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*Cancellations for other reasons were mainly due to applicants
failing to make the annual re-registration as required by the Council's
scheme, even after a written reminder had been issued.
Lettings.—The figure of 347 cases rehoused by this authority
compares with 158 during 1950. The large increase was due to the
handing over of new properties as mentioned in the introductory
paragraph, although only about half the new flats were used for
applicants from the housing register. The remainder were made
available for the transfer of families from requisitioned properties,
being those who had been in such accommodation for a number of
years, a large proportion of whom had outgrown their accommodation.
This meant of course that the homes from which these families
were moved became available for other approved housing applicants,
some of whom did not feel they could afford the rents of post-war
flats and who would otherwise not have been dealt with.
Transfers.—The need for transferring families from one Councilcontrolled
property to another is continuously arising as a result of
families outgrowing their accommodation or of under-occupation
where families have diminished in size, medical considerations,
etc., and the necessary investigations and consequent approval of
families suitable for transfer is an important part of good housing
management. In addition to the proportion of new properties
used for transfers from requisitioned properties, the majority of
vacancies arising in pre-war houses and flats have also been allocated