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tenants can afford.
One application was received for the conversion of a
house to form 13 flats for old persons.
It should be emphasised that no works which may be the
subject of an application for an Improvement Grant may be
started without the prior approval of the Council. Several
applications were disallowed for this reason.
Repair of Houses. Section 9, Housing Act, 1957.
Statutory Notices have been served in respect of the
following premises:—
39 Denning Road;
3 Ellerdale Road;
63 Hemstal Road;
Northcote House,
Heath Street;
19 Priory Road;
13 New End.
At two premises the Council is executing the work as a
result of the Owners' default at a total cost of £2,106.
Work is being carried out by the owners of three properties,
and negotiations are in progress on the other one.
The total estimated costs to put all these properties in a
reasonable state of fitness for habitation amounted to no less
than £6,350, which accounts for a considerable amount of the
Housing Inspector's time, both on survey and in the course of
subsequent negotiations and finally, supervision of the
necessary works.
Houses in Multiple Occupation-
One of the main objects of the Housing Act, 1961, is the
improvement of old, but otherwise sound properties which,
although originally designed for single family occupation, have
between the World wars and since, become multipally occupied.
The lack of amenities in such dwellings has always been a
problem. With the steady influx of immigrants into the
Country, and the general migration to the metropolis, the
position has become progressively worse.
In 1962 a pilot scheme was launched involving the survey
of 75 such dwellings. It was decided in the first place to
attempt by way of persuasion, rather than statutory action, to