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SECTION D.
HOUSING.
The housing problem is one that still commands the
careful consideration of the Housing Committee of the Council.
The lack of available land within the Borough confines suitable
for the erection of houses of the artisan type has in the past
necessitated the acquisition of land and the erection of housing
estates in the neighbouring Borough of Heston and Isleworth.
More recently, however, by reason of the closing down of
both the Brentford and Chiswick sewage disposal works, these
sites have been rendered available for building purposes. In
addition, the Council have lost no opportunity of securing other
sites as and when they have come on the market. As a result
the Council are now going forward with extensive schemes.
TheSe schemes, when complete, will serve to meet the need of
re-housing the still overcrowded families, families likely to
require re-housing as a result of Clearance Orders under the
Housing Act, 1936. The Ministry of Transport are also
requiring the Council to build in order to re-house families
likely to be dispossessed of their present homes by reason of
the construction of the Great West Road extension.
From the statistics given below, it will be observed that
the Council now have 1,622 houses and flats under their control.
The appointment of a Housing Manager to supervise this large
number of working-class dwellings is undoubtedly a step in the
right direction.
The following statistics have been supplied to me by the
Borough Engineer:—
Number of new houses etc. erected during the year
1938:—
(1) Total number of new houses and flats erected
within the Borough 148
(2) Number of new houses erected by the Local
Authority with State assistance under the
Housing Acts:
(a) Within the Borough (included in (1)
above) 32 flats
(b) Outside the Borough area Nil
(3) Number of houses and flats now owned by the
Council and let to members of the working
classes 1,622