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Re-housing
(a) Borough Council.—The number of families housed and
re-housed including transfers, casual voids, etc., amounted to
1,181. Of this number 29 were in respect of families re-housed
from outside the Borough.
(b) Greater London Council.—During the year ended 31st
December, 1965, the Greater London Council had provided alternative accommodation for a total of 676 Greenwich families. Of
this figure 212 were housed on Greater London Council housing
estates outside the Borough. Six families from outside Greenwich
were re-housed in the Borough under the Greater London Council
scheme.
Overcrowding.—During 1965 there were 216 visits carried
out in respect of complaints of overcrowding and applications for
rehousing, as a result of which 11 families were found to be
statutorily overcrowded.
Council Housing Schemes.—(Information supplied by the
Borough Engineer and Planning Officer).
(a) Dwellings in the course of construction at the 31st
December, 1965—1118.
(b) The Council's building programme for rehousing
envisaged for 1966, et seq—1665 dwellings.
It is expected that this figure will be maintained for the
next two years.
Housing Survey.—Through the courtesy of Mr. J. R. Cooper,
the Chief Housing Officer, the following extracts are quoted from his
observations on the housing position in 1965: —
"This year can be best described as one where it has been
necessary to balance the books, take a look into the future and plan
ahead, whilst at the same time meeting immediate requirements.
The two boroughs while continuing along their pre-determined
channels during the first three months of the year of housing
families as vacancies occurred, were simultaneously building up a
pool of approved applicants to be used to bridge the gap during
the first few months of amalgamation.
At the first of April, 1965, it was necessary to compile a new
housing register comprising the waiting lists from the two boroughs
and those cases that were transferred from the Greater London
Council. In order that all of these could be fairly assessed, a new
points scheme was devised and introduced. At the end of December,
1965, the total number of families on the new waiting list was 5,947
and 434 applicants had been housed during the year.