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The houses involved were:-
Area No. 1
5,6,7,10,11,14 and 16 Stanhope Road.
Area No. 2.
2,3,20 and 21 Stanhope Road.
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, Holmesdale Road.
9,10,13,15,16 and 18 Holmesdale Road.
A compulsory purchase order was made in respect of
these unfit dwellings and also the other properties in this
phase of the redevelopment scheme which for the- most part are
sub-standard. There were a number of objections to the
compulsory purchase order and a Public Inquiry took place
in October. The Order was later confirmed by the
Minister of Housing and Local Government modified to the
extent that one of the houses (21 Stanhope Road) described
by the Council as unfit for habitation was removed from
this category.
During the course of the year the rehousing of the
occupiers of the dwellings in the first phase of this
scheme was completed and the buildings have since been
pulled down.
As a result of other action taken by the department
repairs were carried out to 140 dwellings where housing
conditions were found to be unsatisfactory.
Multi-occupation of houses.
New powers enabling local authorities to require
the provision of adequate facilities and to control the
number of occupants in dwellings let in multiple occupation
were contained in the Housing Act 1961 which came into
operation in the latter part of that year.
A preliminary investigation carried out during the
year revealed nine cases of multi-occupation and suggested
that the local problem was not serious. In two instances
the letting off of premises to several families ceased
following representations, in another instance a Direction
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