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Redevelopment Area
Housing Surveys were also conducted in the South Penge
Park area, which has subsequently been declared a Redevelopment
Area.
Housing Repairs, etc.
Repair—Housing and Public Health Acts.
Number of houses rendered fit by owners after service of
Informal Notices—450, Formal Notices 107.
Beyond Repair—Housing Act, 1957
Undertakings accepted (Sec. 16) Nil
Closing Orders made (Sec. 17) 3
Demolition Orders made (Sec. 17) 3
Closing Orders made (Sec. 18) 6
Closing Orders determined (Sec. 27) 2
Closing Orders revoked and Demolition Orders substituted
(Sec. 28) Nil
Houses demolished following demolition orders Nil
Clearance Areas
Represented during year 7
Houses unfit for human habitation 23
Houses included by reason of bad arrangement, etc. Nil
Houses on land acquired under Sec. 43 (2) Nil
People to be displaced (a) Individuals 62
(b) Families 22
Houses demolished by Local Authority or owners
(a) Unfit 90
(b) Others 63
Persons displaced from houses to be demolished or closed
(a) Individuals 510
(b) Families 176
Compulsory Improvement of Dwellings
Preliminary Notices served 3
Immediate Improvement Notices served Nil
Formal undertakings given by owners to execute
improvement work 2
Houses where works of improvement were completed
during the year 7
Re-housing
The following information has been supplied by the Housing
Manager in respect of 1971: —
New houses built 400
Families housed from waiting list 594
On waiting list at 31st December, 1971 4,294