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HOUSING
Housing Act, 1957
Clearance Areas.—Ninety-three houses were represented under
Section 157 of the Housing Act, 1957 ; forty-five houses were
demolished following action under Section 42 ; and fifty-two houses
were demolished following action under Section 43 (2).
Closing Orders.—Under Section 157 of the Act six houses and
seven parts of houses were represented for closure; two closing
orders were made under Section 17 (1); and eight closing orders
were made under Section 18.
Under Section 27 Closing Orders were determined in respect
of one house and four parts of houses.
Housing Act, 1961
Houses in Multiple Occupation
The total number of premises known to be in multiple occupation
and inspected is 2,792, shown by the following table of
occupancies per house : —
Occupancies: 2 3 4 5 678910 +
No. of Houses: 1,362 737 307 158 91 57 37 24 19
Although a considerable amount of work has been carried out
by owners to bring their premises up to a standard acceptable to
the Corporation, it has been necessary to serve 17 notices under
Section 16 of the Housing Act, 1961. These notices require owners
to provide means of escape from fire and where owners do not
comply with these notices the work is carried out in default.
Notices were also served under Section 15 of the Act which provides
for the installation of additional facilities within the premises.
In continuation of our efforts to limit the number of tenants in
over-occupied premises which do not comply with the required
standards, 48 Notices of Intention were served giving notice of the
Council's intention to restrict the number of occupants. Subsequently,
44 Direction Orders were served fixing the number of
occupants of the premises.
In three instances where squalor existed. Management Orders
were made ; these orders require the person managing the premises
to ensure the cleanliness, repair and maintenance of all the common
parts of the property, and since the service of these notices all
three now comply fully with the Council's requirements.