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(b) Number of properties already comprised in declared clearance
areas:
(i) post-war 115
(ii) Confirmed (pre-war) Clearance Orders 29
(c) Properties the subject of operative Demolition Orders 39
Proposals for Dealing with Unfit Houses
The Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954 required each authority to
submit to the Minister of Housing and Local Government proposals for
dealing with unfit houses in the district. The number of unfit houses to be
demolished in this district was estimated to be 577. The Clearance and
Re-Development Sub-Committee was of the opinion that the problem
of clearing and replacing the unfit houses could be solved within five years.
Although then the Housing Repairs and Rents Act contains provision for
the temporary repair of slum houses to enable them to be kept in service
for a period, the Committee did not feel it would be necessary to use such
powers.
The following is a copy of the return submitted to the Minister on
the specified form:—
Part 1. The Total Problem
(i) Estimated number of houses unfit for human habitation
within the meaning of S. 9 of the Housing
Repairs and Rents Act, 1954 and suitable for action
under S. 11 or S. 25 of the Housing Act, 1936 577
(ii) Period in years which the Council think necessary for
securing the demolition of all the houses in (i) 5yrs.
Part 2. Orders already made, etc.
(iii) Number of houses in (i) in clearance areas and
already covered by operative clearance or compulsory
purchase orders or owned by the local authority 29
(iv) Number of houses which are already in clearance
areas and for which clearance or compulsory purchase
orders have been submitted to the Minister but have
not yet become operative 115
Part 3. Action in the first five years
(v) Number of houses which are already in clearance
areas and for which clearance or compulsory purchase
orders are to be made or which are to be purchased by
agreement within the five years -
(vi) Number of houses which are to be included in
clearance areas still to be declared and which, within
the five years, will be owned by the local authority,
or will have been included in a clearance order or a
compulsory purchase order submitted to the Minister 371
(vii) Number of houses under (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) to be
patched (if necessary) and retained within the five years
under section 2 of the Housing Repairs and Rents Act,
1954 for temporary accommodation -
(viii) Number of houses under (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) to be
demolished in the five years 515