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Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954.
This Act came into operation on 30th August. 1954. Applications
for Certificates of Disrepair were few and in the four months
of 1954, only six were dealt with. Of these one was granted and
the other five withdrawn by the tenants concerned.
New Houses.
There were 182 units erected by private enterprise during the
year.
Table: Re-Housing.The following information has been supplied by the Housing Manager :—
Re-Housing.
The following information has been supplied by the Housing Manager :β
Prior to 1954.
During 1954.
1. (a) Number of " permanent " dwellings built by the Local Authority
1,156
69
(b) Number of prefabricated dwellings erected by the Local Authority
275
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(c) Number of dwellings (excluding Halfway Houses) under requisition by the Local Authority
203
196
(d) Number of half-way houses and emergency huts
17
17
11. (a) Number of families occupying I (a)
1,156
69
(b) Number of families occupying I (b)
275
275
(c) Number of families occupying 1 (c)
336
321
(d) Number of families occupying 1 (d)
39
46
III. The total number of families re-housed during 1953 in (a), (b) and (c):β