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25.
SECTION D.
KENT ACT. 1957.
Certificates of Disrepair.
The following table gives information as to the applications
which were received for Certificates of Disrepair from the coming
into operation of the Rent Act 1957 in July up to the 31st
December 1957. It will be seen that the number of applications
was small and that in all cases but one the appropriate
Undertakings were given by the landlords.
Number of applications for certificates 16
Number of decisions not to issue certificates 0
Number of decisions to issue certificates
(a) in respect of some but not all defects 7
(b) in respect of all defects 9
Number of undertakings given by landlords
under para. 5 of the First Schedule 15
Number of undertakings refused by Local
Authority under proviso to para. 5
of the First Schedule 0
Number of Certificates issued 1
Improvement Grants.
Six applications for Improvement Grants were received and
three were granted.
Sub-Standard Properties.
A considerable amount of work was carried out on substandard
properties in the northern part of the Borough as a
result of informal notices served on the owners. Although the
property was brought up to an excellent standard of fitness,
improvements such as bathrooms and hot water systems were not
incorporated.
Five-Year Programme.
Three further properties were demolished during the year,
leaving a residue of five houses to be dealt with out of the
fifteen which were originally submitted within the five-year
programme. In the three cases mentioned, alternative accommodation
was provided by the Corporation.