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* Start on 50 prefabricated bungalows.
Rehousing
The revised housing list on the 31st March contained 4,725 applications.
Of these, 4,073 were of families living in the district, 554 of
families living outside the district and 98 were separated families. Because
of the very small numbers of houses likely to become available to rehouse
those who would be allocated houses under the points scheme, the Housing
Committee at their meeting on the 2nd July agreed to remove from the
housing waiting list applications from
(a) Childless couples;
(b) Applicants at present adequately housed ;
(c) Persons residing outside the Urban District;
on the understanding, however, that applicants in these categories could
apply on special or hardship grounds to be reinstated to the list in the
event of a worsening of their present housing circumstances.
"Houses: The next step"
In common with many other districts, though probably not on the
same scale as in many districts of comparable size, this authority has
been faced with difficulties of getting houses which are in need of attention
repaired because the owners cannot or will not carry out the work. This
has come about partly because of the deterioration in the state of the
houses over the war years and partly because the controlled rents do not
enable the owners to recoup themselves for any additional expenditure
on the houses. Some houses, therefore, are being lost as housing units.
In some cases it has appeared that the houses could, with expenditure of
some money on them, be saved for many years and in the past years a
number of such houses have been brought to the notice of the Public
Health Committee with the suggestion that the Council should consider
acquiring them and carrying out the work necessary to save them as
housing units until the housing situation is easier.