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Building Programme. Since the Home is shared with this Borough by the London Borough of
Hammersmith, the Ministry have provisionally offered to both authorities sites for the building
of replacement homes. Consultation is still continuing regarding this Council's provisional
allocation. The Council has been informed that it should plan to be able to withdraw from
King's Mead by 1970.
TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION
1. Homeless Families:
TheCouncil has a responsibility under Section 21(l)(b)of the National Assistance
Act, 1948, to provide temporary accommodation for persons who, owing to sudden or unforeseen
circumstances, are rendered homeless. Emergency provision is also made for victims of
fire or flood whilst they are temporarily homeless. Accommodation is provided as follows:-
Trenmar Lodge, Trenmar Gardens, N.W.10. 5 family units
16/18 Wrights Lane, W.8. 17 family units
68 Holland Road, W.14. 8 family units
29/42 Lorrimore Square, S.E.17. 27 family units
available for
use up to October
1966.
144/148 Earls Court Road, S.W.5. 18 family units
available for use
up to April 1969
A further property at 228 Lancaster Road, W.ll. has been acquired and will
be adapted foruse as 5 units of homeless family accommodation. The search for and acquisition
of suitable properties, as replacement for Lorrimore Square and Earls Court Road, must
continue to enable the latter to be handed back to the Greater London Council for development
projects, i.e. housing in the first case, and road widening at Earls Court Road.
The following statistics show the number of admissions to and discharges from
temporary accommodation during the period under review:-
Number of families in temporary accommodation
as at 1.4.65 63
Number of families admitted (comprising 27 men,
39 women and 90 children) 39
Number of fami lies discharged 46
Number of families remaining as at 31.12.65 56
The reasons for admission were as follows:-
Rent arreas 3
Illegal tenancy 17
Overcrowding 3
Family disputes 5
Other reasons, including fire, flood,
new entrants to London 11
The majority of families admitted for reasonsother than rent arrears nevertheless
also had arrears and in some cases, debts of other kinds. In all instances, however, where
rehousing was granted, social work had resulted in the arrears of rent being paid before the
families moved to their new homes.
Of the 46 discharges, 35 were rehoused by nomination for housing allocated to