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HOUSING, (continued) .
Overcrowding and Preferential Treatment (continued).
for Preferential Treatment on medical grounds was 14.
During the year 3 cases of families living in overcrowded conditions
were found and added to the Register, and a survey of all premises on the
Register revealed that 11 families had been rehoused or had found alternative
accommodation themselves.
6 cases were removed from the Preferential Treatment Register.
The number of cases remaining on the Overcrowding Register at the end
of the year therefore was 47, the number remaining on the Preferential Treatment
Register being 8.
22 visits of inspection were made.
Rent Act 1957
1 application was received during the year under the Rent Act 1957
Housing Repairs & Rents Act 1954
No applications were made to the local authority under the Housing
Repairs & Rents Act 1954 during the year.
Housing Act I96I
Houses let in multiple occupation do not represent a major problem
in this Borough, and in implementing this work regard has been had. to the
Ministry's Circular No. 3/62 in which the Minister advised that only houses of
a squalid nature which are let in multiple occupation should receive attention
for the time being, although plans should be made as to the future survey of
houses let in multiple occupation which do not come in this category.
During the year 2 houses let in multiple occupation have been dealt
with successfully by the Department, and again following the Minister's
requirements that every effort should be made to effect improvement without
resort to Statutory Action, in each of these premises a full measure of success
has been achieved by informal action.
Already negotiations have taken place with several owners of
properties in the Borough with a view to providing proper amenities and
facilities in houses let in multiple occupation which are not in a squalid
condition.