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HOUSING
RENT ACT, 1957
Applications for Certificates of Disrepair
(1) Number of applications for certificates 29
(2) Number of decisions not to issue certificates -
(3) Number of decisions to issue certificates 32
(a) in respect of some but not all defects 29
(b) in respect of all defects 3
(4) Number of undertakings given by landlords under
paragraph 5 of the First Schedule 16
(5) Number of undertakings refused by Local Authority
under proviso to paragraph 5 of the First Schedule -
(6) Number of Certificates issued 17
Applications for Cancellation of Certificates
(7) Applications by landlords to Local Authority for
cancellation of certificates 15
(8) Objections by tenants to cancellation of certificates 5
(9) Decisions by Local Authority to cancel in
spite of tenants' objection
(10) Certificates cancelled by Local Authority 10
HOUSING ACT, 1949
HOUSING (FINANCIAL PROVISIONS) ACT, 1958
Number of Grants for Improvements and Conversions 13
HOUSING ACTS 1936/1957
Following the survey of unfit houses in the Borough reported in the years
1954 and 1955, it is now possible to state that work is proceeding in a reasonably
rapid manner on the comprehensive inspection and representation of slum
properties, with the re-housing of their tenants and with the demolition of the
condemned properties.
Since the end of the Second World War, 244 unfit houses have been demolished
in the Borough, and 1,532 new houses built either by the Borough Council or by
private enterprise.
The following particulars show the progress made during the year under
review of the work of re-housing and demolition of unfit houses in Clearance
Areas previously reported in the years 1954-1957.
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