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Accommodation on L.C.C. Housing Estates.
In the year 1924 arrangements were made by the London County Council for
a certain number of houses on several of that Council's housing estates to be
available for applicants nominated and recommended by the Metropolitan Borough
Councils. The arrangement was primarily to secure reduction in overcrowding,
that is, to provide housing accommodation for families residing more than 2 per
room. It was, however, recognised that other cases of hardship existed and the
scheme was extended to include these. Applications for such accommodation
are submitted by residents in this Borough to the Public Health Department where
they are examined and before submission to the London County Council the
applicants are in all cases interviewed.
During the year 1928, 81 applications were submitted through the Public
Health Department to the London County Council for such accommodation. In
connection with these, a.t the date of the preparation of this report, 37 families
have been accommodated; in 14 cases the applicants refused the accommodation
offered, in three cases the applications were withdrawn and 17 were refused by
the London County Council. The remaining 9 are still under consideration. In
addition to the 37 families for whom houses were provided, as mentioned above,
notification was received during the year that accommodation had been provided
for 27 other families whose applications were submitted in previous years.
This brings the total number of such cases from the Borough, for whom
accommodation has been provided on London County Council estates since the
scheme came into operation, up to 133 representing 52 per cent. of the applications
submitted.
HOUSING CONDITIONS.

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