Old houses into new homes.

  • Great Britain. Ministry of Housing and Local Government
Date:
1968
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Old houses into new homes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Vil. SUMMARY OF PROPOSALS 1. Local authorities to have the duty, when surveying the condition of houses in their areas, of considering not only the need to provide new houses, but also the need to deal with unsatisfactory areas (paragraph 5). 2. Improvement area provisions of the Housing Act 1964 to be repealed (paragraph 11). 3. Local authorities to be empowered to declare General Improvement Areas, without Ministerial approval ; to assist householders in these Areas in improving their houses; and to acquire land and buildings in them for improvement of the environment, improvement of houses, or clearance (para- graphs 12 and 13). 4. Local authorities to be able to act as owners’ agents in improvement matters (paragraph 14). 5. Payments of interest only due on loans for the owner’s share of improve- ment and repair costs to be allowed in appropriate cases, the principal being recovered later (paragraph 15). 6. Exchequer grant of 50 per cent. for environmental improvement, on costs of up to £100 per dwelling, in General Improvement Areas (paragraph 16). 7. Local authorities’ power to compel owners to repair houses to be extended (paragraph 17). 8. Normal maximum discretionary grant to be raised from £400 to £1,000 (paragraph 23). 9. Normal maximum conversion grant to be raised from £500 per dwelling to £1,200 (paragraph 23). 10. Certain repairs and replacements to be eligible for improvement grant (paragraph 24). 11. Normal total standard improvement grant to be raised from £155 to £200 (paragraph 25). 12. Ventilated food store to be removed from standard improvement grant “basic amenities ”, and sink added (paragraph 25). 13. For standard grant, basic amenities need not all be provided at the same time (paragraph 26). 14. Grant may be paid on improvement of houses which will not neces- sarily last fifteen years longer (paragraph 26). 15. Improvement grant may be paid even if the work has begun before grant approved (paragraph 26). 16. Local authorities to be able to impose a time limit within which the work must be done (paragraph 27). 17. Assistance towards purchase of houses for improvement and conver- sion to be payable to local authorities as well as housing associations (para- graph 28). 18. Normal maximum cost of acquisition and conversion or improvement eligible for assistance to be £2,500 per dwelling obtained (paragraph 28). a3
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