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owners under the 1949 Act for the conversion, improvement and
modernisation of existing dwellings but also to concentrate on
implementing Part II and III of the Housing Act, 1936, regarding
unfit houses and clearance areas.
Housing Act, 1949—Improvement Grants.—Section 20 of the
Housing Act, 1949, as modified by Section 16 of the Housing Repairs
and Rents Act, 1954, empowers local authorities to make grants
to private owners for improvements and conversions of sums up to
£400 or half the cost whichever is the less where the dwellings
would provide satisfactory accommodation for ' more than fifteen
years.'
During the year, eleven grants were so made.
Procedure under Housing Act, 1936.—The following
representations were made under Part II of the above Act during
1956 :—
Section 11.—Houses unfit for human habitation and not capable
at reasonable expense of being rendered so fit.
41, King George Street, S.E.10.
11a, Morden Mews, S.E.3.
Section 12—Parts of buildings unfit for human habitation, i.e.,
rooms being more than 3 ft. below the surface of
adjoining ground and not complying with the Local
Authority's Regulations.
80, Beaconsfield Road, S.E.3.
6, Egerton Drive, S.E.10.
1, Egerton Drive, S.E.10.
211, Greenwich High Road, S.E.10.
1, West Grove Lane, S.E.10.