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included in the third phase of this scheme. This phase
covered twenty-nine dwelling houses, four shops and a factory.
A Public Inquiry was held and the compulsory purchase order
was subsequently confirmed without modification.
Twenty dwellings included in clearance areas
previously declared were demolished during the year.
Houses in multiple occupation.
A limited survey in 1962 revealed nine instances of
premises in multi-occupation. A more detailed enquiry during
1963 brought to notice a further thirteen cases and the
indications are that these figures do not yet represent the
full extent of this particular problem in Friern Barnet.
Some control over conditions at such premises is
provided by the Housing Act 1961 which enables local authorities
to require landlords to provide services and facilities to meet
the needs of the occupiers or to impose a limit on the number
of persons accommodated. Use was made of these powers to
obtain improvements in the living conditions of the tenants in
the houses referred to and in three instances the multiple
occupation of the premises ceased.
Certificates of disrepair.
Applications were received from the tenants of
five dwellings for certificates of disrepair undei the
provisions of the Rent Act 1957 and these were dealt with
as follows:-
(1) Applications received 5
(2) Certificates:-
(a) approved in respect of all defects 2
(b) approved in respect of some defects 2
(c) refused 1
(3) Undertakings to remedy defects accepted 4
(4) Certificates of disrepair issued -
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