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Sutton and Cheam 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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HOUSING REPAIRS AND RENTS ACT, 1954
No applications were received for 'Certificates of Disrepair'
under this Act during 1957, but two applications for revocation
of certificates issued in 1956 were received and granted.
The following is a summary of the number of applications
received for 'Certificates of Disrepair' under Section 26 from
the 30th August 1954, (when the Act came into operation) until
the 6th July 1957, when it was repealed by the Rent Act, 1957:-
Number of applications for certificates of disrepair 19
Number granted 13
Number refused 5
Number withdrawn 1
Number of applications received for revocation of
certificates, and granted 9
Number of certificates not yet revoked 4
RENT ACT, 1957
This Act came into operation on the 6th July 1957 and applies
primarily to privately owned property let unfurnished as separate
dwellings, but it also affects furnished lettings.
The main effect of the Act was to free from rent control
houses and flats with rateable values exceeding £40 in the
Metropolitan Police District, and the City of London, or over
£30 elsewhere in England and Wales, and to allow limited increases
in the rents of houses and flats still under rent control. The
Act has the general objective of enabling rented properties to
be put in repair, of increasing the total stock of rented
accommodation, and of securing a better use of existing housing
accommodation.
The following summary shews the number of applications
received for 'Certificates of Disrepair' during the period 6th
July to 31st December 1957:-
Number of applications received 48
Number of decisions not to issue certificates Nil
Number of applications withdrawn 3
Number of decisions to issue certificates 45
(a) in respect of some but not all defects 31
(b) in respect of all defects 14
Number of undertakings given by landlords under
paragraph 5 of the First Schedule (Form K) 22
Number of undertakings refused by Local Authority
under proviso to paragraph 5 of the First Schedule Nil
Number of certificates of disrepair issued 12
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