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progress was made and it was not found possible to deal with the
whole area within the statutory two-year period following the
declaration of the area by the Bromley Council. By the end of
the year 44 Preliminary Notices, 11 Immediate Improvement
Notices and 11 Suspended Improvement Notices had been served.
Twenty statutory undertakings by owners to carry out the improvement
work were accepted by the Council. The Suspended Notices
were in respect of dwellings where the tenants, mainly because of
their age or infirmity, did not want the improvement work carried
out. One of the major problems which had to be overcome was
the disagreement between landlord and tenant concerning the
method of carrying out the improvement. So far as the owner was
concerned, there was also the difficulty of finding builders who
were prepared to carry out the work within the maximum cost
limit laid down in the Housing Act for standard and discretionary
grants.
RENT ACT 1957
Applications under the Rent Act have reached a very low
level.
Certificates of Disrepair and other documents specified in the
Act have been issued as follows:—
Application for Certificate of Disrepair 14
Number of decisions not to issue certificate 1
Number of certificates issued 5
Number of undertakings given by landlords
under Paragraph 5, First Schedule 8
Number of undertakings refused by L/A
Applications for Cancellation of Certificate
By Landlords to L/A for cancellation 1
Objections by tenants to cancellation —
Certificates cancelled by L/A 1
Housing Inspections—Defects Remedied, Nuisances
Abated by Informal Action
Drainage
Drains: constructed or reconstructed 67
repaired 168
cleansed 482
Cesspools: provided —
overflowing 10
leaking —
abolished —