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wherever possible in houses which have become vacant under other
schemes. The whole of the balance remaining are anticipated to be
rehoused in the scheme of 20 houses to be built in Priors Croft, and
which it is hoped will be available for occupation within three
months; that is in June.
"Markhouse Place area tenants are anticipated to be rehoused
on a scheme being prepared on the Chestnuts Farm Estate, and it
is also anticipated on this Estate that accommodation will be available
for all other cases which have been represented and await
confirmation from the Ministry of Health.
"So far as the ordinary applicant is concerned, there are
no building schemes at present before the Council owing to lack of
available building land."
Overcrowding.—It has been obvious that the maximum relief
of overcrowding in the Borough by the erection of Council houses
has not been attained in the past because the vacated rooms have
in most instances been again sublet and so leading to a repetition
of overcrowding.
The vacated rooms may be sublet to people from outside the
Borough and the rooms in question can become "stepping stones"
to Council houses.
The Housing Manager continued to notify the Public Health
Department in advance of any rooms which are to be vacated owing
to the rehousing of the tenant in a Council house.
A visit is then paid to the rooms by the District Sanitary
Inspector and a letter is sent either to the landlord of the house or
to the principal tenant threatening proceedings in the event of anyovercrowding
being permitted in the vacated rooms.
.'In this connection, during the year 111' visits were made to
premises from which the Council have rehoused tenants.
HOUSING ACT, 1930.
Second Programme.
During the year your Council approved the representations
of the programme which had been drawn up provisionally in the
previous year.