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64-82 (inc.) High Street, N.14
Following inspections of the above houses, I made representations
in July regarding their unfitness for habitation and
the Council declared the area to be a Clearance Area. In
October the Council resolved to effect clearance by way of a
Clearance Order under Part III of the Housing Act 1957.
With regard to individual unfit houses, the Council, during
the year under review, made Closing Orders in respect of 20 Lee
Street, N.ll, and 19 Springfield Road, N.ll, under the relevant
provisions of the Housing Act, 1957, the houses having been found
on inspection to be unfit for human habitation and incapable of
being made so fit at reasonable expense.
Rent Act, 1957
The following is a summary of the action taken by the Council
during 1961 under the Rent Act, 1957 :
Part I—Applications for Certificates of Disrepair
(1) Number of applications for certificates 1
(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 nil
(b) in respect of all defects 2
(4) Number of undertakings given by landlords
under paragraph 5 of the First Schedule nil
(5) Number ctf undertakings refused by local
Authority under proviso to paragraph 5 of the
First Schedule nil
(6) Number of Certificates issued 2
Part II—Applications for cancellation of Certificates
(7) Application by landlords to Local Authority for
cancellation of certificates 3
(8) Objections by tenants to cancellation of certificates
— 1
(9) Decisions by Local Authority to cancel in spite
of tenant's objection nil
(10) Certificates cancelled by Local Authority 2
Housing Applications
Visits by the Public Health Inspectors to applicants for housing
accommodation and the preparation of reports as to living conditions
were continued in 1961. The number of visits for this purpose
was 66, as against 203 in 1960.
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