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HOUSING.
There was some further progress in the
programme to deal with unfit dwellings approved by
the Council in 1955.
A group of 10 houses (89-109 Oakleigh Road
South) was declared to be a Clearance Area and by
the end of the year a Compulsory Purchase Order in
respect of these properties had been confirmed by
the Minister of Housing and Local Government.
During the year, also, the occupants of
the 25 houses included in the three clearance areas
dealt with in 1956 were rehoused and the buildings
demolished.
The investigation of housing conditions
generally was continued and a result of the action
taken by the Department was that repairs were carried
out to 186 dwellings where the standard of accommodation
was found to be unsatisfactory. A summary of
the works involved is given later.
By the Rent Act 1957 new procedures relating
to rents and repairs came into operation in the middle
of the year and shortly afterwards the first applications
for certificates of disrepair were received. By the
end of 1957, fifty-six applications had been dealt
with, as follows:-
Undertakings to remedy defects
given by landlords 37
Certificates of disrepair
granted 15
Applications withdrawn 4
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