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country generally. It is resulting in overcrowding, unsatisfactory
and unsuitable housing conditions and one of its most
distressing by-products is the friction so often engendered
between families forced to live a partly communal life.
I am indebted to the Housing Officer for the following
observations and statistics relative to the housing situation in
the Borough during the year under review
"The lack of adequate housing accommodation has
continued to receive the earnest attention of the Council.
In addition to pressing forward with the building of new
houses, so some alleviation of the overcrowding conditions
prevailing in the Borough has been made by the transfer
of Council tenants and by the placing of families in
requisition premises. Due to the curtailment of requisitioning
powers, it is apparent that the Council in future
will not be able to make available requisitioned accommodation
to the same extent as has been possible in past
years.
A feature of the past year has been the large number
of families who have been afforded emergency accommodation
in the Council's Half-Way Houses, but even so it
has not been possible to assist the majority of families
who have been evicted from their homes as a result of
Court Orders.
The following table indicates the action taken during
the past year:—