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27/33, Bennett Grove, S.E.I3—9 Houses. (Including 28a
and 29a.)
51 and 53, Coldbath Street, S.E.13—2 Houses.
These properties form part of a larger demolition scheme relating
to the redevelopment of the Coldbath Estate. Demolition
commenced during 1960 and has continued throughout the current
year as tenants were rehoused.
I am indebted to Mr. K. B. Leverton, Surveyor to the Morden
College Estate, who so kindly provided this information.
House Purchase and Housing Acts, 1958 and 1959.—
Improvement Grants.—Section 20 of the Housing Act, 1949, as
modified by Section 16 of the Housing Repairs and Rents Act,
1954, empowering 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satisfactory accommodation for more than 15 years, has now been
replaced by Section 30 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act,
1958. These grants are now known as discretionary grants.
During the year 47 grants were so made.
Section 4 of the House Purchase and Housing Act, 1959, introduces
a new system of grants known as standard grants which, if
certain conditions are fulfilled, can be claimed as a right.
Up to the close of the year 7 such grants had been agreed.
Re-Housing.—
(a) Borough Council.—Although a number of dwellings were
under construction there were no new dwellings provided by the
Council during the year but the number of families housed and
re-housed including transfers, casual voids, etc., amounted to 503.
Of this number 13 were in respect of overcrowded cases and 30
families re-housed from outside the Borough.
The Housing Department now has control of 4,170 Councilowned
units of accommodation, an increase of 34 over that of the
previous year. In addition at the end of the year there was still
one hutment occupied by persons rendered homeless as a result
of enemy action or who were otherwise inadequately housed.
(b) London County Council.—During the year ended
31st December, 1961, the L.C.C. had provided alternative accommodation
for a total of 267 Greenwich families of which 3 had been
certified as overcrowded cases. Of this figure, 176 were housed on
L.C.C. housing estates outside the Borough. One family from