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and will be used to rehouse Corporation tenants so that their underoccupied
houses may be used more economically. A further 42 bedsitting
room flats on the North Road site (McDougall Court) are due
to be completed by May 1960 and will provide, for the first time,
accommodation for the Older Persons from the Council's Waiting
List.
Housing of Older Persons.
"Kingsbury", 10, King's Road, Richmond.
The above converted property became available for letting in
February 1960 and, in conjunction with the British Red Cross Society,
22 older persons were provided with accommodation together with the
Resident Warden and Caretaker.
Slum Clearance.
Alternative accommodation has been provided for a number of
families who were resident in unfit premises under the Slum Clearance
Programme and it is hoped to complete the Grove Terrace and Mote's
Cottages Clearance Order by June 1960.
Future Building Programme.
Town Planning approval has been obtained for the erection of
13 single-storey Old Persons' dwellings in terraces on the land at the
rear of Popham Gardens.
In February 1960 the redevelopment of the Ham Close site was
deferred for six months.
Requisitioned Premises.
All requisitioned houses were released by November 1959.
6. Rent Act, 1957.
The Rent Act, 1957, came into operation on the 6th July, 195,
and repealed the Housing Repairs and Rent Act, 1954.
The 1957 Act permits the rents of controlled houses to be in
creased 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