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HOUSING
RENT ACT, 1957
Applications for Certificates of Disrepair
(1) Number of applications for certificates 2
(2) Number of decisions not to issue certificates -
(3) Number of decisions to issue certificates
(a) in respect of some but not all defects 2
(b) in respect of all defects -
(4) Number of undertakings given by landlords under
paragraph 5 of the First Schedule 1
(5) Number of undertakings refused by Local Authority
under proviso to paragraph 5 of the First Schedule -
(6) Number of Certificates issued 1
Applications for Cancellation of Certificates
(7) Applications by landlords to Local Authority for
cancellation of certificates 1
(8) Objections by tenants to cancellation of certificates -
(9) Decisions by Local Authority to cancel in
spite of tenants' objection -
(10) Certificates cancelled by Local Authority 2
HOUSE PURCHASE AND HOUSING ACT, 1959
Number of Grants for Improvements and Conversions 41
HOUSING ACT, 1957
Details of the year' s work in connection with the large programme for the
clearance of unfit houses in the Borough, are set out below and show the progress
made with the re-housing of the occupants and with the demolition of the unfit
houses in Clearance Areas and houses elsewhere, including the remainder of those
previously reported in the years 1956 - 1960,
Albany Road No 5 Compulsory Purchase Order, 1957
Nos. 69-77 (odd numbers) Albany Road, Brentford (Demolished 1959)
Nos. 258/259 High Street, Brentford, and
Nos. 263 -272 (consecutive numbers) High Street, Brentford.
One family (5 persons) was rehoused by the Council during the year, leaving
2 families still to be rehoused from this area.
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