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(2) Cancellation of Certificates of Disrepair
Number of applications received (Form M) 38 (157)
Number of such applications relating to certificates issued
under the Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954 18 ( 48)
Number of notices of proposal to cancel certificates of
disrepair sent to tenants (Form N) 38 (157)
Number of objections received 12 ( 49)
Number of objections deemed to be justified 9 ( 37)
Number of objections deemed to be not justified 3 ( 10)
Number of certificates CANCELLED 28 (115)
Number of applications for cancellation refused 9 ( 37)
(3) Certificates as to Remedying of Defects
Number of applications received (Form 0) 103 (293)
(a) from tenants 28 ( 95)
(b) from landlords 75 (198)
Number of certificates issued (Form P) 107 (293)
(a) that defects have been remedied 56 (138)
(b) that defects have not been remedied 51 (155)
The figures given in brackets are the totals since the 6th July, 1957 when
the Act came into force.
HOUSE PURCHASE AND HOUSING ACT, 1959
The most important feature of this Act which came into operation on the
14th June, 1959, is the introduction of a new system of grants to supplement
the existing improvement grants paid at the discretion of the local authority
under the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1958
The new grants, known as STANDARD GRANTS, are available towards the
cost of improving a house which lacks all or any of the following amenities:-
(a) a fixed bath or shower in a bathroom;
(b) a wash-hand basin;
(c) a hot water supply;
(d) a water closet in or contiguous to the dwelling,
(e) satisfactory facilities for storing food-
The amount of the standard grant payable in any particular case is half
the actual cost of putting in the standard amenities which the house lacks
subject to a maximum amount of £155, if all five amenities are installed
If the house is already equipped with some of the standard amenities, the
maximum amount of £155 will normally be reduced by a specified amount for
each amenity already existing in the house The amounts of these reductions
are, if the house already has a-
£
Bath (or shower) in a bathroom 25
Wash-hand basin 5
Hot water supply 75
Suitable water closet 40
Satisfactory food store 10
It is of no consequence how much of the expenditure incurred goes towards
providing each of the amenities provided; the grant is calculated on the total
cost. There is one exception to the general rule about deductions in respect
of amenities with which a dwelling is already provided; in some cases the only
reasonably practicable way of equipping a dwelling with all five amenities may
involve removing an existing amenity and replacing it elsewhere; for example,