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TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION
Homeless Families.
The Council has a responsibility under Section 21(l)(b) of the
National Assistance Act, 1948, to provide temporary accommodation for
persons in urgent need through circumstances which could not reasonably have been foreseen. Emergency provision is also made for victims
of fire and flood whilst they are temporarily homeless. The premises,
in use for homeless families are as follows:-
144/148, Earls Court Road, S.W.5. 16 family units
available for use
up to April 1971.
68, Holland Road, W.l4. 7 family units
16/18, Wrights Lane, W.8. 16 family units
68, Oxford Gardens, W.10. 3 family units
228, Lancaster Road, W.ll. 5 family units
84/90, Princedale Road, W.ll. 11 family units
32, Dawson Place, W.2. 7 family units
201, Ladbroke Grove, W.10. 5 family units
210, Ladbroke Grove, W.10, 5 family units
Trenmar Lodge, Trenmar Gardens, N.W.10. 5 family units
Families admitted received social work support and intensive casework guidance where necessary. This approach is proving to be
constructively helpful in rehabilitating and preparing families for
eventual rehousing, and also helps to keep to a minimum the number of
otherwise long stay cases which could create a heavy demand for
additional units of accommodation.
The following statistics show the number of families received
into and discharged from temporary accommodation during the year:-
Number of families in temporary accommodation
as at 1.4.69 63
Number of families admitted (comprising
64 men, 125 women and 324 children) 124
Number of families discharged 117
Number of families remaining as at 31-12.69 70
The reason for homelessness were as follows:-
Rent arrears 12
Unauthorised occupants 25
Overcrowding 12
Family disputes 12
Landlord wanted accommodation 2
New to London 6
Objection to children 4
Fire Victims 8
From hotel accommodation 8
Service contract ended 4
Landlord disputes 6
Essential repairs 7
Sale of property 8
Other reasons (including default on
mortgages, expiry of lease) 10