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34
General
Mr. C. W. Rayner, the Council's Housing Manager, kindly
gives the following details of rehousing, etc. carried out by his
Department in 1955 :—
No. of new properties made available for letting 184
Acquired 42
Normal vacancies 79
Nominations to private landlords 29
Total 334
Families rehoused :—
1-bedroom group 63
2-bedroom group 155
3-bedroom group 102
4-bedroom group 14
Total 334
Of the total number of families rehoused, in 15 instances there
was a medical recommendation made in respect of tuberculosis.
Property under management at 31.12.55 (dwellings only) :
Pre-1939 houses and flats 1,615
New houses and flats 1,491
Prefabricated bungalows 503
Properties acquired for improvement 419
Properties acquired in Clearance Areas 86
General Properties 29
Requisitioned dwellings 284
Halfway houses 5
Hostels 6
Education Property 1
4,439
The total at the end of 1954 was 3,893.
In addition to the families rehoused in Walthamstow, transfers
and exchanges of accommodation amounted to 138 cases, and no
fewer than 215 families are known to the Housing Department to
have been rehoused in the new towns.