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Future Programme.
The erection of 14 maisonettes on land adjoining Argyll House
in Ham Street, and 6 flats at the northern end of King's Farm
Avenue has commenced. The redevelopment of the Peldon Avenue
site is now in progress and 100 units of accommodation including two
9'Storey blocks of flats are being erected on this estate.
As to the future, tenders are to be invited for 64 flats on the
Lower Mortlake Road Site, and it is anticipated that tenders for the
42 flats on the North Road Site might be invited at the beginning of
1959.
Due to the Government's restrictions on capital expenditure, the
redevolpment of Ham Close has been deferred.
5. Housing Act, 1957 : Unfit Houses.
No clearance area work was carried out during the year.
One individual unfit house was represented and a Demolition
Order was made by the Council on this property.
6. Rent Act, 1957.
The Rent Act, 1957, came into operation on the 6th July, 1957,
and repealed the Housing Repairs and Rent Act, 1954.
The 1957 Act permits the rents of controlled houses to be increased
within specified limits, and lays down a proceedure to enable
the tenant and landlord to reach agreement on works of repair which
should be carried out to the property.
Should agreement not be possible, the tenant may apply to the
local authority for a Certificate of Disrepair which, if granted, stops
the rent increase. The landlord has the opportunity, however, of
giving an undertaking to carry out the repairs within 6 months, and
if such an undertaking is accepted by the local authority, the rent
increase continues to be payable.