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HOUSING
Unfit Houses
Progress continued during the year in the drive to eradicate areas of unfit houses which have
deteriorated beyond a condition where rehabilitation is reasonably practicable.
Procedure in the preparation for representation of areas for clearance followed similar lines to
those in previous years. A programme and target dates were agreed after consultation with other
Departments concerned and all representations and recommendations were duly made to the Council.
Work involved in this connection included the detailed inspection of all houses in theprovisional
clearance area, the preparation of reports on each house and principal grounds in respect of each
house considered to be unfit under terms of Section 4 of the Housing Act 1957, the defining on a map
of the houses considered to be unfit, the outlining of areas of unfit houses to be recommended for
clearance, and the compilation of lists of owners, occupiers and other interested parties in regard to
all the houses to be dealt with.
Observations were made of progress in the demolition of houses in previously confirmed
clearance areas. Some of these areas were cleared during the year and work proceeded at others.
Nine areas were confirmed by the Ministry during the year and occupiers are presently being
re-housed from these areas. The areas comprise 471 houses and 591 families. Two areas
represented in 1967 await confirmation. These include 83 houses and 104 families. Five areas were
represented for clearance during the year. These include 578 houses and 943 families. Public Local
Inquiries were held in respect of nine areas for clearance under Compulsory Purchase Orders.
The figures given above relate to houses within clearance areas. Total numbers set out in the
tables below also show added houses in Compulsory Purchase Orders including clearance areas.
1. Areas demolished and cleared during 1968
Park Lane/Waverley Road, N.17.
Clyde Road/Elizabeth Place, N.15.
Tewkesbury Road, N.15.
Acacia Road, N.22 (Part)
Northumberland Park/West Road, N.17.
Hornsey Vale, N.8.
Acacia Road/White Hart Lane, N.22.
Moreton Road, N.15.
Suffolk Road Clearance Order, N.15.
2. Areas confirmed before 1968 and not yet cleared
Lorenco Road/Pretoria Road, N.17.