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Purchasing and re-conditioning of houses.—The consent of the Minister of Health was
obtained to the Council's subscribing during the year ending March 31st, 1931, an amount
not exceeding £5,000 in respect of debentures, bearing interest at 2½% per annum, secured
by a Trust Deed and issued by a public utility society known as The Paddington Houses
Association, Ltd. The money subscribed will be utilised in purchasing, reconditioning and
improving working-class houses in the Borough, which will be let in tenements.
Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts, 1920-1925.
Seven applications for certificates were made, six of which were granted.
HOUSING ON THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL ESTATES.
The arrangement with the London County Council made in 1924 continues in force
whereby the County Council under Part III of the Housing Act, 1890, allocates preferentially
to suitable applicants recommended by Borough Councils, 50 per cent. of new accommodation.
The quota for Paddington is 15 houses per 1,000 built. The cases are selected
on the grounds of overcrowding, unhealthy conditions, urgency and special hardship.
The following Table (No. 1) shows the number of applications submitted to the London
County Council for accommodation on the different Estates, during the year only, and how
they were dealt with.

In addition to the above figure of 24 housed, 15 families were housed on the different
Estates on applications submitted to the London County Council previously to 1930. This
figure brings the total number of Paddington applicants housed during the year to 39.
The Table refers only to the number of applications submitted to the London County
Council: it gives no indication of the number remaining on the "waiting lists," which is over
1,160 for all Estates. (Compare Tables Nos. 1 and 2). Neither does it show the number of
Paddington residents who have made application direct to the London County Council, many
of whom have been accommodated.
During the year 147 new applications were accepted, and over 1,954 interviews were
held.
The next Table (No. 2) will give some idea of the amount of housing already achieved
for Paddington, showing as it does the total number of applications received and how they
were dealt with since the inception of the Scheme up to the end of 1929.

The following Estates on which 425 Paddington residents have obtained accommodation
are now completed, the Borough receiving the full quota of houses:—Castelnau, Downham,
Old Oak Common, Roehampton, Tottenham, Watling and Wormholt.
There is a total of 940 Paddington applicants remaining on the several lists for these
Estates awaiting accommodation.