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The Borough Council has entered into an agreement with the
County Council for the purpose of providing accommodation (when
required by the Borough Council) on the County Council's Estates for
persons who might be displaced as a result of the Borough Council's
operations under the Housing Acts, in connection with clearance or
improvement areas, or the demolition of insanitary houses or the closing
of parts of buildings, and has agreed to pay in respect of each
dwelling provided the sum of £1 17s. 6d. per annum for a period of
40 years. Accommodation has been provided in five cases under this
agreement.
This agreement is in addition to the arrangement with the County
Council whereby 100 houses at Wormholt Estate adjoining the White
City, or the Watling Estate at Hendon, have been allocated to the
Borough Council, and in respect of each of which the Borough Council
pays £7 per annum.
Borough Council Municipal Dwellings.
At Park Dwellings, Garnett Road, 42 tenements are provided, as
follows: 12 two-roomed tenements; 20 three-roomed tenements; 10
four-roomed tenements. Each is provided with a scullery but no bath.
At South End Close, South End Green, 140 flats are provided, as
follows:—20 one-bedroom, 78 two-bedroom, and 42 three-bedroom
flats. Each is provided with a living-room, scullery, bathroom.
The " Westcroft " Estate.
The Borough Council's Housing Estate at Cricklewood provides
32 one-bedroom flats; 136 two-bedroom flats; 112 three-bedroom
houses; and 10 four-bedroom houses with a parlour—-a total of 290
dwellings.
During the year under review vacancies occurred on the Estate.
These vacancies were allotted after very careful consideration to the
most deserving applicants. There is always a very long list of suitable
applicants.