 lots. completion.

ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES AND FLATS IN VICTORIA

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Rece111iy collslructetl houses at Werribee

Sewerage of Country Estates. It is the desire of Commercial and Shopping Centres. A major the Commission tha t a ll dwellings sho uld have the shopping centre at Corio, to serve the wide­ benefit of sewerage at the earliest possible date, and spread housing areas of Norlane and Corio, is being with this aim it has sought and obtained the co­ planned in conjunction with consultants, and a operation of Sewerage Authorities. fifty acre centre as the core of the Broadmeadows Town Centre is in the initia l planning stage. In those towns in which sewerage facilities are Detail ed plans for the first shops and offices at not available and the size o f the estate so warrants Churchill wese prepared with a view to in viting the Commission is installing " package" treatment tenders eardy in 1965/66 plants. Each of these will provide for a reticulation system designed for ultimate incorporation in the High Rise Flats. Architectural designs were town scheme with a temporary treatment plant prepared by consultants for a thirty storey block to capable of being dismantled for re-use at some be erected on the Park Street Reclamation Area, other location. Contracts for the first plant to South Melbourne. The design is new to the Com­ serve J 13 lots at Hastings have been let. mission, providing for quiet Jiving with only four fl ats per floor, each fl at affording the occupants Reclamation Areas. Site preparation, drainage, views in two directions. paving and garden development were carried out on the various projects in hand. Another new type of flat block, for erection at Palmerston Street, Carlton, comprising twelve ARCHITECTURAL storeys with six flats per floor, was designed by the Commission's architectural staff. Design of Housing Estates. During the year designs for the layout of 16 estates ra nging in size A further new design was that for a twelve from six to several hundred individual lots were storey block containing both Lone Person and either completed or advanced substantially towards "Darby and Joan" flats. completion. Subject to financial considerations, construction The largest design was that of the first four of each of these blocks will commence in 1965/66. residential a reas at C hurchill in the Latrobe Valley. Load bearing walls and fl oor slabs will be precast Provision is made in these areas for 1630 lots, for in a vertical battery - a method new to Australia sites for four primary and two secondary schoo ls and which promises considerable economies over and for recreational reserves a nd parks. horizontal casting.

Other major estates for which designs were A first - and successful - trial of battery prepared are in the Mornington and Traralgon casting of wall s was made in connection with the areas. erection of a twelve storey block of Lone Person units at Inkerman Street, St. Kilda. In this instance, The Commission is watching closely develop­ the casting was done in a battery a t the Holrnesglen ments in N ew South Wales and Canberra in which Factory, but for la ter blocks, on-site batteri es may there has been a separation of vehicular and be used. pedestrian traffic and in which provision has been made for ready access to reserves from adjacent Late in the year the 20 storey block of 180 fl ats dwellings. In part, these principles have been at Debney Meadows was completed, and at 30th incorporated in the design of the residential areas June, construction of two simi lar blocks a t Carllon at Churchill. had reached an advanced stage.

9 Elderly Persons Flats. During the year, lt is ex pected tha t substantial economies will construction work commenced on three high-rise accrue fro m rapid on-site erection and from the use, Lone Person twelve storey blocks, each capable of in most types, of a single outlet stack for all wastes housing some 200 persons. Provision is made on from kitchen, la undry, bathroom and toilet. the top floor of each block for a community room for the use of tenants. Underground Car Parks. In recent redevelop­ ment projects in the inner Metropolitan a rea the Housing for Defence Personnel. By special Commission has retained more than eighty per cent agreement with the Commonwealth Department of of the site for open space, but a high proportion of Housing the Commission agreed to build, over a this has been sheeted with concrete and utilised for period of two years, some six hundred houses and car parking. In some of the a reas on which work flats for allocation to serving personnel of the is currently proceeding, provision is being made for Armed Forces. These units have been or are to be the underground parking of vehicles with lawns and erected at various locations throughout the State. gardens planted in a soil cover on top of the parking Some of these units are of a new design a nd include area. four bedrooms, while others a re adaptations o f existing Commission designs.

Comprehensil'e Del'e!opment Area- Car/ton. Industrialised House. Difficulties experienced in Until recently the Commission's redevelopment obtaining contractors a nd/or satisfactory prices in projects have related to a seri es of scattered slum some areas led to the development of a new method a reas, and, although these projects conform with of house construction, based upon the use of a the zoning of the Metropolitan area as laid down in factory produced insulated panel. Each of the six the Master Pla n prepared by the Melbourne a nd designs for a three bedroom house provides for a Metropolitan Board of Works, it was considered conventional wooden floor, for special wall a nd that future re-developments should be instalments ceiling panels, each panel being 4 feet in width, a nd of a n agreed lo ng term plan. With this a im in view for tiled roofs carried on factory assembled trusses. the Commission, with the a id of consulting town Exterior wall panels, being filled with foamed planners, has produced an Outline Development polyurethane, will give a high degree of insulation. Plan for a n area of some 400 acres in Carlton.

Reeves Street , Car/loll redevelopmellt urea. 1si s1age a/ Churchill. White peg in foreground is for oul(allnearing completion.

This plan has been referred for comment to the a total achievement to 30th June, 1965, of 56,602. Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, the The units under construction or Jet to contract Melbourne City Council and other interested bodies comprised I ,295 in the Metropolitan area and 1,303 and Authorities. lt is hoped to define appropriate in the country. areas for private and Commission housing re­ development, shopping centres, schools, hospitals, reserves and special use and, ultimately, to be in a New estates were commenced at ChurchilL position to control re-development in any area and Newcomb and Hastings. ensure that such re-development is in comformity with an agreed plan. Concrete was the main construction material, accounting for I ,231 (45.8 per cent) of the units completed. In the Metropolitan area 1,048 (78.6 per cent) concrete (including 179 built under CONSTRUCTION private contract), 228 ( 17.1 per cent) brick veneer, I timber and 56 (4.2 per cent) brick units were A total of 2,688 dwelling units were completed completed. In country areas 606 (44.7 per cent) during the year, 1,333 (49.6 per cent) in the Met­ timber, 183 (13.5 per cent) concrete and 566 (41.8 ropolitan area and I ,355 (50.4 per cent) in the per cent) brick and brick veneer units were con­ country. structed. Cladding for the timber units was asbestos cement (573) and weatherboard (33). This increase on last year's completion figure of 2,324 represents the special housing for Defence personnel. Of the units completed in the Metropolitan area, 55.1 per cent were flats.

Since the commencement of the Commission's activities, 54,004 units have been completed, with Included in the 790 flats completed were 483 for 2,598 under construction or let to contract, making elderly persons. ·

11 CONCRETE HOUSE PROJECT carried out by fewer gangs using more substantial cranes. The trend here will be towards a reduction in both supervisory and operative personnel. In A total of I 052 dwelling units were completed by addition, the cha nged character of Factory the Project's field construction force with sub­ production with the resulting elimination of certain contract assistance in some areas. The total operations will have an influence on the number of comprised 451 houses, 128 three bedroom walk up various skilled tradesmen required. Rats, 3 I 6 lone person fiats and 157 two person fiats, and was some 100 units less than in the previous year. Some part of this re-adj ustment of the labour force was made before the close of the year at During the year the Factory produced the which stage Project staff establishment had been components for some 500 high-rise fiats, and reduced to 808as compared with 962at 1st July, 1964 capacity to produce in this field will increase with A large part of this reduction came from retirements the cessation of production of houses and walk-up and resignations so that retrenchments represented family flats. a small portion only of the total reduction.

C ha nges brought about by the concentration on Substantial ri ses occurred in the costs of the production of components for high rise Rats materials over the year, the increase being some 50 will have considerable influence on techniques in per cent in the case of copper components. Prices the Factory and the field and also in the numbers for sub-contract work were also higher in sympathy and disposition of staff and labour. One such with increased la bour and material costs. change in the course of development is the casting of load bearing walls in vertical batteries rather than The Paint Laboratory continued the search for on horizontal tables as in the past. a long life surface coating material for use in concrete units a nd also continued to co-operate Similarly, in the field , works will tend to with the C.S.l.R.O. in their efforts to deve lop a compress to fewer areas and wall erection will be mould resistant paint.

Front Garden development, Commission House, Slzepparton. ESTATE AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

TENANCY In the course of the year under revie\\. 9.582 applications were recorded for housing on metropolitan and country estates. an increase of 1.160 compared with the previous year.

A~ALYSIS 01<. TENANCY OPERATIONS Metropolitan 1963/64 1964/65 Applications on hand 9,902 (30/6/63) 7,783 (30j6/64) Intake 4.315 5.431

14,217 13,214 Tenancies Allocated 1,964 1,414 Applications satisfied by Sales 377 660 Cancellations .. 4,093 661 6,434 2,735

ON HAND 7, 783 (30/6/64) 10,479 (30/6/65) Country 1963/64 1964/65 Applications on hand . 3.111 (30/6/63) 2,935 (30/6/64) Intake .. 4,107 4,151

7,218 7,086 Tenancies Allocated .. 1,536 1,879 Applications satisfied by Sales 1,165 900 Cancellations 1.582 1.008 4,283 3,787

ON HAND 2,935 (30/6/64) 3,299 (30/6/65)

ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH COMMONWEALTH-STATE HOUSING AGREEMENT 1963/64 1964/65 Department of Navy 12 14 Army 56 !52 Air 157 218

Total 225 384

A total of 33,541 units were tenanted at 30/6/65~ an increase of 637.

RENTS CHARGED No general increase in rents occurred during the year. Rental ranges adopted in July 1963 of £3jl0j0 minimum and £5/5/0 maximum for the Metropolitan area and £3/6/0 minimum and £5/1/0 maximum for the country for 3 bedroom accommodation, with compatible minimum and maximum rents for other bedroom types have been maintained in spite of substantial cost increases over the 2 year period. On vacation, rents have been increased after modernization of the unit, to the maximum of the range. For units allocated to the Armed Forces, full economic rents are charged.

RESIDENTIAL LAND SHOPS AND SHOP SITES Sales were effected as follows:­ Sales of land for residential purposes were as Shops Shop Sites follows:- Heidelberg 1 No. of Doveton 7 Estate Lots Sold Frankston 2 Broadmeadows "L" 126 Coria Jacana East Geelong 5 Maidstone Swan Hill 2

Total 128 9 9

13 A Supermarket site and two Service Station laundries, it was decided to abolish this type of Sites adjoining a shopping centre comprising twenty meter and charge each tenant a small amount to shops under construction at Broadmeadows were cover the use of all laundry facilities. sold for private development. Further inspections of country estates were made and effort will be made during 1965/66 to expand INDUSTRIAL LAND this aspect of the Commission's activities. Sales of Industrial Land were affected 1n the following areas:­ MAINTENANCE Broadmeadows 12 acres Fawkner .. 5 acres In addition to normal contracts for general East Preston 63 acres maintenance, external repai nting, a nd garden maintenance, the Commission has now to consider The sale of the East Preston land was in two the question of preventative maintenance in relation parcels, one for development as a Drive-l n-The<1tre to complex hot water and central heating in st:.tll­ and the other as the Northland Shopping Centre. a ti ons in the new flat developments. However, it is considered that substantia l savin gs will accrue to the Commission in maintenance cost which would ESTATE MANAGEMENT otherwise be incurred were individual appliances The introduction of an additional mobile rent installed in Aats. Further, it is confidently expected office during the year enabled certain sub-rent that the ever present condensation and mould offices to be closed a nd dispensed with the necessi ty, problems will largely be eliminated in the heated in some areas, of making door to door collections. I~ a ts. Decentra li zation of administration over the last The Commission is now begi nning to ga in the fo ur years has substantially increased the efficiency benefit of reduced maintenance costs arising from of control and supervision of the Commission's its foresight in using non-ferrous metals for window property. lt is now possible to inspect each unit in frames and spoutings. the Metropolita n a rea twice yearly instead of once During the year extern al painting of concrete as was previously the case. wa ll cladding began in earnest and the older estates To overcome the loss ca used by vandalism and where this ty pe of construction was used in both petty pilfering from pre-pay meters in communa l houses and fl ats are now taking on a new look.

Higll rise Mock of low re11rol unirs 111 lnkerrm111 Strcer. St. Kilda. Houses under construction at Se.\'1110/lr.

HOUSE SALES During the year 2,075 houses were sold, an increase of 250 on the previous year. Details of sales are as follows:- M etropolilan Country Total New units 436 615 J ,051 Vacated units 179 203 382 Tenanted units 481 161 642

1,096 979 2,075

The total number of houses sold to 30th June, 1965, amounted to 20,545 representing approximately 45 per cent of all houses constructed by the Commission. Late in the year, a policy to sell houses without payment of deposit was implemented and 7 houses were sold to 30th June on this basis.

HOUSING STANDARDS During the year a further 1,33 1 houses considered to be sub-standard were inspected and orders requir­ ing demolition or repair were served in respect of 1,079 houses. Details of orders issued and complied with are as follows:-

Orders Orders Orders Orders Existing at Issued Completed Remaining at 30/ 6/ 1964 1964/65 1964 / 65 30/ 6/ 1965 Demolition 2,427 699 771 2,355 Repair 2,845 380 642 2,583

TOTAL 5,272 1,079 I ,413 4,938

Notices of appeal against Commission declarations were received from 7 owners following the service of notices, a nd of these 6 were withdrawn and I dismissed by a Court of Petty Sessions.

SLUM RECLAMATION Since the Commission resolved to declare its density areas. The Commission has in the main first Reclamation Area of some five acres in used staircase access walk-up flats in these areas, Molesworth Street, North Melbourne, late in 1940, beginning with two-storey blocks and progressin g the concept of slum reclamation has undergone to three and four-storey blocks, which in its latest considera b!e change. schemes have been raised on stilts and given flat roofs to accommodate la undry and drying facilities. ln the intervening years, the Commission has Row houses have been used in conjunction with experimented with several forms of housing for walk-up flats and the Commission is currently its reclamation areas and is in fact continuing to experimenting with this form of housing in other experiment in an endeavour to arrive at a form of areas. accommodation which will best cater for the Because of the high cost of reclamation land, requirements of populations in what were high population densities must be kept at a high level

15 and so current construction is in the form of high­ The development of the hi gh rise flat blocks has rise elevator blocks of 12 and 20 storeys. introduced many Commission tena nts to an entirely new form of community life. This in tum has Emerald Hill Court(South Melbourne), Hotham indicated the need for the provision of facilities (North Melbourne) and Debney M eadow s for co mmunity activities , both social and (Fiemington) have been completed, a nd a t the end recreational, and the Commission has devoted of the year, seven multi-storey blocks were under considerable thought and effort to the provision construction. of these facilities. The rate at which run-down areas can be acquired and clea red for re-development depends The best example of planning along these lines entirely on the funds available for the purpose. is to be found in the new high-rise block at Debney Currently, these a re of the order of £1 ,200,000 Meadows which was completed just prior to the annually, and to 30th June, 1965, a tota l of end of this financial year. This block contains its £6,312,102 had been expended for this purpose. own Community Hall equipped with a stage and a Expenditure by the Commission on the re-develop­ kitchen for the preparation of suppers. It is ment of slum reclamation areas amounted to available for use by tenant organizations and to £ 16,603,134. cater for the recreational and cultural needs of all age groups within the estate. Adjacent to the It is the opinion of the Commission that estate the Melbourne City Council has extended reclaimed areas require to be re-developed in part and improved an existing recreation reserve to by private enterprise and in part by the Com­ provide a strenuous sports a rea and has equipped mi ssion, thus ensuring housing in the inner suburbs one secti on as a playground for younger children. for those in the higher income groups as well as Playground equipment within the estate has been fo r those of limited means who are eligible to be provided by the Commission. housed by the Commission. There has been a measure of co-opera tion in the development of the A fin e kindergarten already exists in the vicinity North Melbourne a rea a nd further private building of the Estate and the Council proposes to establish is to take place on land reclaimed by the Com­ a pre-school centre and to convert an existing mi ssion. However, the Commission is a nxious to building into an indoor sports area. These latter induce private enterprise to take a greater hand in projects, when completed, will provide an example slum reclamation activities in an endeavour to of wh at ca n be achieved by co-operation between increase the annual rate of re-development. a local Council and the Commiss ion.

Horace Petty Estate, Prahran- a redeve/opmeut project . FINANCE

The Balance Sheet as at 30th June. 1965 to which the Auditor General has given his certificate, together with other Statements of Accounts showing the financial transactions of the Commission for 1964/65 are. as required by the Housing Act. included in Appendices A to H of this Report.

SOURCE OF CAPITAL FUNDS

Funds cumulative to the 30th June. 1965 have been provided from the following major sources

For Dwelling and Shop Construction, Land Purchase and Development (a) State Loan Funds and Debenture Issues .. £1,685,023 (b) Commonwealth and State Housing Agreement 1945 ~ Loan Funds .. £85,781,000 (c) Commonwealth and State Housing Agreement 1956/61 Loan Funds £81,835,727 In addition Commission Reserves and Miscellaneous Funds have been used.

For Slum Reclamation (acquisition and clearance of areas) Funds cumulative to the 30th June, 1965 have been derived from the following sources:-·­ (a) Subsidy from the State Treasury .. £1,476,866 (b) Loan Funds from the State Treasury with interest and loan redemption paid by the Treasury 2,876,915 (c) Housing Commission House Sales Revenue 150,000 (d) Sale of reclaimed areas for Development by Private Enterprise 496,499 (e) Commonwealth and State Housing Agreement Funds 745,215 (f) Subsidy~ Melbourne City Council 412,000 Port Melbourne City Council 19,800 Prahran City Council 65,000 Williamstown City Council 17,000 South Melbourne City Council .. 17,900 Richmond City Council . 7,925 (g) Temporary over expenditure 26,982

Total £6,312,102

CAPITAL WORKS EXPENDITURE Dwellings and Shops Cumulative to For 1964/65 30/6/65 Land purchase and Development £2,709,303 £28,802,666 Buildings .. £11,800,263 £148,795,886

Total £14,509,566 £177,598,552

The cost of the redevelopment of slum areas is included in the overall expenditure for dwelling construc­ tion detailed above. For the financial year 1964/65 it amounted to £3,822,487 and cumulative to the 30th June, 1965 was £16,603,134. Also included is an expenditure of £688,623 on the modernization of older units carried out as units were vacated during the year.

Slum Reclamation Cumulative to For 1964/65 30/6/65 Acquisition and clearance of areas £1,242,303 £6,312,102

At the 30th June, 1965 the Commission held advances from the Commonwealth to complete a special two year Defence Forces programme by the 30th June, 1966. They appear in the Balance Sheet as a short term loan to the Bank for £1 ,250,000 and £240,996 cash on hand at the Bank.

17 Dwellings and Shops completed with this finance are:-

' STATE HOUSING COMMONWEALTH- STATE HOUSING AGREEMENTS

I 1945 1956/61 1956/61 TOTAL

Prior to 30/6/64 Since 30/6/64

Melro. Country ,'vfetro. Country Metro. Country Metro. Country ····----· ----

Shops .. 82 34 - ·- -·····- - I 16

Dwellings .. 1,193 135 18,746 ! 12,179 11,846 7,217 1,333 1,355 54,004

·---- ~--- ~~·--· 1-·

Total .. 1,275 169 18,746 12,179 11,846 7,217 1,333 1,355 54, 120*

* In addition 27 flats were donated by the City of Prahran. Dwellings and Shops under construction at 30th June, 1965 2,619 Value of this construction including land purchased and development £5,580,135 GENERAL REVENUE ACCOUNT an increase of £225,824 from 1963/64. Units The total loss on all operations for the year was rented at the 30th June. 1965 totalled 33,541 com­ £135,455. pared with 32,904 twelve months earlier, an In the previous financial year the loss was increase of 637. Included in these figures are £14,291 the increase being due to factors such as I ,970 units occupied by serving members of the the rising costs of rental rebate concessions, Defence Forces in accordance with Clause l3 of the Maintenance, Municipal and Water rates, the non­ Commonwealth and State Housing Agreement for charging of rentals at an economic level, the fixation which the full economic rent is charged by annual of maximum selling prices for houses and the revision. decision to supplement slum reclamation funds with Rental Rebates granted to tenants based on £150,000 per annum from the House Sales Revenue their family income and assessed pursuant to the for three years commencing in I964/65. provisions of the Commonwealth and State Hous­ ing Agreement 1945 amounted to £438,102 an (1) RENTAL OPERATIONS increase of £52,210 over the previous year. As was forecast in the previous Report, the As previously mentioned, the principal cause temporary improvement in rental revenue due to for the increase in cost is the construction of the introduction on the 14th July, 1963 of a modi­ further accommodation for elderly pensioners who fied form of averaging of rentals is now over­ currently pay a rebated rent of I9 /6 per week for shadowed by higher costs. The rental loss for the single persons and 30/6 per week for couples current year was £238,448 as compared with compared with economic rentals of 54/6 per week £166,085 for 1963/64. and 73/~ per week respectively for recently con­ Rents charged for the year totalled £6,661,452, structed accommodation which they occupy. This factor is demonstrated by the following comparative table

No. at 1963/64 1964/65 30th June, 1965

£ £ Civil Pensioners-Age Single ...... I26,760 I43,9IO I,478 Age Married Couples .. . . 47,065 53,433 615 Widows ...... 75,744 85,992 511 Invalid ...... 35,862 40,714 332 T.B...... 595 675 2 Repatriation Pensions-War ...... I7,627 20,012 445 Social Service-Unemployed Benefits and Sick Benefits ...... 9,495 10,780 83 Deserted Wives ...... 53.318 60,532 590 Workers Compensation . . .. 1,494 1,696 67 Low Earnings--Superannuation ...... 257 292 153 Low Earnings ...... 17,675 20,066 540

~-···· Total ...... 385,892 438,102 4,816

The total number of tenants on Rebate increased 334 in the twelve month period.

18 Municipal, Water and Sewerage Rates in respect Generally rental losses would have been con­ to rented units totalled £I ,012,975 an increase of siderably greater but for the action taken by the £18,025 from the previous year. Commission in investing portion of the Reserve Funds in the construction of additional rented Rental Administration cost £420,017, a decrease dwellings. No interest and loan redemption pay­ of £9,410 from 1963/64 and averaged £12/12/10 ments are involved in respect to such funds. per annum per unit.

A provision of £I, 110,987 for House Main­ tenance was charged against rental revenue which was £59,096 greater than the previous year. Actual (2) HOUSE SALES OPERATIONS expenditure against the provision was £1,169,932 which was £66,221 greater than for 1963/64. Items The overall nett profit was £70,640 -a reduc­ within the older units for which long term main­ tion of £49,836 from 1963/64. tenance was provided earlier are now receiving attention. Mould growth investigation and treat­ 2,075 dwellings were sold for the year, this was ment is still required in certain areas- £131,588 250 more than the previous year but the profit being expended in this work. was decreased due to a significant number of houses sold at cost or at the maximum selling price of Interest and Loan Redemption amounted to £4,995 and by the allocation of £150,000 from the £3,739,934, an increase of £156,143 over the profits for use in the acquisition and clearance of financial year 1963/64. slum areas.

Sales during the year:-

Source of Loan Funds I Number ~____"{'~tal__ Tot~r~c~ling _____ Tota~------~------~------:---- £ £ Cash Sales- State Housing 2 6,890 1945 Agreement I 3,801 1956 Agreement 3 6 13,579 24,270

Per War Service Homes Commission­ State Housing 1945 Agreement 15 60,069 1956 Agreement 15 60,069

Terms- State Housing 39 125,343 1945 Agreement 777 3,180,713 1956 Agreement 1,238 2,054 5,688,820 8,994,876

2,075 9,079,215

The Death Benefit Fund as at the 30th June, 1965 (4) MISCELLANEOUS amounted to £1,919,957, all but £23,353 represent­ From interest received from the sale of industrial ing interest accrued on investments has been and other vacant land on terms, loans to other invested. The scheme which provides a cover to Authorities to enable them to proceed with the beneficiaries of the house purchaser in the developmental work on housing estates in advance event of his death had a liability of £279,715 to the of development and interest charged to the Con­ Commission as at the 30th June, 1965 on account crete House Project on buildings and other assets: of the deaths of 183 purchasers and during the year revenues have gained a total sum of £60,055 for payments from the Fund amounted to £12,843 in the year, £9,345 of which is notional only being respect of these cases. interest raised in respect to loans without interest granted to several Authorities in special circumstances. (3) HOUSING STANDARDS GENERAL The cost of administration of Section 56 of the Attention is drawn to the amount of £173,829 Housing Act giving power to the Commission to credited to the accumulated Surplus Account ensure that general community housing standards which is not attributable to the revenue operations are adequate was £27,650 after allowing a credit of within the year. It was necessary to adjust the £11,549 received in fees for the issue of certificates House Sales Suspense Account (being a reserve for indicating whether the Commission has taken profit yet unrealised on terms Sales of houses) by action in respect to any particular property. Such this sum due to the availability at the 30th June, expenses are a charge against the general revenues 1965 of accurately calculated realised profit at that of the Commission. date by the electronic computer - previous nett

19 profits since the beginning of the Sale of houses by STAFF terms in 1956 have been understated by this amount. 30/6/1964 30/6/1965 Employed under Public Service Act- Establishment 60 I 631 MECHANIZATlON Vacancies 37 43

After preliminary planning and programming, 564 588 an I.C.T. 1500 Electronic Computer was installed Employed by Housing at the Commission's office in May, 1965 for use in Commission- the processing of house purchase, rental and unit Concrete House Project 962 808 cost accounting, and the ordering and control of Clerks of Works 40 46 stores for Holmesglen Concrete House Project. Site Development, Gar- The equipment, which is largely rented, will. with dening, Cleaners, etc. . . 75 83 associated mechanized receipt recording devices, more speedily and accurately produce information 1,641 for the Commission's clients and for management purposes. The house sales accounting is now operational and the rental accounting conversion Yours sincerely. is almost completed. Economies will progressively V. J. BRADLEY occur in administrative costs and staffing - any Director. personnel displaced are being transferred to vacancies as they arise within the Commission or to other State Departments. J. P. GASKIN, Deputy Director Conversion to Decimal Currency will be effected more smoothly next February and other applica­ ALAN ASHMAN, tions such as critical path analysis for building and Commissioner road construction will be processed on the Com­ A. L. BOHN puter as the total system progresses. Secretary

20 ~,70,q-,(C :!' 1<4 /LOU~A 407 2 4 "''""E 111 ...11 ti.W7;

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l ~ ' l5 5G IS '00 ~ J I__ -::---:p ::S SC At[ or Mil ES TABLE A SUMMARY OF COMPLETIONS OF DWELLINGS*

Year Annual Completions Cumulative Completions Ended 30th ------June Metropolitan Country Total Metropolitan Coumry Total

1939 44 44 44 44 1940 502 502 546 546 1941 212 54 266 758 54 81? 1942 322 81 403 1,080 135 1,215 1943 79 79 I ,159 135 1,294 1944 118 118 1,277 135 1,412 1945 495 115 610 1,772 250 2,022 1946 889 204 1,093 2.661 454 3,115 1947 921 570 1,491 3,582 1,024 4,606 1948 1,388 791 2,179 4,970 1,815 6,785 1949 1,453 904 2,357 6,423 2,719 9,142 1950 1,479 975 2,454 7,902 3,694 11,596 1951 1,365 1,334 2,699 9.267 5,028 14,295 1952 1,428 1,542 2,970 10,695 6,570 17,265 1953 1,573 1,665 3,238 12,268 8,235 20,503 1954 2,054 1,536 3,590 14,322 9,771 24,093 1955 2,111 1,849 3,960 16,433 11.620 28,053 1956 2,471 1,681 4,152 18,904 13,301 32,205 1957 1,438 1,142 2,580 20,342 14,443 34,785 1958 1,389 1,025 2,414 21,731 15,468 37,199 1959 1,400 1,160 2.560 23,131 16,628 39,759 1960 1,406 1' 188t 2,594t 24,537 17,816 42,353 t 1961 1,275 942 2,217 25,812 18,758 44,570t 1962 I, 175 1,225 2,400 26,987 19,983 46,970t 1963 1,138 884 2,022 28,125 20,867 48,992t 1964 1,216 I 108 2,324 31,785 19,531 51 ,316t 1965 !,333 1 2,688 33,118 20,886 54,004t

• Dwelling units include Houses and Flats but exclude Shops wilh Residences. tIn addition to the above. 8 houses have been taken over from other Governments Departments. purchased with area of land and 27 one bedroom flats have been donated by the Prahran CounciL *Includes one unit destroyed TABLE B SHOPS AND OFFICES COMPLETED AT 30th JUNE, 1965 Metropolitan

State Housing

Lock-up Shops Shops with Residence Administration Offices

Ascot Broadmeadows Sec. "L" I (d) Broadmeadows Sec. "Q" Maidstone 12 Coburg, Newlands .. 8 (a) Collingwood, Dight Street 1 Dandenong Doveton "C" 7 Heidelberg .. Olympic Village" 12 Jordanville North North Melbourne 6 (b) North Melbourne - Hotham Estate 11 (b) (d) Port Melbourne .. 6 2 Port Melbourne Stokes Street Preston East Sandringham 16 (a)

TOTAL 55 27 10

State Housing

Lock-up Shops Shops with Residence Administration Offices

-··················---···············~·············-· ----~- ····················-·------Frankston Forest 9 (d) Geelong .. .. ! I 5 Nor1ane .. Moe 6 Traralgon 5 Morwell .. 3 (c) Werribee "A" 5 (d)

TOTAL 29 5 3 SHOPS AND OFFICES UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT 30th JUNE, 1965 Metropolitan

State Housing

Lock-up Shops Shops with Residence Administration Offices

Broad meadows Sec. "L" 21 TOTAL 21

(a) Also Medical Clinic; (b) With fiats above and store (C.S.H.A.); (c) Temporary; (d) Commission funds. 22 TABLE c DWELLING UNIT CONSTRUCTION Metropolitan

Material Houses and Flats Completed

No. of I - Brick - Houses Estate 'Cnits Brick Solid. During at Sold and Semi Bk. I Total at Year Total at 30th June, Brick Concrete Solid, Timber I 30th June, ended 30th June, 1965 Veneer & Fearure 1964 30th June, !965 Wall 1965 Box Hill City- Box Hill 650 75 561 14 650 650 387 Brighton City- Brighton (Sandringham) 130 130 130 69 Brighton (New Street) 127 127 127 Total ········ Brighton City .. 257 130 127 257 69 Broadmeadows City- Broadmeadows Sec. "G" * 171 54 100 17 6 6 165

Broadmeadows Sec. "L" 1,021 1 375 596 50 719 181 900 121 697 Broadmeadows Sec. "N" 559 ! 157 242 160 537 6 543 16 517 Broadmeadows Sec. "Q" 962 298 479 29 959 I 960 2 402 Broadmeadows Sec. "R" 1,258 257 602 30 1,224 28 1,252 6 424 Broadmeadows (Jacana) Sec. "P" 515 358 157 515 515 515 Fawkner 596 144 337 115 592 592 516 Total Broadmeadows City 5,082 1,643 2,356 558 4,546 222 4,768 3,071 Brunswick City- Fawkner (Aibion Street) t 58 58 58 58 41 Kitchener Street t 27 22 27 27 } Ashmore Street 4 4 4 4 Barkly Street 34 34 34 34 Curtin Avenue 38 38 38 38 25 Everett Street 30. 30 30 30 McColl Street 100 100 100 100 Wilson Street 40 40 40 40 Total Brunswick City 331 22 304 5 331 331 66 Camberwell City- Ashburton 1,029 346 683 1,029 1,029 i 513 Kaleno Park (North Balwyn) 123 123 123 123 66 Queens Parade (Burwood) 18 18 18 18 17 Total Camberwell City 1.170 487 683 1,170 1.170 I 596 Chelsea Chelsea Street) .. 10 10 10 10 Coburg Nicholson Street 8 8 8 8 Dunville 101 81 20 101 101 46 Newlands .. 398 343 55 398 398 155 Roslyn 90 90 90 90 53 Springmeadows 232 138 26 68 227 232 139 Eric Street 42 42 42 42 Total Coburg City 871 652 96 123 866 871 393 Collingwood City- Clifton Hill 16 16 16 16 Clifton Hill, Rutland Street 30 . 30 30 30 Dight Street 370 65 305 370 370 Stafford Street 30 30 30 30 Total Collingwood City 446 81 365 446 446 Dandenong City- Dandenong 737 77 632 28 732 5 737 196 Essendon City- Aberfeldie .. 145 64 47 34 145 145 105 Ascot '. .. 1,039 1,033 6 1,039 1,039 87 Moonee Ponds (Pascoe Vale Rd.) i 51 51 51 51 Total Essendon City . . . . ' 1,235 1,097 104 1,235 1,235 192 Fitzroy City- St. Lawrence 78 78 78 78 10 George Street 15 15 15 15 Bennett Street (Fitzroy North) . . i 24 ' 24 24 24 Clauscen Street (Fitzroy North) 1 54 ; 24 30 54 54 Holden Street (Fitzroy North) .. ' 82 82 82 82 Miller Street (Fitzroy North) 36 ' 36 36 36 Total Fitzroy City 289 . 126 163 289 289 10 Footscray City- Footscray 18 i 18 18 18 West Footscray 121 . 16 I 121 121 75 West Footscray, Glamis Road IO I 10 10 10 Yarraville .. 10 ! 10 10 10 Total Footscray City .. 159 I 16 39 159 159 75 Hawthorn City Bills Street 61 1 61 61 Munro Street 45 : 45 45 Total Hawthorn City 106 I 6! 45 106 Heidelberg City- I Heidelberg 3,429 I 2,600 3,404 3,404 25 1,243 Olympic Village .. 904 491 904 904 109 Total Heidelberg City 4,333 3,091 4,308 4,308 25 1.352 Kew City- Childers Street 8 8 8 Melbourne City-- Arden Street (North Melb.) 30 30 30 30 Hotham Estate (North Melb.) .. 380 166 380 380 4 Molesworth St. (North Melb.) .. 120 92 120 120 Victoria Street (Newmarket) 12 12 12 12 Canning Street (Carlton) 56 56 56 56 High Street (Carlton) * .. ISO ISO ISO Pigdon Street (Carlton) .. 108 38 70 108 108 Reeves Street (Carlton) .. 316 316 136 136 : 180 Debney's Meadows (Fiemington) 378 378 198 179 377 I Derby Street (Kensington) 33 33 33 33 Holland Estate (Kensington) 378 378 378 378 Total- Melbourne City 1,991 338 1,653 1,451 179 1,630 361 4

23 TABLE C (Contd.) DWELLING UNIT CONSTRUCTION (Contd.) Country

Material H.. ouses. and Flats Completed I I_ _ In Course' Brick------~ofErectionl

11 No. of Brick During ' at 1 House.;; Estate Units and I Soil

Beaufort 10 i 10 1 10 10 Beechworth . . 34 i 34 i 34 34 3 Benalla 308 1 308 290 12 302 6 142 Bendigo 293 138 25 130 24 7 15 262 31 108 Kangaroo Flat 94 94 94 94 I Eaglehawk . . 33 13 20 20 4 24 9 11 Birchip 4 4 4 4 1 Bridgewater . . 4 1 4 4 4 Broadford 16 · 16 16 16 1 Camperdown 79 79 · 68 5 73 6 10 Casterton 15 15 15 15 3 Castlemaine . . 76 13 63 76 76 16 Charlton 16 16 16 16 Churchill- McMil1an * 102 102 102 Cobden 21 21 21 21 6 Cobram 133 133 122 6 128 5 60 Cohuna 53 53 42 7 49 4 19 Colac.. 376 67 309 365 11 376 187 Coleraine 15 15 15 15 Corryong . . 61 61 46 15 61 28 Cranbourne . . . . 6 6 6 6 3 Crcswick 1 10 5 5 10 10 Daylesford 7 7 7 7 Dimboola 32 32 32 32 Donald 8 8 8 8 Drouin (c) 110 6 104 110 110 21 Donolly 6 6 6 6 Echuca 180 31 149 170 170 10 61 Edenhope 5 5 5 5 2 Euroa 44 44 44 44 2 Ferntree Gully 23 23 I 23 23 Foster 26 26 i 21 3 24 2 10 Frankston . . 144 137 144 144 40 Frankston Forest I ,095 620 125 758 267 1,025 70 748 Geelong- Newtown t 54 54 54 5 Newtown, Percy Street 16 16 16 16 Gee1ong .. 774 356 62 356 745 29 774 433 Geelong West 65 65 37 8 I 45 20 I} Norlane .. 2,436 47 309 2,080 2,352 84 2,436 538 Corio .. 950 464 351 21 114 729 115 844 106 675 Newcomb * .. 134 134 12 12 122 Girgarre 41 41 29 6 35 6 5 Gisbourne 20 20 20 20 9 Hamilton 236 17 219 211 17 228 8 98 Hastings* 7 7 7 Hey wood 4 4 4 4 Horsham 351 15 336 281 23 304 47 155 Ing1ewood 6 6 6 6 2 Irymp1e 24 24 24 24 12 Kaniva I I I I Kerang 82 82 69 9 78 4 11 Kooweerup 17 . 17 17 17 6 Korumburra .. 100 I 100 100 100 41 Kyabram 55 55 51 4 55 22 Kyneton 35 35 35 35 2 Lang Lang 15 15 12 3 15 6 Leitchville 13 13 13 13 I 2 Leongatha 106 ' 106 95 5 100 I 6 59 Lismore 4 4 4 4' 2 Longwarry 5 5 5 5 I - I Mffa ra . . '. . . .. 76 - --- 76 67 9 76 - 22 ! Mansfield '. . . .. 46 ' - - - 46 40 6 46 I - 12 - - - Maryborough . . .. 132 26 106 126 126 I 6 32 Carisbrook ...... I - - - I I - I I - I Meeniyan ...... 13 - - - 13 8 5 13 - 12 - - -- Merbein t .. . ' .. . . 13 -- 13 13 - 13 7 - -- - Merbein . . . . ' . .. 57 -- 57 57 -- 57 11 - - Merrigum . ' 15 - 15 15 - 15 - 3 - - Mildura (e) '' .. 411 8 403 385 22 407 4 131 Minyip . . .. 1 - - - I I - 1 - I I Mirboo North ...... 24 - - - 24 24 - 24 - 9 Moe ...... 1,589 - 18 - 1,571 1,513 21 1,534 I 55 375 Mooroopna ...... 99 - - - 99 70 29 99 - 48 I ------Mooroopna, Blue Moon Estate '' 10 10 10 10 - Mornington ...... ' 142 91 44 7 121 2 123 19 68 Mortlake '. . . .. 11 - - - 11 11 - 11 - 3 Morwell .. . . . ' 2,146 : 25 92 -- 2,029 2,001 44 2,045 101 957 Murtoa .. 13 ' - --- - 13 13 - 13 - - '' '. I Myrtleford '...... 101 I - - - 101 89 7 96 5 38 Nathalla . ' ...... - - - 32 32 - 32 - 4 - Natimuk . ' .. '. I - - 6 6 - 6 - - '' 3~ I

24 TABLE C (Contd.) DWELLING UNIT CONSTRUCTION (Contd.) Metropolitan

Material Houses and Flats Completed 1 ln Course I t"o. of Brick During I ,of Erection Estate Units and Total at Year Total at at House<:; Brick I Concrete Timber I 30th June, ended 30th June. I 30th June. Sold Veneer . 1964 1, 30th June. · 1965 1965 • . 1965

Moorabbin City­ Moorabbin 573 366 31 967 967 4 437 Highett 151 151 151 119 Total Moorabbin City 724 366 31 I, 118 lJ 18 4 556 Mordialloc City­ Beach Road, 14 14 14 14 Balcombe Road, Mentone 16 16 ~I 16 16 Total - Mordialloc City 30 30 30 30 . Northcote City­ Ciarke Street t 34 34 34 34 24 Separation Street ~ 8 I 8 8 8 Northcote East 1591 85 74 151 3 1541 119 Agg Street 46 46 46 46 Robert Street 47 I 47 47 47 I Westgarth 18 18 18 18 Walker Street 109 109 I 109 109 Total Northcote City 421 I 294 413 416 143 Nunawading City­ Luckie Street so I 50 50 . Oakleigh City- North Road lOO 99 lOO lOO I 74 Port Melbourne City­ Port Melbourne No. I ~ 46 i 46 46 Port Melbourne No. 2 t 376 I 70 376 376 } 244 Port Melbourne No. 3 t 36 I 36 36 ' Farrell Street 24 24 24 -I 24 I I ngles Street 64 . 64 64 64. Ross Street 32 i 32 32 321 =II Station Street 80 8o I 80 80 Stokes Street 107 I 107 101 I Swallow Street 14 • 1~1 14 14 14. Total Port Melbourne City .. 779 I 495 284 =I 779 779 244 Prahran City- Crews - De Murska Streets 74 1 3 71 71 71 Essex Street 63 . 63 63 -· 63 Horace Petty Estate 228 wl 218 . 45 173 218 lO Total Prahran City 365 13. 352 I 179 173 352 13 Preston City- Bell Street t 96 96 ... I 96 96 Bailey Avenue 33 I 33 33 33 David Street ~ 38 38 38 38 May Street t 31 13 18 I 31 31 Murray Road 74 74 74 Oakover Road t .. ;~ I 26 26 26 I Raglan Street t 96. 96 96 96 Bell 8 . 8 8 Tyler Street 176 176 176 20 Preston East 1,804 316 7 5 1,633 I ,710 94 569 Preston West 156 i 156 156 156 79 Reservoir .. 221 • 220 . I I 221 221 110 Reservoir East I ,350 . 805 43 502 I ,350 1,350 1 497 Total - Preston City 4,109 1,873 1I 1,704 7 525 3,938 4,015 . 94 1,307 Richmond City­ Anderson Street .. 223 42 . 181 223 223 . Bridge Road t 138 138 • 138 138 I 58 Coppin Street 36 I 36 I 36 36 Jas. Scullin Court 22 141 8 22 -! 22 . Total Richmond City 419 194 1 225 419 419 . 58 Sandringham City­ Sandringham 946. 826 114 6 574 St. Kilda City- 9461 lnkerman Street 255 255 55 55 . 200 South Melbourne City­ Emerald Hill Court 208 208 208 208 Springvale City­ Springvale 47 I 46 47 471 27 Sunshine City­ --I Albion 60 60 60 60 45 Maidstone- Braybrook 2,543 74 20x' 685 2,532 2,532 . 11 591 Total -··Sunshine City .. 2,603 74 20x 745 2,592 2,592 11 636 Williamstown City­ 1 Champion Road t 76 56 76 76 47 Aitken Street 72 72 72 Bradley Street, Newport 29 29 29 29 29 Croker Street, Newport 98 69 29 98 98 70 The Strand 47 47 47 47 Champion Road .. 24 5 16 3 24 24 • 12 Total Williamstown City 346 90 224 3 346 346 I 158 Waverley City­ Jordanville North 741 217 524 741 741 309 Jordanville South 1,050 34 1,015 1,044 1,044 413 Total - Waverley City .. 1,791 251 1,539 1,785 1,785 722 Altona Shire Blyth Street 12 12 12 12 Berwick Shire - Doveton .. 2,311 451 25 I 1,904 2,298 13 1,177 Werribee Shire - Laverton . . . . 467 113 450 450 17 250 Laverton North * 357 134 125 232

2,452 1,295 12,337

25 TABLE C (Contd.) DWELLING UNIT CONSTRUCTION (Contd.)

Houses and Flats Completed

No. of Brick During Houses Estate Units and Total at Year Total at Sold Brick 30th June~ ended 30th June,: Veneer 1964 30th June, 1965 1965

Nhill .. 6 6 6 Numurkah 109 96 4 100 34 Nyah West 13 13 13 Orbost 41 34 7 41 18 Ouyen .. 6 6 6 2 Packenham East 18 18 : 3 12 6 10 Port Fairy .. 32 -·· I 32 32 32 7 Portland 126 126 126 126 70 Port sea 16 7 9 16 Red Cliffs~ .. 17 17 : 17 17 6 Red Cliffs 94 94 : 94 94 20 Robinvale (d) 68 68 I 56 62 32 Rochester 30 3o 1 24 24 2 Rosedale 32 32 : IS 17 32 I Rutherglen 14 14 I 14 14 2 St. Arnaud 36 13 23 26 10 36 8 Sale .. 475 64 393 376 19 395 80 146 Seymour 459 31 428 359 50 409 50 137 Shepparton .. 681 98 583 621 55 676 5 252 Shepparton Southend 138 58 80 27 75 102 36 24 Stawell 64 20 44 47 6 53 11 12 Stratford 11 11 1 11 11 I StrathmertJn 21 21 1 21 21 8 Swan Hill t .. 11 11 I 11 11 4 Swan Hill .. 254 254 I 216 224 112 Tallangatta .. 18 18 : 12 18 8 Tangambalanga 18 18 I 18 18 4

Tatura 73 73 1 51 57 22 Terang 50 50: 50 50 24 Tongala 27 27 27 27 4 Toora 18 18 6 11 2 Trafalgar 25 25 25 25 14 Traralgon 297 297 297 297 134 Traralgon East 456. 11 445 322 355 ! 260 Wangaratta ...... 721 . 90 630 I 721 721 276 Wangaratta. Yarrunga Estate 81 15 66; 36 81 65 54 . Warracknabeal 54 54 1 54 14 Warragul 411 411 ; 392 404 161 Warrnambool f 40 40 40 40: 10 Warrnambool 525 128 397 454 485 : 188 Wedderburn .. 6 6 6 6' Werribee 392 98 325 364 170 Winchelsea 57 57 57 57 5 Wodonga 607 438 477 536 174 Wonthaggi 115 115 115 115 36 Wood end 3 3 3 3 Woorinen 5 5 5 5 Wycheproof .. 14 14. 14 14 I Yarram 58 : 58 . 53 5 58 29 Yarrawonga .. 102 102 94 94 8 50 22,189 i I ,355 20.886 1,303 8,208 lvfetropolitan and Country

TOTAL .. I 56,602 16.331 19593 974 19,704 51,316 2,688 54,004

t Indicates units built under State Housing Scheme (b) Includes Black Hill Flat. • Indicates new projects commenced during year ended 30th June. J965 (c) Adjusted totals. x Indicates Beaufort SteeL (d) , , (a) Includes Yarrowee Parade, (e) Includes 1 unit destroyed by fire. TABLED SUMMARY OF HOUSES SOLD Metropolitan State Housing prior to 30th June, 1964 406 State Housing since 30th June, 1964 40 446 Commonwealth State Agreements 1945- prior to 30th June, 1964 5,996 1945- since 30th June, 1964 . 581 1956/61- prior to 30th June, 1964 .. 4,988 1956/61- since 30th June, 1964 326 11,891 12,337 Country Centres State Housing-~ prior to 30th June, 1964 31 State Housing- since 30th June, 1964 I 32 Commonwealth State Agreements 1945 prior to 30th June, 1964 2,844 1945 since 30th June, 1964 .. 211 1956/61- prior to 30th June, 1964 4,205 1956/61- since 30th June. 1964 916 8,176 8,208 TOTAL HOUSES SOLD * 20,545

• Includes 46 houses repossessed and reverted to tenancy.

26 TABLE E TYPES OF DWELLING UNITS COMPLETED DURJNG YEAR ENDED 30th JUNE, 1965

Type of Construction Metropolitan Country Total Brick 56 6 62 Brick-veneer 228 560 788 Timber ~ Asbestos Cement I 573 574 Timber Weatherboard .. 33 33 Concrete 1.013 170 1,183 Feature Wall Concrete 35 13 48 Total 1,333 I ,355 2,688

Unit Groupings Metropolitan Country Total Single Units 598 1,300 1,898 Units in Flats 735 55 790 Total 1,333 1,355 2,688

Bedroom Types Metropolitan Country Total One Bedroom (for 1 bed) .. 271 51 322 One bedroom (for 2 beds) 177 4 181 Two bedrooms 119 119 Three bedrooms 766 1,300 2,066 Total 1,333 1,355 2,688

NOTE: During the year ended 30/6/65. 232 portable s[eepouts were added w existing houses in the Metropolitan Area and 189 in the Country.

TABLE F LOCATION OF FLATS Metropolitan

Flat t.:nits Flat Units Flat Units Flat Units Estate completed at cornpleted during completed under construction 30!6/64 year ended 30/6/65 at 30/6/65 at 3016165

Box Hill 48 48 Brighton, New Street 127 127 Broadmeadows, Section "Q" Broadmeadows, Section "R"' 27 27 Brunswick, Ashmore Street 4 4 Brunswick, Barkly Street .. 34 34 Brunswick, Everett Street 30 30 Brunswick, McColl Street 100 100 Brunswick, Wilson Street. . 40 40 Camberwell, Ashburton .. 198 198 Chelsea, Fowler Street 10 10 Coburg, Nicholson Street 8 8 Coburg, Dunville .. 20 20 Coburg, Newlands .. 49 49 Coburg, Springmeadows .. 26 26 Coburg, Eric Street 42 42 Collingwood, Clifton Hill 16 16 Collingwood, Rutland Street 30 30 Collingwood, Dight Street 370 370 Collingwood, Stafford Street 30 30 Essendon, Ascot .. 852 852 Essendon, Moonee Ponds, Pascoe Vale Road .. 51 51 Fitzroy, St. Laurence 68 Fitzroy, Bennett Street 24 Fitzroy, Clauscen Street 54 54 Fitzroy, George Street 15 15 Fitzroy, Holden Street 82 82 Fitzroy, Miller Street 36 36 Footscray .. 18 18 Footscray West .. 6 6 Footscray, Glamis Road .. 10 10 Footscray, Yarra-. ille 10 10 Hawthorn, Bills Street 61 61 Hawthorn, Munro Street .. 45 45 Heidelberg ...... 238 238 Heidelberg, Olympic Village 1288 288 Kew, Childers Street . . 8 8 Melbourne North, Arden Street .. 30 30 Melbourne North, Hotham Estate 380 380 Melbourne North, Molesworth Street 120 120 Melbourne Newmarket, Victoria Street 12 12 Melbourne Carlton, Canning Street 56 56 Melbourne Carlton, High Street * 180 Melbourne Carlton, Pigdon Street 108 108 Melbourne Carlton, Reeves Street 136 136 180 Melbourne Flemington, Debney's Meadows 198 179 377 1 Melbourne Kensington, Derby Street .. 33 33 Melbourne Kensington, Holland Estate 378 378 Mentone, Balcombe Road 16 16 Mordialloc, Beach Road .. 14 14 Moorabbin .. 250 250 Northcote East 16 16 Northcote, Agg Street 46 46 Northcote, Robert Street .. 47 47 Northcote, Westgarth 18 18 Northcote. Walker Street. . 109 109 Nunawading, Luckie Street 50 50 Port Melbourne t .. 36 36 Port Melbourne, Farrell Street 24 24

27 TABLE F (Contd.) LOCATION OF FLATS (Contd.) Metropolitan

Flat Units Flat t.:nits Flat Units Flat L:nits Estate completed at completed during completed under construction 30'6164 year ended 30/6/65 at)0/6/65 at 30!6!65

Port Melbourne, lng\es Street 64 64 Port Melbourne, Ross Street 32 32 Port Melbourne, Station Street 80 80 Port Melbourne, Stokes Street 107 107 Port Melbourne. Swallow Street. . 14 14 Prahran, Crews & De Murska Streets 71 71 Prahran, Essex Street . 63 63 Prahran, Horace Petty Estate 45 173 218 Preston t 28 28 Preston, Bell 8 8 Preston East 46 74 120 90 Preston, Reservoir .. 28 28 Preston, Reservoir East 156 156 Richmond. Anderson Street 223 223 Richmond, Coppin Street 36 36 Richmond, J. Scullin Court 22 22 Sandringham . . 124 124 St. Kilda, Inkerman Street 55 55 200 South Melbourne, Emerald Hill Court 208 208 Sunshine. Braybrook 426 426 Williamstown, Aitkin Street 72 72 Williamstown, The Strand 47 47 Williamstown, Champion Road 12 12 Waverley, Jordanville North 108 108 Waverley, Jordanville South 12 12 Altona, Blyth Street 12 12 Berwick, Doveton "B" 132 132 735 7,809

* Indicates new projects commenced during the year ended 30th June. 1965. t Indicates units built under State Housing Scheme, Revised totals. (27 fhus at De Murska Street Gladstone Gardens donated by the Prahran Council are not included in the above table).

Country

Flat t.:nits Flat t.:nits Flat Units Flat Units Estate completed at completed during completed under construction )0!6164 year ended 3016165 ut 30/6/65 at 30/6/65

Bacchus Marsh 16 16 Ballarat 8 8 Bendigo 26 26 Drouin 16 16 Ferntree Gully 23 23 Geelong 80 80 Newtown, Percy Street 16 16 :Nor lane 32 45 77 Hamilton 7 7 Harsh am 10 10 5 Mildura 24 24 Moe. . . 18 18 Mornington * 19 Morwell 42 42 Numurkah * 9 Sale 18 18 8 St. Arnaud .. 10 Shepparton .. 12 12 Wangaratta 6 6 Warragul 8 8 Warrnambool 14 14 Wodonga 8 8 7

Total 384 439 48

* Indicates new projects commenced during year ended 30th June. 1965.

28 TABLE G BLOCK TYPES OF FLATS Metropolitan

Flat Units. Flat Units Flat Units Storeys in Block Units per Block compteted at completed at under construction 3016/64 30/6!65 at 30/6165

One I 44~ 2 so: 3 18! 4 360 6 66 12 12

--·~·-- Sub-total 580

Two 2 4 3 4 1,068 4t 64+ 5 6 72 12 7 8 544t 16 560 10 10 10 10 12 60 60 24 14 14 14 14 22 22 22 24 24 24 26 26 26 30 30 Sub-total 1,796! 128 1,924 90

Three 3 6 6 5 5 5 6 306 306 8 32 32 9 108 36 144 10 90 90 12 1,261 * 12 1,273. 15 225 IS 240 16 113. 113* 18 162 54 216 21 210 21 231 24 96 48 144 27 27 27 30 60 60 33 33 33 36 36 72 108 42 42 42 3,070

Four 4 4 6 6 6 H 48 48 11 11 11 12 24 24 14 28 28 16 760 760 I~ 72 72 24 336 48 384 32 128 12H 35 35 35 36 36 36 40 8(} 48 48

: --· Eight 112 Twelve 200 Sixteen 120 120 Twenty .. 160 16(} Twenty .. 180 179 179 361

------~-·~ TOTAL .. 735 7,809 651

+ Indicates units built under State Housing Scheme. * Indicates caretaker's quarters attached. ; Indicates revised totals.

29 TABLE G (Contd.) BLOCK TYPES OF FLATS Country

Flat Units Flat Units Flat Units Flat Units Storeys in Block Units per Block completed at completed during completed at under construction 30/6/64 year ended 30/6/65 30/6/65 at 30/6/65

One 2 42 42 2 3 3 3 3 4 96 4 100 5 10 10 10 ! 6 I 24 6 30 6 8 8 - 8

Sub-total '' 183 10 193 21

i - Two '' '' '' '' '' 4 40 40 8 6 18 - 18 8 40 - 40 10 10 - 10 12 24 - 24 19 - -·· 19

Sub-total '' 132 - 132 27

,, - Three '' '' '. 12 24 24 15 15 - 15 • 21 21 • 21 24 24 24 30 30

Sub-total . ' 69 45 114 TOTAL .. .. 384 55 439 48 • I

•

TABLE H BEDROOM TYPE OF FLATS Metropolitan

Flat Units Flat Units Flat Units Flat Units Estate completed at completed during completed under construction 30/6/64 year ended 30/6/65 at 30/6165 at 30/6/65

J bedroom, 1 bed .. 800 271 1,071 266 I bedroom, 2 beds 64t 64t 1 bedroom, 2 beds 1,115 177 1,292 64 2 bedrooms 3,325 + 119 3,444 241 3 bedrooms 1,770t 168 1,938 80 TOTAL 7,074! 735 7,809 651 Country

1 bedroom, 1 bed .. 119 51 170 35 l bedroom, 2 beds 197 4 201 5 2 bedrooms 68 68 8 TOTAL 384 439 48

TABLE 1 CONSTRUCTION TYPES OF FLATS

Flat Units Flat Units Flat Units Material completed at completed under construction 30/6/64 at 3016/65 at 30/6[65

Brick J 2,3291: J 2,329 \. 64t l 64L Brick-veneer 44t 44 Concrete 4,637 735 5,372 651 TOTAL.. 735 7,809 651

Brick . 73 8 Brick-veneer 28 21 Concrete 272 19 Timber - Asbestos Cement 66 TOTAL 384 439 48

t Indicates units built under State Housing Scheme. 4: Indicates revised totals.

30 TABLE J CONCRETE HOUSE PROJECT Metropolitan

DweH1ng Units Completed during Dwelling Units under Construction at Year ended 30th June, 1965 30th June, 1965

E.~tate

Broadmeadows, Section "G" Broadmeadows, Section "L" Broadmeadows, Section "R" Carlton, High Street .. Dovemn Hawthorn, Munro Street Laverton North Nunawading, Luckie Street .. Prahran, Horace Petty Estate Preston East .. St. Kilda, [nkerman Street TOTAL Country

Frankston Forest Mornington Norlane TOTAL

LP. denotes Lone Persons. LR. denotes low RentaL

TABLE K LONE PERSON AND LOW RENTAL FLATS Metropolitan

Concrete Flats Completed Other Flats Completed Concrete Flats Other Flats Under !~~······· -- Under Total at Construction Construction Estate 30i6;65 at 30/6i65 at 30/6/65

LR. LP. L.R. LP.

Altona, Blyth Street 4 Ascot 6 A.shburton 14 Box Hill 32 Braybrook, Maidstone lOO Broadmeadows Section "R" .. 18 9 9 Brighton, New Street.. 24 Brunswick, Ashmore Streer 4 Brunswick, Barkly Street 18 16 Brunswick, McColl Street 27 21 Brunswick, Everett Street 15 15 ::::arlton, Pigdon Street 4 -I Chelsea, Fowler Street 6 4 Coburg, Dunville 20 Coburg, Springmeadows 12 14 Coburg, Nicholson Street 8 Coburg, Eric Street Collingwood, Dight Street 31 _, Collingwood, Stafford Street .. 18 Collingwood, Rutland Street, Clifton Hill 12 Doveton, "B" Sandpit 99 33 33 Fitzroy North, Clauscen Street 12 Fitzroy North, Holden Street 12 Fitzroy North, Miller Street .. 12 Flemington, Debney Meadows 18 Footscray 18 'Footscray, Yarraville .. 10 Footscray West, Glamis Road 10 ! Hawthorn, Bills Stre~t 21 24 Hawthorn, Munro Street 36 36 9 -1 Heid:;lbcrg 8 Jordanvi11e North 20 lordanville South 4 Kensington, Derby Street . Kensington, Holland Estate .. Kew, Childers Street .. 8 Mentone 12 4 Moonee Ponds, Pascoe Vale Road 36 15 Moorabbin 14 Mordialloc, Beach Road 12 2 Northcote East 16 Northcote, Walker Street 12 15 Northcote, Agg Street 30 16 Northcote, Robert Street =I 36 11 North Melbourne, Molesworth Street ~orth Melbourne, Hotham Estate .. 15 I~ I

31 TABLE K (Contd.) LONE PERSON AND LOW RENTAL FLATS (Contd.) Metropolitan

Concrete Flats Completed Other Flats Completed Concrete Flats .• Other Flats Under .1 Under During year T·otal at Construction Construction ended 30/6!65 30!6!65 at 30'6/65 I at 30'6!65 -1 LP. LR. LP. L.R. LP. L.R.

Nunawading, Luckie Street .. 38 12 38 12 Port Melbourne, Farrell Street 24 21 24 Port Melbourne, Swallow Street 14 Prahran, Crews & De Murska Streets 15 Prahran, De Munska Street .. Gladstone Gardens ! .. Prahran, Essex Street 18 12 Prahran, Horace Petty Estate 57 33 Preston East . . . 56 18 56 52 66 24 Richmond, Anderson Street 24 14 Richmond, Coppin Street 24 12 Richmond, Scullin Street 8 Sandringham .. 32 St. Kilda. lnkerman Street 55 55 200 Williamstown. The Strand 6 8 Williamstown: Champion Road 12

TOTAL 271 157 1,047

NOTE: In addition to the above, 386 one-bedroom flats have been erected on various estates in the Metropolitan area since December, 1943 (also 142 one-bedroom flats and houses were completed, prior to the Commonwealth Stute House Agreements). t These llars have been donated to the Commission by the Prahran City Council. Country

Bacchus Marsh 10 6 Ball a rat Bendigo . 14 Drouin .. Ferntree Gully . 15 8 Geelong East . 12 Newtown. Bercy Street 12 4 Norlane .. 45 45 20 Hamilton 3 4 Hors ham 5 5 5 Mildura .. 8 16 Moe 12 6 Mornington 19 Morwell Numurkah St. Arnaud Sale .. Shepparton Warragul Warrnambool Wodonga TOTAL 45

NOTE: 251 brick and timber one-bedroom Aats and houses have been erected in country centres since December. 1943. {8 additional one-bedroom houses were completed at Newtown prior to the CommonweahhfState Housing Agreements.)

32 FINANCE A PP EN HOUSING COMMIS BALANCE SHEET AS LIABILITIES 1963/1964 £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. £ ~ ..d LOANS Government of Victoria . . , , . . , ...... , , 4,276,595 2 7 Less -Securities purchased out of National Debt Sinking Fund and cancelled 289,643 12 4 3,365.470 4 0 3,986.951 10 Debenture issues . . 520,000 0 0 Less-repayments 220,000 0 0 300,000 0 0 300,000 0 0 Advance-Death Benefit Fund 499,170 17 11 435,365 12 499,170 17 11 1945 Commonwealth and State Housing Agreemenl 53 Year Loans Nos. 1-11 .. .. , ...... 85,781,000 0 0 1956 Commonwealth and State Housing Agreement-Loans Nos. 1-6 68,705,845 0 0 Advances during 1964/1965 13,129,882 0 0 167,616,727 0 0 Less·~repayrnents on Commonwealth Loans as above 27,607,206 19 0 128,125.268 14 6 ------··- 140,009,520 0 45 Year Loans Nos. 1~7 re sold under 1945 Agreement 13,770.112 5 2 IRss~repayments on 45 years Nos. 1-7 1,027,653 5 3 12,916,578 2 12,742,458 19 11 145,274,895 11 6 Total Loan Liability 157,538.101 9 ADVANCES TREASURY AND OTHERS· 1.242209 2 0 Slum Reclamation Subsidy---Treasury .. 1.242.209 2 0 City of Melbourne . 412.000 0 0 City of Port Melbourne 19,800 0 0 City of Prahran , . 65,000 0 0 City of Williamstown . . 17,000 0 0 City of Richmond , , 7,925 0 0 City of South Melbourne 17,900 0 0 359,400 0 0 539,625 0 0 1,781,834 2 0 1.781.834 2 0 GII:'TS- 42.158 0 0 Gift of Flats - City of Prahran 42.158 0 (\ SUNDRY CREDITORS FOR­ 40,887 2 0 Architects' and Engineers' fees 30,262 0 8 127,575 3 8 Rents received in advance . 143,687 10 l 39,000 0 0 Land Purchase- Werribee Estate 132,412 15 0 Maintenance contracts incomplete 126,685 7 3 50,723 18 4 Repairs and maintenance 50,924 4 8 134,522 16 I Miscellaneous items 148,137 12 9 499.696 15 5 RESERVES, PROVISIONS, APPROPRIATIONS AND SINKING FUNDS General Reserve , ...... 39,931 10 9 Appropriation of House Sales profits for Slum Reclamation Works 150,000 0 0 191,540 18 11 Cancelled Securities Reserve National Debt Sinking Fund . . . . 211,035 18 I 7,342,299 9 0 Loan Redemption Reserve- Commonwealth and State Housing Agreement 7,947,048 3 7 87,787 I 6 Loan Redemption Reserve Debenture Issues 50,000 0 0 38,987 14 0 Sinking Fund re Debenture Loans Various . . . . 45.190 11 6 1,591,975 12 11 Accruing Maintenance Provision. as per statement herewith 1,533,331 16 2 7,926,296 0 9 House Sales Reserve Suspense Account 8,697,586 I I 2 1,593,485 11 l House Sales - Death Benefit Scheme .. 1.919,957 5 4 40,000 0 0 Irrecoverable rentals provision 40,000 0 0 2,084,093 I 11 Land Realization Reserve 2,590,341 12 8 15,732 19 3 Land Realization Reserve Shops 27,563 19 4 69,610 9 2 Land Realization Suspense Account .. 104,713 4 3 11,698 4 3 Land Realization Suspense Account ~ Shops 13.477 10 7 2,178.839 1 7 Interest Receivable Reserve House Purchasers 2,723,803 7 to 26,093,981 11 2.542 10 ACCUMULATED SURPLUS 228.417 6 228.417

CERTIFICATE 01' AUDITOR-GENERAL

The accounts of the Housing Commission, Victoria, have been audited for the year ended 30th June, 1965, hy officers acting under my direction. For the purpose of the audit, the detailed examinations and checks carried out bv the Commission's Internal Audit staff have been accepted by my officers. In my opinion, subject to- (i) the question of the justification for tlte appropriation of an amount of £150,000 from the profit on House Sales for Slum Reclamation Acquisition and Clearance of Areas, and (ii) having regard to the Commission's assurance that it will make a detailed review of the rental arrears forthwith, the Balance Sheet, Appendix "A", fairly represents the financial position of the Commission as at 30th June, 1965, and the accompanying General Re~'enue Account, Appendix "B", proper~v summarises the fina!Tcial operations of the Commission.

(Sgd.) R. W. Gillard. Auditor-General. 17/1 I /1965

170,618.673 3 2 186,184,18'1 4 0 DEPOSIT AND TRliST ACCOUNT 185,053 10 2 Sundry deposits and trust money~ 198,324 8 11

170,803.726 13 4 186,382.513 12 11

34 DIX A SlON- VICTORIA AT 30TH JUNE, 1965 ASSETS

1963/1964 £ '· d. £ s d. s d. £ S, d. FIXED ASSETS At Cost-- Land (for dwellings only) being cost of sites acquired, development costs~ and incidental expenses, but less cost of sites of houses soJd as per House Trading Accounts for all years . . . . * Len-Suspense Account for estimated capital cost of land sold but for which capital costs have yet to be calculated Le:-.·s-Development contracts incomplete 21,968,529 3 6 Land (for shops) being cost of sites acquired, develop­ ment costs and incidental expenses * Less-Suspense Account for estimated capital cost of land, for shops. sold but for which capital costs have yet to be calculated ..

L<'SS ···Development contracts incomplete 62,976 11 8 Dwellings less cost of those sold as per House Trading Accounts of all years *Less-Suspense Account for estimated capJtai cost of houses. sold but for which capital costs have yet to be calculated Levs-Conrracts incompie1e Provtsions for prime cost iterns

117,072.384 5 5 Shopping cenlre buildings ...... * Lcs.'i'-Suspense Account for estimaled capital ~.·ost of shops sold but for which capital costs have yet to be calculated 186,370 0 0 ------443.459 18 9 Less-Contracts incomplete .. 17.784 2 9 Provision~ for prime cost items I ,237 16 0 19,021 18 480,83'1 7 I ------424.4.18 () () .'6,172.657 4 () 314.300 11 Land Buildings- Holmesglen Hou&ing Factory . , , , .. 321.151 Offices rent collections and construction supervision. less depreciation . 46,744 19 9 51.938 18 11 46.744 l'l ') Slum Reclamation - Various Areas 4,880.710 13 Less-Contracts incomplete 3.826,347 6 4,880,710 13 5.334 4 Community Hall Port Melbourne 5.334 4 ------107.607,993 115,134.242 ll INTANGIBLE ASSETS 18,803 5 2 Loan flotation expenses less £J,748 l2 4 written off 18,478 4 36.005 2 10 Designs and Plans_ ...... 41.172 10 7 189,667 0 8 Slum Reclamation, North Melbourne. O'Shannassy anJ Harris Streets 189,677 14 10 6.517 15 0 Electronic Data Processing- Planning Costs.. . . 62.370 6 2 Industrial House Development Development Costs 15.448 18 11 Overseas Delegation Expenses 3.910 19 7 331.058 13 5 STOCK, EQUIPMENT ETC. (other than at Concrete House Project)- At Cost 55,898 17 Motor vehicles etc, (administrative), less depreciation ...... 64,549 9 I 4,163 2 Store-yards. offices, canteens and other con.o;;;tructional buildings, less depredation or amortization 3.757 16 0 39.861 17 Office furniture. less depreciation 51,668 17 I 67,515 0 Office equipment, I ess depreciation 91.743 19 4 31,571 4 Other equipment. less depreciation 29,956 7 4 9.887 9 Stores and Stationery etc. 8.567 10 9 ______,,,_ 250.243 19 7 CONCRETE HOUSE PROJECT------As per Statement herewith 396.002 12 Fixed Assets, less depreciation .. 415,648 10 0 108.888 6 Current Assets, less current liabilities .. 80.237 19 10 495.X86 9 10 !~VESTMENTS AND LOAN ADVANCES 38.'187 14 0 Debenture Loan Sinking Fund . , . . . . 45.190 11 6 335.312 14 6 Advance - Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works .. 247.312 14 6 2,483 13 6 Advance - State Etectricity Commission 2,250 I 9 17.500 0 0 Advance Werribee Sewerage Authority 5.500 0 0 Loan-· Shepson & Co. Pty. Ltd. 1,800 0 {) 1.571.771 13 5 House Purchasers Death Benefit Scheme Investments .. 1,896.604 15 4 850.000 0 0 Short Term Investment- Australia and New Zealand Bank 1,250.000 0 0 3,448.658 CURRENT ASSETS 43 7 4 Interest accrued on advances 527 7 0 21,713 17 8 lnterest accrued on investmems Dea-th Ben~iit F u~d 23,352 10 0 1.930 0 0 Cash advances 2.200 0 0 !,642 8 7 National Debt Sinking F~~d cash in hand 1.488 18 3 54.224 I 3 Rents receivable accrued . , 74,468 14 0 500 8 7 Insurance paid in advance 479 15 11 1.200 () 0 Shares 31 Melrose St. Pty. Lt·d·. 500 0 0 6.794 4 8 Overseas Delegation - Advances 103.017 SUNDRY DEBTORS for- 66.586 16 4 Rental arrears~··- Tenants .. 107.211 8 8 50,893 0 9 Former Tenants 50,873 0 I 4,767 10 10 Sundry Tenants 4,383 3 4 ...... ______162.467 12 Works carried out on behalf of Semi~Gove-rnmentai Authorities adjoining Owners and others, 272.770 18 () etc., including materials supplied to Contractors 289,048 8 11 ~8.0 13,135 5 8 House Purchases . . , . , , , . 64,990.764 17 8 227,107 14 6 House Purchasers' Death Benefit Scheme 279,714 10 4 289.670 11 3 land Purchases and Miscellaneous Sales 355.141 0 11 10.972 15 8 Administrative Building .. 11,050 6 8 66.088.186 16 7 CASH AT BANK AND ELSEWHERE 48.568 19 7 Cash at Bank 240,996 11 157.320 8 3 Cash in Transit 91,899 0 332.895 4 11

170.618.673 3 2 186,184,189 4 0 DEPOSH AND TRUST ACCOUNT 134.579 12 4 Securities held 134.510 2 0 50,473 17 10 Cash 63,814 6 11

170,80.1. 726 13 4 186,382,513 12 11

D. J. LENNE, Accountant. V. J. BRADLEY, Director. A. L. BOHN, Secretary J. P. GASKIN, Deputy Director. 18th October, 1965 ALAN ASHMAN, Commissioner.

35 APPENDIX B HOUSING COMMISSION Dr. GENERAL REVENUE ACCOUNT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED

Rental Miscellaneous House Sales Total Operations

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1963/1964 £ s. d. To Interest Payable: 53,535 15 0 Loans Government of Victoria .. 53,352 7 6 4,641,295 17 9 Commonwealth and State Housing Agreements 5,022.992 3 6 23,391 5 I Debenture issues .. 23,026 0 1 4,780 19 7 House Sales 6,076 I 6 33,124 8 4 Death Benefit Fund 25,595 17 6

4,756,128 5 9 Gross interest payable .. 5,131,042 10 1 209,379 15 9 Less-interest capitalized 264,822 4 0

4,546,748 10 0 4,866.220 6 1 Interest charged on houses sold . . , Cr.2,030,222 0 11 2.030,222 0 11 ------Interest payable .. 2,835,998 5 2 2.030,222 0 11 4,866,220 6

2,050 18 2 Contribution to National Debt Sinking • u ..~. • 1.824 14 6 Ul24 14 6 Loan Redemption Reserves Commonwealth and State Housing Agreements---- being 845,163 0 loan repayments made during the year from revenue. . . . 1199.856 11 10 ::199,856 11 10 Del::enture Loans Redemption Reserve- being loan repayments during the year w 2,043 12 5 revenue 2.144 9 3 2,144 9 3 a- 4,000 0 0 Debenture Loan Sinking Fund .. 4,000 0 0 4.000 0 0 104 8 3 Loan Conversion Expenses (Government) 109 16 6 109 16 6 1,051,890 10 0 Provision for accruing maintenance 10 0 u 10,986 10 0 3,384 11 6 Maintenance Bad Debts written off .. 12 12 1 994,949 15 5 Rates (excluding rates capitalized £85,008 5 2) 1.012.975 3 3 1 46,483 6 4 Rent collection expenses in country areas 48,672 10 3 10 3 12,736 15 3 Cost of insurable risks . . . . 10,086 111 9 18 9 30,900 12 9 Cost of Communal Services Flats .. 45,941 4 4 4 4 Central Heating and Hot Water Services 2,658 8 9 8 9 50.646 8 3 Garden Maintenance (including £1,017 6 5 administrative expenses) 55,520 9 11 9 I Administrative expenses (excluding administrative expenses applicable to House Main­ tenance £140,564 lOs. 9d. capitalized £423,482 6s. 5d. Land Sales Reserve 582,192 13 6 £10,234 Is. 7d. Slum Reclamation £25,866 9s. 7d. Garden Maintenance £1,017 6s.5d.) 394.759 7 I 39,199 8 9 185,258 Jf 619,216 19 11 385,891 13 7 Rebates allowed .. 43R,IOI 15 3 438,101 15 3 37,848 3 4 Rents lost through vacancies 43.132 4 10 43,132 4 10 7,370 5 3 Provision for rent irrecoverable . . . 21.7119 7 7 .. 21,789 7 7 579 3 9 Medical fees paid on account of house purchasers 420 2 0 420 2 0 241,236 10 2 from interest receivable to House Purchasers' Death Benefit Scheme 239,745 12 9 239,745 12 9 495.484 18 11 from Interest Receivable to House Purchasers Interest Rec. Reserve 544,964 6 3 544,964 6 3 36,316 0 9 'L-uuc~,;uuu fees on instalments on houses sold 41.754 1 5 41,754 1 5 42,260 5 6 Commission paid to agents on houses 47,177 7 7 47,177 7 7 74,338 9 8 Maintenance and 62,436 17 4 62,436 17 4 13,501 13 7 Service Charges on 12,352 15 9 12,352 15 9 Appropriation for Slum 150,000 0 0 150,000 0 0 House Sales Reserve Suspense Account being unrealized profit for the year on house 824,409 0 0 sales 855,475 18 0 855,475 18 0 10,509 4 3 Miscellaneous 14,031 1 6 50 15 3 14,081 16 9 ---- 10,343,040 10 8 6, 952.150 10 8 39,199 li 9 4.169.807 6 L!6L208 0 9

-~----······-·------APPENDIX B continued Cr.

Rental Miscellaneous House Sales Total Operations 1963/1964 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 6,435,628 6 4 By Rents charged 6,661,452 8 1 6,661,452 8 I 89,465 17 ll Interest received and receivable . 50,844 4 7 60,054 14 3 34,098 0 0 144,996 18 10 10,782 10 0 Miscellaneous receipts Certificates under Section 61, Act 6275 .. 1,549 0 0 11,549 0 0 2,100 0 0 Miscellaneous receipts - other. . 1,4051111 1,405 11 11 1,110,695 15 7 Gross profit on house sales . . . . ,262,345 I I ,262,345 I 3 2,648,382 19 7 Interest receivable on loans to house purchasers 2,908,335 6 2,908,335 6 I 31,]93 15 4 Profit on Insurance for House Sales . . . . 35,669 0 35,669 0 I 14,791 5 ll Accumulated Surplus Account being nett Loss . . ,Loss 238,448 6 Loss 27,650 8 9 Profit 60,003 19 0 Profit 70,640 2 135,454 13 R ------10,343,040 10 8 6,952,150 10 8 39,199 8 9 50 15 3 4,169,807 6 9

LOAN REDEMPTION RESERVE APPROPRIATION ACCOUNT 1963/1964 1963/1964 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Amortisation Allowed Purchasers-·· By Loan Redemption for Loan Repayments by Commission Cash .. 558 8 0 Cash . . . . 813 10 10 War Service Homes . . 15 0 War Service Homes 4,985 18 3 w Terms .. . . 11 2 6 Terms 299,532 7 5 -...1 69,651 4 6 116,721 5 6 199.619 4 I 305,331 16 6 Amortisation adjustments on account of death of 997 0 10 purchasers . 1,009 14 2 128,970 19 7 Accumulated Surplus Account 187,600 16 10

99,619 4 11 305,331 16 6 199,619 4 11 305,331 16 6

AccUMULATED SuRPLus AccouNT 1963/1964 1963/1964 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,683,354 2 8 To Reserve for Interest Receivable from House Purchasers ,582,899 19 3 By Balance as at 1st July, 1964 (surplus) 2,542 10 3 House Sales Reserve Suspense Account (Realised Profit of former years Loan Redemption Reserve­ 11,183 0 0 adjusted due to reduction in selling prices) . . . . 128,970 19 7 Appropriation Account 187,600 16 10 Amortisation adjustment in respect of previous financial year 100 16 0 House Sales Reserve Suspense Account (Adjustment to Reserve in respect of realised profit of former years) 173,829 8 10 General Revenue Account- Realized profit on house sales 70 640 2 2 Profit on miscellaneous operations 6o:oo3 19 0 I30,644 ---- . 1 2 Less-Loss on rental operations 238,448 6 Loss on Housing Standards operations 27,650 8 9

2,542 10 3 Being balance Accumulated Surplus at 30th June, 1965 228,417 6 3 Dr. 14,791 5 11 266,098 14_~r.l35,454 13 8

~~------1,697,079 12 11 228,518 2 3 ! 1,697,079 12 11 228,518 2 3

D. J. LENNE, Accountant. Housing Commission, Victoria

18th October, 1965 APPENDIX C HOUSING COMMISSION V1CTORIA Dr. HOUSE TRADING ACCOUNT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 30TH 1965 Dr.

Cash Sales- Cash Sales War Service Terms Sales Total Homes Division

1963/[964 1965 £ s. d. 30th June £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. To House Costs Being Capital cost of houses solr! - 267,441 18 8 Land .. 912 10 0 5,182 11 10 377,982 19 I I 384,078 I 9 1,494,662 5 9 Buildings 3,245 10 I 30,014 17 9 2,148,655 9 2 2,18I,915 17 0 4,964,426 0 0 Capital Cost Suspense Account - Land .. 1.365 0 0 720,583 0 0 721,948 0 0 -Buildings 11,623 0 0 4,517,305 0 0 4,528,928 0 0 1,110,695 15 7 Gross Profit 7,123 19 11 24,871 10 5 I ,230,349 I 0 I I 1,262,345 I 3 ···------7,837,226 0 0 24,270 0 0 60,069 0 0 8,994,876 0 0 9,079,215 0 0

Cr. Cr. -- Cash Sales Cash Sales War Service Terms Sales Total Homes Division --·--- 1963/1964 £ s. d. June £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 7,837,226 0 0 By House Sales 24,270 0 0 60,069 0 0 8,994,876 0 0 9,079,215 0 0 ------w 7,837,226 0 0 24,270 0 0 60,069 0 0 8,994,876 0 0 9,079,215 0 0 oc D. J. LENNE, Accountant. 18th October, 1965 Commission, Victoria. APPENDIX D HOUSING COMMISSION - VICTORIA Dr. ACCRUING MAINTENANCE PROVISION ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE, !965 Cr.

1963/1964 1965 1963/1964 1964 June 30th July Is! £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.

1,643,647 0 l By Balance brought forward from 1963/1964 1,591,975 12 986,809 8 2 To Maintenance and Repairs of buildings etc. I ,029,367 3 3 1965 116,901 7 8 Administrative costs applicable to maintenance . . 140,564 10 9 June 30th 1,591,975 12 11 Balance carried forward to 1965/1966 financial year . 1,533,331 16 2 148 18 8 Repainting oncost recovered from House purchasers.. 301 7 3 General Revenue Account, being provision made dur- 1,051,890 10 0 ing the 1964/1965 financial year 1,110,986 10 0

2,695,686 8 9 2,703,263 10 2 2,695,686 8 9 2,703,263 10 2

D. J. LENNE, Accountant. 18th October, 1965 Housing Commission, Victoria. APPENDIX E HOUSING COMMISSION VICTORIA LOAN AND MONIES APPLIED ACCOUNT STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FOR THE PERIOD 1ST MARCH, 1938 TO 30TH JUNE, 1965

RECEIPTS PAYMENTS

£ s. d. £ s. d.

SLUM RECLAMATION LOAN AND MONIES APPLIED ACCOUNT

To Treasurer of Victoria­ By Slum Reclamation Various Areas 5 Loans . 1310 .. cl,.mntion of Loans and Advances 10 Slum Reclamation Subsidy .. 6 11 transferred to Summary Loan Account Dr. 6 Council Melbourne .. 0 0 Port Melbourne 0 0 Prahran () 0 of Williamstown 0 0 Richmond () () South Melbourne . 0 () Housing Commission, Victoria Appropriation from House Sales Revenue () ()

6,264,377 0 9 6,264,3 77 0 l)

STATE HOUSING LOAN AND MONIES APPLIED ACCOUNT w \0 To Treasurer of Victoria- By Land purchased, including fees, and development costs re dwellings only .. 179,900 Loans . . . . 1,135,022 15 8 Loan transferred vide Act 6275 Section 24 30,000 0 0 Houses and land transferred to the Commission under Act 6275 Section 24 30,000 0 () Debenture Issues 520,000 () 0 Building construction dwellings 666,571 0 2 876,471 I 3 Less-Suspense Account for estimated cost of houses sold but for which capital costs have not yet been calculated 876,471 1 3

Loan flotation expenses on Government loans 18,478 3 4 Estate Offices-Rent collection and Depots 46,699 0 9 Community Hall-Port Melbourne 5,334 4 5 Cash Advances 2,200 0 () 72,711 8 6 Motor Vehicles-Administrative 2 11 Office furniture and equipment and miscellaneous equipment 10 7 184,142 13 6 capital cost of houses sold- House Purchasers Accounts .. 19 10 Less-House Sales Reserve Suspense Account 10 8 568,956 9 2

Loan Redemption on account of houses sold 210,165 I 9 -- Balance transferred to Summary Loan Account hereunder Dr. 227,423 18 6

I ,685,022 15 8 1,685,022 15 8 APPENDIX E-continued LOAN AND MONIES APPLIED ACCOUNT continued

RECEIPTS PAYMENTS

£ s. d. £ s. d. I9S6 COMMONWEALTH AND STATE HOUSING AGREEMENT LOAN AND MONIES APPLIED ACCOUNT

To Treasurer of Victoria By Land purchases and development including fees less known capital cost of Advance by the Commonwealth Government under the Agreement during sales 16,057,383 4 7 the year ended 30th June. 1965 13,129.882 0 0 House construction less known capital cost of houses with land sold . ' 70,946,087 I 9 Loan No. I 8,400,COO 0 0 Loan No. 2 8,400,000 0 0 87,003,470 6 4 Loan No. 3 7,560,000 0 0 Le.u-Suspense Account for estimated capital cost of houses with land Loan No. 4 7,560,000 0 0 sold where capital costs have not yet been calculated ---Land 5,594,302 0 0 Loan No. 5 7,560,000 0 0 Buildings .. 33,906,856 0 () Loan No. 6 9,942,345 0 0 Loan No. 7 9,444,750 0 () 47,502,312 6 4 Loan No. 8 9.838.750 () () Less--Suspense Account for estimated capital cost of land only sold where capital costs have not yet been calculated 676,531 13 9 46.825,780 12 7 Huts, Offices etc ... 3,ll03 15 () Designs and Plans .. 41,172 10 7 Motor vehicles Administrative 24,514 6 2 21.210 18 I ;!5 Creditor .and Purchase - Werribee Concrete House Project Dr. 188 13 10 46,916,293 8 7 Outstanding capital cost of houses sold: House Purchasers' Account 39,978,537 13 8 Less-House Sales Reserve Suspense Account 1,989.445 13 0 37,989,092 0 8 cost of land sold­ Jrchasers' Account 270,077 7 11 Less-Land Sales Reserve Suspense Account 104,713 4 3

165,364 3 8 Loan Redemption on account of houses sold 1,010,773 17 Balance transferred to Summary Loan Account hereunder. Dr. 4.245,796 10 0 81,835,727 0 0 81,835,727 0 0 APPENDIX E-continued LOAN AND MONIES APPLIED ACCOUNT continued

RECEIPTS PAYMENTS

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£ s. d. 1 £ s. d. 1945 COMMONWEALTH AND STATE HOUSING AGREEMENT LOAN AND MONIES APPLIED ACCOUNT To Treasurer of Victoria- By Land purchases and development including fees, less known capital cost of Consolidated Loans re Commonwealth Advances- sales . 8,230,350 I IS 5 Loan No. 1 -Year 1945/46 3,100,000 0 0 House construction less known capital cost of houses sold. . . . 53,815,496 6 3 Loan No. 2- Year 1946/47 4,000,000 0 0 Loan No. 3- Year 1947/48 5,000,000 0 0 62,045,84 7 4 8 Loan No. 4 Year 1948/49 5,200,000 0 0 Less•-Estimated capital costs of houses sold where capital costs have not Loan No. 5- Year 1949/50 .. 6,300,000 0 0 yet been calculated-Land 53,028 0 0 Loan No. 6 Year 1950/51 8,600,000 0 0 Buildings . . 389,856 0 0 Loan No. 7 Year 1951/52 .. 10,061,000 0 0 Loan No. 8 Year 1952/53 11,270,000 0 0 61,602,963 4 8 !: Loan No. 9 Year 1953/54 12,000,000 0 0 Equipment 2,145 12 9 Loan No. 10- Year 1954/55 9,450,000 0 0 Loan No. 11 -Year 1955/56 10,800,000 0 0 ------85,781,000 0 0 61,605,108 17 5

To Deduct transfer to 45 year loans being outstanding capital cost at sale of By Outstanding capital cost of houses sold houses sold 13,770,112 5 2 House Purchasers' Accounts 24,138,169 14 6 Less-House Sales Reserve Suspense Account .. 6,123,325 7 6 72,010,887 14 10 18,014,844 7 0 45 Year Loans re Houses sold Loan Redemption on account of houses sold 5,906,925 18 5 Suspense Account re 1963/64 sales ------Loan No. I 2,112,870 17 6 Balance transferred to Summary Loan Account hereunder .. 254,120 17 2 Loan No. 2 2,526,096 13 6 Loan No. 3 I ,908,124 17 9 Loan No. 4 2,130,259 10 0 Loan No. 5 2,139,067 17 10 Loan No. 6 2,260,076 12 11 Loan No. 7 693,615 15 8 13,770,112 5 2 85,781,000 0 0 85,781,000 0 0 APPENDIX £-continued

SUMMARY LOAN AND MONIES APPLIED AcCOUNT

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance-being the amount of Capital funds from State and Common- By 1956 Commonwealth and State Hous­ wealth sources overspent at 30th June, 1965 4,246,081 10 10 ing Agreement Account- Amount overspent .. 4,245,796 10 0 Slum Reclamation Loan Account- Amount overspent 26,981 19 6 State Housing Loan Account- Amount overspent 227,423 18 6 ------4,500,202 8 0 1945 Commonwealth and State Housing Agreement Account - Amount underspent .. 254,120 17 2 4,246,081 10 10 4,246,081 I 0 I 0 4,246,081 10 10

D. J. LENNE, Accountant. V. J. BRADLEY, Director. A. L. BOHN, Secretary. J. P. GASKIN, Deputy Director. 18th October, 1965 ALAN ASHMAN, Commissioner. APPENDIX F

HOUSING COMMISSION - VICTORIA .+:. Dr . HOUSE PURCHASERS' DEATH BENEFIT SCHEME STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT AS AT 30TH JUNE, 1965 Cr. N

1963/1964 1963/1964 1965 1964 June 30th July 1st £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 11,062 16 11 To Payments from fund 12,842 14 5 1,279,152 18 1 By Balance as at 30th June, 1964 I ,593,485 11 I I ,593,485 11 I Balance carried down 1,919,957 5 4 1965 June 30th 77,157 5 5 Interest receivable on investments 92,336 2 10 Appropriation from interest receivable included in house 241,236 10 2 purchase instalments .. 239,745 12 9 7,001 14 4 Premiums receivable from House Purchasers .. 7,232 13 I 1,604,548 8 0 1,932,799 19 9 I ,604,548 8 0 1,932,799 19 9

1,571,771 13 5 To Amount invested as per Balance Sheet . . 1,896,604 15 4 1,593,485 11 By Balance brought down I ,919,957 5 4 Balance - being amount of interest accrued on 21,713 17 8 investments 23,352 10 0 1,593,485 11 1,919,957 5 4 1'593,485 11 1,919,957 5 4

D. J. LENNE, Accountant. 18th October, 1965 Housing Commission, Victoria. APPENDIX G HOUSING COMMISSION - VICTORIA CONCRETE HOUSE PROJECT BALANCE SHEET AS AT 30TH JUNE, 1965

1964/1965 UABIL1T1ES 1964/1965 ASSETS £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s, d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. CURRENT LIABILITIES- CURRENT AssETS- 107,775 7 2 Sundry Creditors . . 140,856 15 2 850 0 0 Cash at Bank and in Hand 850 0 0 1,415 19 9 Depositors in Trust . . 9,968 17 3 85,518 15 3 Sundry Debtors 59,611 7 11 Accruals-Salaries, Wages Holiday 5,464 14 4 Prepayments 12,691 19 8 Pay, Workers' Compensation, 1,415 19 9 Deposits in Trust .. 9,968 17 3 72,143 11 Insurance, Pay Roll Tax 36,783 3 6 211,244 3 2 Materials on Hand 200,341 I 5 187,608 15 11 777 4 0 Returnable Containers 425 8 0 283,888 14 3 RESERVES AND INDEBTEDNESS­ FIXED ASSETS- Reserves- (At Cost less Depreciation)­ 10,200 0 0 Long Service Leave .. 10,200 0 0 375,975 14 10 Factory and Field Equipment 399,461 17 10 Maintenance of Factory 12,641 11 0 Office Equipn.ent .. 10,759 7 10 4,847 12 Building .. 5,841 18 6 1,481 17 I Canteen Equipment .. 1,247 14 8 16,041 18 6 772 9 8 Developmental Expenditure 272 9 8 Excess of Assets over 5,131 0 0 Loose Tools .. 3,907 0 0 504,890 19 0 Liabilities 495,886 9 10 415,648 10 0 701,273 9 699,537 4 3 701,273 9 699,537 4 3

.j>. APPENDIX H t.H HOUSING COMMISSION - VICTORIA - CONCRETE HOUSE PROJECT OPERATING STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1965

1964/1965 DEBIT 1964/1965 CREDIT £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. ACTUAL CoSTS OF COMPLETED WORK ELEMENTS OF COSTS- 1,284,703 0 0 Direct Materials .. 1,439,226 0 0 3,833,518 0 0 Construction Works 3,785,096 0 0 710,486 0 0 Direct Labour 776,617 0 0 Plus Construction Work in Process 1,024,819 0 0 Expense, Including Transport .. 940,297 0 0 646,021 0 0 at 30/6/65 906,786 0 0 1,029,821 0 0 Subcontracted Work .. 1,146,%3 0 0 4,479,539 0 0 4,691,882 0 0 Less Construction Work in Process 793,818 0 0 at 1/7/64 646,021 0 0 Total Construction Work during 3,685,721 0 0 the year 4,045,861 0 0 Works for: 4,973 0 0 Chief Engineer 3,628 () 0 35,748 0 0 Chief Architect 19,601 0 0 I ,151 0 0 Property Control .. 13,204 0 0 3,209 0 0 Garden Maintenance 106,830 0 0 Other Work 124,440 0 0 160,873 0 0 ACTUAL CosTs m·- Factory Productssupplied to Project 156,123 0 0 and Commission Contractors 41,357 0 0 Manufacturing own Equ;pmentand 56,074 0 0 Expense Items 55,012 0 0 96,369 0 0 4,049,829 0 0 4,303,103 0 0 I 4,049,829 0 0 4.303,103 0 0 F. S. HOWELL, General Manager, 19th August, 1965 T. P. GRIGG, Finance and Personnel Manager. 19th August, 1965 APPENDIX J HOUSING COMMISSION - VICTORIA ANALYSIS OF TYPES OF CONTRUCTION AND BEDROOM TYPES OF HOUSES AND FLATS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND HOUSES AND FLATS COMPLETED AT 30TH JUNE. 1965

Dwellings Under Construction Dwellings Completed Total Particulars Bedroom Types Brick Con· Brick Con- Brick I Con· Brick Veneer Timber crete Other Total Brick Veneer Timber crete Other Total Brick Veneer Timber crete Other Total , ------__ METROPOLITAN AREA- l bedroom (for 2 beds ...... 134 .. .. 8 .. 142 134 .. .. 8 .. 142 State Housing .. .. 2 bedrooms ...... 287 .. 15 38 . . 340 287 .. 15 38 .. 340 2 bedrooms and sleepout ...... 15 .. .. 1 . . 16 15 .. .. I .. 16 3 bedrooms ...... 445 .. 8 79 .. 532 445 .. 8 79 . . : ;~l 3 bedrooms and sleepout ...... 141 .. .. 22 . . 163 141 .. . . 22 13 ------Sub-total ...... 1,022 .. 23 148 . . 1,193 1,022 .. 23 148 . . 1,193 Commonwealth/State I bedroom (for I bed) ...... 266 . . 266 24 .. 1,047 . . 1,071 24 . . 1,313 . . 1,337 Agreements ...... I bedroom (for 2 beds) ...... 64 . . 64 267 44 981 1,292 267 44 1,045 . . 1,356 2 bedrooms ...... 241 .. 241 2,987 1,050 722 3,907 25 8,691 2,987 1,050 722 4,148 ~5 8,932 2 bedrooms and sleepouts ...... 270 207 92 853 I 1,423 270 207 92 853 I 1,423 3 bedrooms ...... 128 294 . . 261 30 713 2,240 3,962 1,384 9,435 764 17,785 2,368 4,256 1,384 9,696 794 18,498 3 bedrooms and sleepouts ...... 312 272 212 731 6 1,533 312 272 212 731 6 1,533 4 bedrooms ...... 11 ...... 11 63 18 16 . . . . 97 63 29 16 . . . . 108 4 bedrooms and sleepouts ...... 22 I I . . . . 24 22 I I .. .. 24 5 bedrooms ...... 6 . . 2 . . . . 8 6 .. 2 . . . . 8 6 bedrooms ...... I I .. I I .. .. ___:: I: ___ :: ...... Total-Metropolitan Area 128 305 .. 832 30 1,295 7,213 5,554 2,452 17,103 796 33,118 7,341 5,859 2,452 17,935 826 34,413 ------CoUNTRY AREA- I bedroom (for 2 beds) ...... 8 .. . . 8 .. 8 ...... 8 2 bedrooms ...... 38 12 . . . . 50 . . 38 12 . . . . 50 t State Housing .. .. 2 bedrooms and sleepout ...... 2 ...... 2 . . 2 ...... 2 3 bedrooms ...... 42 17 . . . . 59 . . 42 17 .. .. 59 3 bedrooms and sleepout ...... 4 12 .. . . 16 .. 4 12 .. . . 16 ------~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ------Sub-total ...... 94 41 . . .. 135 .. 94 41 .. . . 135 Commonwealth/State I bedroom (for I bed) .. .. 16 .. 19 .. 35 17 17 136 .. 170 17 33 155 .. 205 Agreements ...... I bedroom (for 2 beds) . . . . 5 ...... 5 36 11 281 88 .. 416 36 16 281 88 .. 421 2 bedrooms .. 8 ...... 8 49 173 4,644 193 5 5,064 57 173 4,644 193 5 5,072 2 bedrooms and sleepouts ...... I 7 404 87 499 I 7 404 87 499 3 bedrooms ...... 65 564 590 16 3 1,238 93 1,939 10,819 1,104 139 14,084 158 2,503 11,409 1,120 142 15,332 3 bedrooms and sleepouts ...... 2 16 460 15 I 494 2 16 460 15 I 494 4 bedrooms ...... 17 ...... 17 .. I 13 . . .. 14 .. 18 13 .. .. 31 f------Total-'Country Area .. 73 602 590 35 3 1,303 198 2,258 16,662 1,623 145 20,886 271 2,860 17,252 1,658 148 22,189 ------TOTAL- I bedroom (for I bed) .. . . 16 . . 285 .. 301 41 17 1,183 . . 1,241 41 33 .. 1,468 . . 1,542 Since inception of Housing I bedroom (for 2 beds) .. . . 5 . . 64 . . 69 . 437 63 281 1,077 1,858 437 68 281 1,141 .. 1,927 Commission, Victoria (Metro- 2 bedrooms ...... 8 . . . . 241 . . 249 3,323 1,261 5,393 4,138 30 14,145 3,331 1,261 5,393 4,379 30 14,394 politan and Country Areas) .. 2 bedrooms and sleepouts .. 286 216 496 941 I 1,940 286 216 496 941 I 1,940 3 bedrooms ...... 193 858 590 277 ..33 1,951 2,778 5,943 12,228 10,618 903 32,470 2,971 6,801 12,818 10,895 936 34,421 3 bedrooms and sleepouts ...... 455 292 684 768 7 2,206 455 292 684 768 7 2,206 4 bedrooms ...... 28 ...... 28 63 19 29 . . . . Ill 63 47 29 . . . . 139 4 bedrooms and sleepouts ...... 22 I I . . . . 24 22 I I .. . . 2.4 5 bedrooms ...... 6 . . 2 . . . . 8 6 . . 2 . . . . 8 6 bedrooms ...... I . . I ...... I . . I --- 201 907 590 867 33 2,598 7,411 7,812 19,114 18,726 941 54,004 7,612 8,719 19,704 19,593 974 56,602•

- I t t In addition to the above, 8 houses have been taken over from other Governments Departments, 2 houses purchased with area of land and 27 one bedroom fiats have been donated by the Prahran Council. *Includes one unit destroyed by Fire.