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of the remaining houses were erected under the Housing
Act of 1923 and the rest under the Housing Act of 1924.
Government assistance in these cases was restricted to a
subsidy per house each year for a term of years. In addition,
subsidies are paid by the London County Council, but these
are smaller in amount.
It was not possible, however, to adhere to this original
scheme because it was soon evident that the greatest demand
was for the smaller type of house and also because it was
not possible to provide the larger type under the Housing
Acts of 1923 and 1924, as, under these Acts, no houses of a
greater superficial area than 950 feet were allowed to rank
for subsidy. As a result, no houses of "C" type were
erected under these Acts, and the proportion of " A " and
" B " houses was reversed, 80 per cent. of "A" houses and
20 per cent. of "B" houses being erected. When the last
142 have been completed, the final figures will be : 1,438
" A " type, 696 " B " type, and 42 " C " type.
In the early stages the Council had to accept, although
reluctantly, the decision of the Minister that the height of
certain rooms should be only 8 feet, but after some time
they were successful in obtaining an increase to 8 feet 6 inches.