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and valuation reports with regard to the possibility of rebuilding and
rehousing on the site.
Various negotiations subsequently took place with the owner and
on 7th January, 1935, I represented these premises to the Council in
pursuance of Section 51 (2) of the Housing Act, 1930, as constituting
an Area that should be dealt with as a Clearance Area. The further
progress in connection with these houses will be noted in my Annual
Report for 1935.
10, Holly Place and 4, Prospect Place.
The condition of these premises was specially reported to the
Housing Committee, and, as a result, in each case the agent for the
owner furnished an undertaking that after the tenant had vacated the
premises the same would not be allowed to be re-occupied until certain
specified works had been completed which would render the premises
fit for human habitation. This undertaking was accepted by theCommittee,
who arranged for the tenants to be rehoused at the Westcroft
Estate.
Hampstead Housing Association, Ltd.
This Association now manages 11 houses in the Borough, five
situated in Kelson Street, five in Palmerston Road and one in Netherwood
Street.
The Report submitted to the Sixth Ordinary General Meeting held
in June, 1934, states :—
" The management of the houses has gone on smoothly during
the past year, but there has not been any addition to the work.
The reconditioning of such defective property as can be made
fit for a reasonable period by this means is one of the suggestions
of the Mansion House Council and it is also the chief aim of this
Association.
In the immediate neighbourhood of the 11 houses already
acquired, there are houses which have been visited by the Directors
during the past year; but the prices asked, to which have to be
added large sums for reconditioning, have prevented any action
being taken."