View report page

In addition to the main building programme improvements and conversions were carried out
at a number of Council owned properties.
IMPROVEMENT GRANTS
DISCRETIONARY
STANDARD
Applications received
£155
£212
Total number of grants approved
£90
£172
Total amount of grant approved
£36,301
£25,948
(b) Contributed by S.Horstead, Esq., A.I.H.M., Borough Housing Manager
Properties in Management at December 1965
Pre 1939 houses and flats
2,107
New houses and flats
6,940
Properties at Billericay
446
Properties at Canvey Island
206
Properties at Epping
206
Properties at Hutton
96
Prefabricated bungalows
43
Properties acquired for housing purposes
2,059
Properties for Clearance and Demolition
642
Number of properties made available for letting
New properties
528
Acquired properties
109
Normal vacancies
267
Total
904
Rehousing
The allocation of premises during the period the 1st April 1965 until 31st March 1966, was
made on the basis of the schemes operated by the constituent authorities prior to amalgamation.
Families rehoused from the housing register
Chingford Area
55
Leyton Area
132
Walthamstow Area
155
Total
342
The balance of 562 properties available for re-letting was used to rehouse families from
Clearance Areas, and from properties for Improvement and Conversion.
Movement to the New Towns continued and during 1965 82 families were rehoused.
- 87 -