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Certificates of Disrepair
There was a steady flow of applications for certificates under the Rent
Act, 1957 and the following is a summary of the Department's work in this
connection -
Applications for Certificates of Disrepair
(1) Number of applications for certificates under Rent
Act, 1957 240
(2) Number of decisions not to issue certificates: 2
(3) Number of decisions to issue certificates: 238
(a) in respect of some but not all defects 139
(b) in respect of all defects: 99
(4) Number of undertakings given by landlords under
paragraph 5 of the First Schedule 162
(5) Number of undertakings refused by Local Authority
under proviso to paragraph 5 of the First Schedule: 15
(6) Number of certificates issued 105
Applications for Cancellation of Certificates
(7) Applications by landlords to Local Authority for
cancellation of certificates 71
(8) Objections by tenants to cancellation of certificates: 20
(9) Decisions by Local Authority to cancel in spite of
tenant s objection 6
(10) Certificates cancelled by Local Authority: 57
(11) Number of certificates outstanding at 31st December,
1958 including those under the Housing Repairs and
Rents Act, 1954: 217
Certificates as to the Remedying of Defects
listed in Landlords' Undertakings
(12) All defects remedied 63
(13) Some defects not remedied 73
(14) No defects remedied 72
Public Health Act, 1936 and Tottenham Corporation Act, 1952
Of the many complaints received by the Department it is possible to deal
with a great number under the provisions of the Public Health Act, 1936.
Experienced inspectors are by this time fully aware of the owners who take an
intelligent interest in their property.