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4. Housing Act, 1957 - Section 42 - Clearance Areas
25 to 43 (odd) Maiden Road, Cheam
These properties were acquired as a 'Clearance Area' by the Council
in 1959.
Seven families were rehoused by the Council during 1962, one family
found alternative accommodation, and two houses were unoccupied at the
time of acquisition.
The ten houses in the area were demolished, sites cleared, and
redevelopment of the area commenced during the year.
5. Housing Act, 1957 - Section 157
125, 127, 129, 131 and 131a Cheam Common Road and
1, 3, 5 and 7 Woodbine Lane, Worcester Park
The Borough Council acquired these properties in 1961, for the
purpose of re-development after demolition of the premises.
During the year five families were rehoused by the Council, one
family found alternative accommodation, and one house was vacated prior
to the purchase being made; thus leaving only one house in occupation at
the year end.
6. Housing Act, 1961 - Sections 12 to 23 (Part 2)
Houses in Multiple Occupation
The provisions of the Act came into force on the 24th November, 1961,
and the Housing (Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation) Regulations,
1962 came into operation on the 22nd May, 1962.
The Minister of Housing and Local Government Circular No. 16/62:
explains that Part 2 of the Act gives local authorities new and greatly
strengthened powers to deal with squalid living conditions in houses in
multiple occupation. These powers fall into four main groups:-
(a) An entirely new power to apply a code of management to
individual houses in which proper standards of management
have not been observed, as prescribed in the new Regulations.
(b) Stronger powers to require the provision of additional facilities
and amenities essential to decent living conditions, and the
provision of adequate means of escape in case of fire.
(c) A new power for local authorities to carry out works themselves
in default and recover the cost.
(d) A power, also new; to make a direction limiting the number of
persons who may live in a house, or part of a house, which is in
multiple occupation.
In November 1962 the Borough Council approved certain standards
regarding the following matters in connection with houses in multiple
occupation:-
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