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It must not be overlooked that, due to the small
amount of land left available in the Borough and which
is suitable for development for Council dwellings, the
end of the Council's building programme is now in sight.
Within the course of the next few years all such land
will be developed and it is apparent that the majority
of housing applicants cannot be rehoused within the
Boroughs. In these circumstances the importance of the
contribution which new towns can make towards the lessening
of the housing problem in Hendon must not be overlooked.
The policy of transferring to smaller accommodation
those Council tenants who were living in accommodation
in excess of their requirements has been continued during
the past year. By so doing it has been possible to make
the larger types of houses available for re-letting to
bigger families and so relieve the overcrowding formerly
experienced in such cases.
The demand from evicted families remains acute and
although 29 such families were offered emergency accommodation
in Half-Way Houses in the course of the year,
in many cases it was impossible to assist.
A feature of the year's work has been the commencement
of the Lawrence Street Housing Scheme whereby a
number of applicants able to assist themselves by private
building have been nominated by the Council for houses
to be built under this Scheme. It is anticipated the
completion of this Scheme will result in the satisfying
of the housing needs of many applicants on the waiting
list.
The following table sets out the number of housing
applicants assisted during the year ending 31st December,,,
1953:-
(1) Number of families rehoused in permanent
accommodation:-
(a) Pre-war Houses 39
(b) Post-war Houses 238
(c) Temporary Bungalows 4
281
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