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HOUSING
Housing Aot, 1957
Clearance Areas,- Seventeen houses were represented under
Section 157 of the Housing Act, 1957: 88 houses were
demolished following declaration of Clearance Areas under
Section 42 and a further 45 following compulsory acquisition
under Section 43(2),
Closing Orders,- Under Section 157 of the Act, five individual
houses, five parts of houses and six basements were represented
for closure; four Closing Orders were made under Section 17(1)
and nine Closing Orders under Section 18,
Under Section 27, Closing Orders were determined in respect
of two houses, one part of a house and nine basements and
permission was given for one house subject to a Closing Order
to be used for storage purposes,
Housing Acts, 1961-1969
Houses in multiple occupation
19,468 visits were made in this connection during the year, a
total of 5,264 houses being visited for the first time of which
1,781 were found to be in multiple occupation, bringing the total
of such houses on record to 8,985, An analysis shows the
occupation of these houses to be as follows:-
Occupancies: 2 3 45 6 78910
No, of houses: 5,298 1,918 745 402 278 163 78 53 50
The general practice is to try to get properties in multiple
occupation brought up to a standard acceptable to the Corporation
by informal action, and although a considerable amount of
work is carried out by owners voluntarily, others have not been
co-operative, and consequently it has been necessary to serve
185 notices under Section 16 of the Housing Act 1961, requiring
the provision of means of escape in case of fire, and 63 notices
under Section 15 of the Act requiring the provision of additional
facilities within the premises, In three instances the owners
failed to comply with these notices and the work was carried
out in default,