(1) It shall be the duty of the Board to take necessary measures to maintain, allot, lease and otherwise use the Board premises and to collect rents, compensation and damage in respect thereof.
(2) The Board may—
(i) provide technical advice to the Government and scrutinise projects under housing scheme in the area to which this Act extends when required by the Government to do so ;
(ii) under take research on various problems connected with housing in general and find out in particular the economical methods of constructing houses suited to local conditions ;
(iii) undertake comprehensive surveys of problems of housing ;
(iv) do all things for,—
(a) unification, simplification and standardisation of building materials ;
(b) encouraging or undertaking pre-fabrication and mass production of house components ;
(c) organising or undertaking the production of building materials for residential or non-residential house ;
(d) securing a steady and sufficient supply of workmen trained in the work of construction of buildings.