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24.
SECTION D.
HOUSING.
HOUSING REPAIRS AND RENTS ACT. 1954.
Certificates of Disrepair.
Three applications for Certificates were received and in each
case application was granted. These Certificates were revoked when
the necessary repairs had been completed.
Inproverrent Grants.
Eight applications for Improvement Grants were received and two
were granted but of the two one was not taken up.
Proposals in relation to Clearance Areas, etc.
As required by Section 1, of the Act, the Council duly submitted
its proposals for dealing with houses which appeared to the Authority
to be -unfit for human habitation. There are no slums as such in the
Borough and accordingly the proposals dealt with action to be taken
in connection with fifteen houses with the probable re-housing of
thirteen families. It was felt that this problem was small enough
to be resolved within five years.
Sub-Standard Properties.
Quite apart from the properties dealt with in the previous
paragraph of this report, there are other properties in the Borough
which are sub-standard; that is to say, they lack modern amenities
such as bathrooms, hot water systems and other services regarded
today as necessities in proper housing accommodation. During the
year the Chief Sanitary Inspector prepared two reports on these
properties which received preliminary consideration by the Public
Health and Housing Committees of the Council.
HOUSING STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1955.
1. Number of Houses Erected during the year,
(1) By the L.A, (permanent) Traditional (including flats) 38
(2) By private enterprise (including flats) 26
64
2. Inspection of dwellinghouses during the year.
(l) (a) Total number of dwellinghouses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or
Housing Acts.) 691