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(4) Proceedings under sections 42 and 43 of
the Housing Act 1957.
(a) Number of Clearance Areas declared None
(b) Number of unfit dwellings included
in Clearance Areas None
(c) Number of unfit dwellings in Clearance
Areas demolished 7
Certificates of disrepair.
There were six applications for certificates
of disrepair under the provisions of the Rent Act
1957 and these were dealt with as follows:-
(1) Applications received 6
(2) Applications withdrawn 1
(3) Landlords notified of the Council's
intention to issue a certificate of
disrepair:-
(a) in respect of all defects 4
(b) in respect of some defects 1
(4) Undertakings by landlords to remedy
defects accepted 4
(5) Certificates of disrepair issued 1
The certificate of disrepair was subsequently
cancelled when the defects of repair had been
remedied.
Improvement Grants.
Enquiries regarding the schemes of grant
aid which are available to assist in providing
facilities such as a bathroom, hot water supply
etc., in dwellings which still lack these amenities,
numbered thirty-five. after investigation of
the proposals ten applications for grant aid were
received and all were approved. By the end of the
year the improvements had been completed in
seven instances.
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