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III. UNFIT HOUSES MADE PIT AND HOUSES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE
REMEDIED:-
(1) After informal action by local authority 381*
(2) After formal notice under (a) Public Health
Acts 156*
(b) Sections 9 & 16,
Housing Act, 1957 1*
(3) Under Section 24, Housing Act, 1957
(* including those notices outstanding from
previous years)
Clearance Areas
No Official Representations were made during the year. The
present five year programme which terminates in July 1960 is
practically complete. A further five year programme has been
approved by the Council and this includes three areas of 302
houses.
General
Mr. C. W. Rayner, A. I.Hsg., the Council's Housing Manager has
kindly contributed the following details of rehousing carried
out by the Housing Department in 1959:-
No.of new properties made available for letting 282
Acquired 134
Normal vacancies 72
Nominations to private landlords 29
New properties at Canvey 71
Total 588
Families rehoused:-
1-bedroom group 172
2-bedroom group 216
3-bedroom group 181
4-bedroom group 19
Total 588
Property under management at November, 1959:-
Pre-1939 houses and flats 1,615
New houses and flats 2,614
Prefabricated bungalows 388
Properties converted into flats 178
Properties improved 123
Properties acquired for improvement and conversion
743
Properties for Clearance and Demolition 95
Requisitioned dwellings 14
Halfway houses 5