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APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF DISREPAIR
OR
CANCELLATION OF SUCH CERTIFICATES
(1) Certificates of Disrepair
Number of applications received (Form I) 3 (656)
Number of notices to landlords of proposal to issue Certificates
of Disrepair (Form J) 3 (634)
Number of undertakings to remedy defects given by landlords
(Form K) 1 (377)
Number of undertakings accepted 1 (360)
Number of undertakings refused -(17)
Number of certificates of disrepair issued (Form L) 1 (231)
Number of applications refused -(49)
Number of applications withdrawn -(14)
(2) Cancellation of Certificates of Disrepair
Number of applications received (Form M) 2 (225)
Number of such applications relating to certificates issued
under the Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954 1 (89)
Number of notices of proposal to cancel Certificates of disrepair
sent to tenants (Form N) 2(225)
Number of objections received 2(86)
Number of objections deemed to be justified 2(65)
Number of objections deemed to be not justified 1 (21)
Number of certificates CANCELLED 3(160)
Number of applications for cancellation refused 2(65)
(3) Certificates as to Remedying of Defects
Number of applications received (Form 0) 2(358)
(a) from tenants 1 (117)
(b) from landlords 1 (241)
Number of certificates issued (Form P) 2 (358)
(a) that defects have been remedied - (169)
(b) that defects have not been remedied 2 (189)
The figures given in brackets are the total since the 6th July. 1957, when
the Act came into force.
HOUSE PURCHASE AND HOUSING ACT. 1959
A total of 70 applications for standard grants were referred to this
department for observations. of the 41 applications approved 22 were in
respect of proposals to install all five standard amenities and in 19 cases
the amenities not already existing. The following is a summary of the action
taken under the Housing Acts:
Housing Act, 1957
SECTION 17
Demolition Orders made Nil
Houses demolished Nil
Closing Orders made Nil
SECTION 18
Closing Orders made (including 40 individual underground rooms) 71
Undertakings to make fit for human habitation 3
Undertakings cancelled (Rooms made fit) 3