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HOUSING SERVICES
Number of New Dwellings Erected During the Year
By the Local Authority 353 (529)
By other Local Authorities 48 (121)
By other bodies or persons 504 (530)
The previous year's figures are given in brackets
The Borough Architect has very kindly supplied the following
information in connection with the 353 dwelling units which
were completed by the Council and handed over to the Housing
Manager for occupation during the 1970 calendar year. Included
in this total are 9 (nine) disabled persons' dwellings, each with
a suitably designed garage immediately adjoining:-
"Phase II of the Council's Heaton Avenue Estate, off
Straight Road, Romford was completed in January when the 2nd
block of 57 flats was handed over by the builders to the Housing
Manager. Phase III, a small scheme of five three-bedroomed
houses, is expected to start on site in February, 1971.
The three housing estates at Newtons Corner, Elmhurst
Drive and Hamilton Drive, all provided within a joint programme
organised by the North Group of the London Housing Consortium,
were all successfully completed by July.
Most of the work was completed on a small group of eight
dwellings off North Road, Havering-atte-Bower. Only the four
bungalows for elderly people remain to be handed over in January,
1971. The particular interest in this scheme was due to its position
near the centre of the villase and the special efforts made
to ensure that the houses and bungalows would add to, and fit in
with, the village scene.
The Council's policy of providing accommodation for elderly
people with a Warden to keep a friendly eyeon them, was continued
during 1970 by the completion of two such Villa Blocks. The first
to be completed, at Elmhurst Drive, made dwellings available for
a total 42elderly people, together with the Warden's two-bedroomed
flat and a two-bedroomed bungalow for a disabled person. The
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