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(Amendment) Act 1955 the release of requisitioned properties has continued and the
Council have negotiated the purchase of several houses in order to increase the
number of permanent dwellings.
All new estates have a proportion of conveniently designed homes for accommodating
elderly persons and during the year these have been used to help several elderly
couples and unattached persons. However, the demand from this type of applicant is
very heavy and it is only possible to satisfy a small number of cases.
The assistance afforded in the past by the New and Expanded Towns has continued
and many families have been nominated by the Council for rehousing in those areas.
Some indirect benefit is also derived by reason of the fact that 'key' workers in
industries established in the New Towns are provided with accommodation by Development
Corporations and as many of these persons may have been occupying houses and
flats, their removal has released a certain amount of private accommodation in the
Hendon area.
The policy of transferring Council tenants living in accommodation in excess of
their requirements to smaller dwellings, has enabled the larger type of houses and
flats to be re-let to bigger families and has relieved many cases of overcrowding.
Every opportunity has been taken to co-operate with other local authorities and
private property owners to secure exchanges of tenancies which have proved mutually
beneficial.
The following table sets out the number of housing applicants assisted during
the year ending 31st December 1957.
1. Number of families rehoused in permanent accommodation,
(a) Pre-war Houses, etc. 30
(b) Post-war Houses 304
(c) Temporary Bungalows 2
336
2. Transfers arranged to deal with overcrowding,
under-occupation, etc. on Council estates 177
3. Families given emergency accommodation in Half Way Houses 5"
46