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Non-compliance with one of the above-mentioned Statutory
Notices necessitated legal proceedings being instituted against the
owner. A Nuisance Order was made by the Court and the necessary
repairs were subsequentily carried out.
Unfit Houses.
During 1957, following reports of unfitness for habitation, the
Council made two Closing Orders under the Housing Acts, one in
respect of the basement rooms at 17 Upper Park Road, N.ll, and
the other in respect of 56 High Street, N.14.
Further to the reference in my Annual Report for 1956 regarding
the Council's five-year programme for dealing with unfit houses,
approval was received in 1957 from the Minister of Housing and
Local Government to a Compulsory Purchase Order in respect of
38 houses in two Clearance Areas in New Southgate.
The Council, during 1957, declared a further three areas, comprising
20 houses, to be Clearance Areas under the Housing Acts,
and resolved to deal with two areas by way of acquisition by agreement
with the owners and to deal with the third area by way of a
Clearance Order.
Certificates of Disrepair.
The following is a summary of the action taken by the Council
during 1957 in respect of Certificates of Disrepair under the Housing
Repairs and Rents Act, 1954, and the Rent Act, 1957.
In the period 1st January to 6th July, the Council revoked four
Certificates of Disrepair issued to tenants under the Housing Repairs
and Rent Act, 1954, on the completion of the necessary repairs.
On 6th July, the Rent Act, 1957, came into operation. The
provisions of this Act in respect of the granting and cancellation of
Certificates of Disrepair superseded those of the Housing Repairs
and Rents Act, 1954. The action taken by the Council under the
Rent Act, 1957, is set out below :
APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF DISREPAIR
1. Number of applications for certificates 27
2. Number of decisions not to issue certificates Nil
3. Number of decisions to issue certificates
(a) in respect of some but not all defects 17
(b) in respect of all defects 8
4. Number of undertakings given by landlords under
graph 5 of the First Schedule 12
5. Number of undertakings refused by Local Authority
under proviso to paragraph 5 of the First Schedule 1
6. Number of Certificates issued 13
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