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HOUSING
The following information, kindly supplied by Mr. C.
Hetherington, Borough Housing Officer, gives details of the position
relating to Council Houses and the waiting list as at 31st
December, 1963.
Total number of Council dwellings 4,666
Total number of applicants on Housing List as
at 31.12.63 2,099
Applications received during 1963 459
Medical Certificates submitted claiming priority
during 1963 356
Lettings during 1963
(a) New houses and flats 104
(b) Properties purchased 55
(c) Properties re-let 151
310
Redevelopment
The last of the families occupying prefabricated bungalows on
the Highfield Road Estate were rehoused and the dwellings all
demolished. The redevelopment of this Estate is now well under
way.
During the year the first of the families to move from Factory
Road in connection with the Upper Brentwood Road Redevelopment
were rehoused and at the end of December 1963, 27 of the 41
dwellings had been vacated and await demolition.
An early start has been made in 1964 to rehouse the tenants of
the 115 prefabricated bungalows on the Heaton Avenue Estate to
enable the site redevelopment to proceed. At the time of writing
this report, 4 of the 115 prefabs have been vacated.
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