Salient: Victoria University of Wellington Students' Newspaper. Volume 31 Number 19 August 6, 1968
Flats object of remits
Flats object of remits
The Accommodation Committee of the VUW Students' Association referred several remits to the Winter Council of the New Zealand University Students' Association.
Government was asked to give students a choice of accommodation by providing "flat complexes" as well as halls of residence at universities.
Incoming NZUSA Accommodation Officer Jim Wallace (left) was asked to investigate the construction by private enterprise of cheap flats.
It was suggested NZUSA seek from government clarification of its accommodation policy, specifically:
• the amount of new accommodation currently planned.
• its estimates of future demand, how much, what types, in which university towns.
• its present attitude to the construction of flats.
Government was also asked that donations for student accommodation be tax-deductible on the same basis as those to private schools and that bequests to universities be exempt from death duties, as recommended by the 1959 Parry Report on higher education.