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Part V
(Provision of housing accommodation)
New dwellings completed by the Borough Council in 1958 250
New dwellings under construction at the end of the year 837
Number of temporary hutments and bungalows remaining in use 181
Number of families occupying requisitioned property 1,932
Number of units in Purchased Property in 1958 185
Number of new dwellings completed by the London County Council 302
Number of units under construction at the end of the year 110
Housing Applications
Number of applicants on the Borough Council's Housing Department's
register at the end of the year 7,496
New applicants added to the register 1,280
Number of families on the Borough Council's register rehoused (including
transfers to other accommodation and mutual exchanges between
tenants)668
Number of families rehoused by the London County Council 628
HOUSING ACT, 1949
SECTION 4 (Power of local authorities to make advances for purpose of
increasing housing accommodation). In 254 instances the Council made advances
to persons to enable them to acquire houses.
HOUSING (FINANCIAL PROVISIONS) ACT, 1958 (Section 43)
Applications for advances for the purpose of house purchase were granted
by the Council in 57 instances.
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT, 1947
Twenty-eight objections by the Borough Council to applications for
planning permission for development involving dwelling houses being used other
than as dwellings were supported by the London County Council. Of the eight
appeals dealt with by the Minister of Housing and Local Government, two were
upheld and six were dismissed.
RENT ACT, 1957
The number of applications for certificates of disrepair showed a considerable
decrease on that for the previous year. In the six months of 1957
during which the Act was operative 291 applications were received, whereas for
the twelve months of 1958 this figure was only 249. A total of 26 applications
were refused as compared with 8 for the previous year; in the majority
of cases the certificate was refused because the landlords concerned carried
out the works necessary to remedy the defects set out on the Council's notice
of proposal to issue a certificate of disrepair before the expiration of the
statutory period of three weeks. Certificates of Disrepair issued totalled
93, whilst in 159 instances, following the service of the Council's notice of
proposal to issue a certificate of disrepair, landlords gave undertakings to
remedy the defects 9 of these undertakings were refused by the Council because
the landlords concerned had failed to comply with undertakings given in respect
of other properties in the Borough.
Applications for cancellation of certificates totalled 100 but 19 of the
applications related to certificates issued under the Housing Repairs and Rents
Act, 1954. Certificates cancelled totalled 77, and cancellation was refused
in 26 instances. At the end of the year four applications were outstanding,