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HOUSING SERVICES
Number of new houses erected during the year
651 units (530 by private enterprise and 121 by other
authorities) were erected during the year. In addition the London
Borough of Havering erected 529 units of accommodation
consisting of the following: —
1 bedroom bungalow 1
2 bedroom house 1
3 bedroom houses 100
4 bedroom houses 4
1 bedroom flats 117
2 bedroom flats 281
3 bedroom flats 19
4 bedroom flats 6
Total for 1969 529
Within the above total are 5 flats designed specifically for
disabled persons, viz: 4 one bed/two person ground floor flats
and one three bed/five person ground floor flat.
Local Authority Accommodation
The following statistics for 1969 have been very kindly
supplied by the Housing Manager: —
Properties under Management
A further 529 new dwellings were taken over during the year
bringing the total number of properties under management of this
Department to 11,160 as at 31st December.
The 529 new dwellings included 4 multi-storey blocks of
two-bedroomed flats and 71 elderly person flats in two complexes,
each controlled by a resident warden.
During the year the last of the Council's prefab bungalows
were demolished following the rehousing of the tenants.
Waiting List
As at 31st December the Housing List consisted of 3,151
applications on the Main List with a further 684 on the engaged
couples list and 223 on the supplementary list, a total of 4,058
applications. During the year 1,576 new applications were
registered.
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