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Section 3 HOUSING
The Council made Compulsory Purchase Orders in respect of the Gascoigne
Road No.2 Clearance Area on the 15th October, 1962 and the St. Mary's Road No. 1
Clearance Area on the 7th August, 1962. These areas comprised two hundred and
forty two houses regarded as unfit for human habitation and eight premises where
it was necessary to acquire in order to facilitate the proper development of the
site.
A number of objections to the proposal were sent to the Minister of Housing
and Local Government making it necessary for a public enquiry to be held. This
had not taken place by the end of the year.
Table 6 shows the action taken to deal with unfit houses since 1955.
Complete statistics relating to the provision of housing accommodation will
be found in Table 7.
Rent Act 1957
Nineteen applications for Certificates of Disrepair were received during the
year, but In only two cases were Certificates issued. This was because the owner
concerned gave undertakings that the defects specified in the applications would
dealt with.
Public Health Inspectors gave assistance to si* occupiers who wished to ser
on their landlords the statutory form giving details of defects existing in their accommodation.
Details of the work done under the Rent Act 1957 are given in Table 8.
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