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Twelve houses were still subject to Certificates of Disrepair although
in many instances the tenants are paying the full rent even where the
work covered by the Certificate has not been done. Ten houses are the
subject of Certificates granted after a failure of an owner to honour an
undertaking previously given.
The small number of applications is due probably to a mistaken
belief that the procedure applied only immediately after the Act was
passed and the increase of rent up to twice the gross value was allowed,
although the number of houses actually thus subject to Rent Control
decreases slightly each year due to deaths and removals giving the owner
vacant possession. Occupiers complaining of disrepair are advised of the
legal position by the Inspectors whenever appropriate.
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