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(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which closing orders became
operative in pursuance of declarations by owners of intention to close Nil
F.—Proceedings under sections 11, 14 and 15 of the Housing Act, 1925:—
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which closing orders were made Nil
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which closing orders were
determined, the dwelling-houses having been rendered fit Nil
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which demolition orders were
made Nil
(4) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of demolition orders Nil
HOUSES OWNED BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITY.
The Council are the owners of 120 houses and flats which they built prior to the War in
Kenley Street, Hesketh Place and Runcorn Place abutting on Avondale Park.
They also possess 387 flats and 54 cottages which have been built or acquired since the War
at an approximate cost of £343,852.
No new accommodation was provided during the year 1931.
ACCOMMODATION PROVIDED BY HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS.
The property owned by the several voluntary housing associations operating within the
borough is shown below.
A. The Kensington Housing Trust, during the year, completed two blocks of flats in
Silchester Road, one containing ten dwellings and the other containing eight- They were opened
by H.R.H. The Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, in July, 1931.
At the end of the year the Trust held 24 freehold houses, 80 freehold flats and 51 leasehold
houses.
B. The Wilsham Housing Trust own 133 single family houses, 50 self-contained flats and 52
houses let in lodgings.
C. The Improved Tenements Association acquired during the year the freeholds of six
houses and the leaseholds of seven. At the end of the year they held 134 freehold houses, 54
leasehold houses and 32 freehold ground rents.
D. Several smaller housing associations, closely associated in management with the Wilsham
Trust, owned at the end of the year 38 houses and 9 flats.
E. In the year 1929 the Sutton Trustees acquired a large building plot of about eight acres
in Dalgarno Gardens and commenced to build 540 flats. The total cost of the scheme was
£301,136, and before the end of 1931 all the flats were occupied.