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enterprise. 338 dwellings destroyed by enemy action were rebuilt, and
333 existing houses were converted. At the end of the previous year the
number of permanent Council dwellings provided was 2,399, and the
number of buildings provided by private enterprise 1,659.
In addition 954 family dwelling units were provided in requisitioned
premises. Of these, by the end of the year 720 had been released and
62 had been reduced from two to one unit dwellings, 172 in all being
held at the end of the year, the number of properties held being 157.
Further use has been made of the arrangements for the removal of
Harrow families to the new and expanded towns. 277 Harrow families
were housed in one of the new or expanded towns during the year. By
the end of the year the total number housed was 1,420. Of these, 593
were from the normal waiting list. Most of these removals were to the
news towns of Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage and Harlow and the expanded
towns of Bletchley and Swindon. Smaller numbers went to Welwyn,
Hatfield, Basildon, Bracknell and Aylesbury.
Allocation of New Houses
Waiting List.-—Towards the end of the year the normal housing
waiting list (applications received before the 12th September, 1952) was
1,584. Of these, 33 were within the qualifying points range for possible
housing.
Registrations after the 12th September, 1952, constitute the new towns
list and number 1,445.
There are over 500 applicants for the housing provided for the aged.
Allocation. When the Housing Management Sub-committee
carried out their annual review of the Council's housing position, of the
304 dwellings it was anticipated would be made available, 84 were for
aged persons. Of the remaining 220, 118 were already committed. Of
these, 24 were earmarked as the balance of the 72 dwellings originally
associated with the Poet's Corner area, 24 were reserved to facilitate the
phasing of the redevelopment of the Northolt Road Clearance Area,
while 70 were needed to meet commitments brought forward from the
1956 review. The remaining 102 were allocated:—
1. Tuberculosis cases 10
2. Eviction cases Nil
3. Overcrowded families 6
4. Families to be rehoused from individual insanitary
ings (other than those in Poet's Corner) 20
5. Hardship cases 20
6. Licensees from requisitioned premises 20
7. Housing list cases becoming eligible under the "points"
scheme 22
8. Miscellaneous 4
While it is a statutory obligation on the Council to rehouse those
families living in houses which have been condemned as a result of
clearance procedure, there has not been the same statutory requirement
to rehouse those living in single dwellings which have been the subject
of demolition or Closing Orders. Nevertheless the Council over the