[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Petersfield R.D.C.
- Petersfield (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1957
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Petersfield R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Housing Conditions ( continued) <> Twenty one houses were in fact dealt with in accordance with the following table:- Parish© Houses dealt with© Houses empty© Families rehoused br~] needing rehousing by this Council© Bramshott© 2 1 1 East Meon« 6 C=5 6 Froxfield© 2 <=> 2 Homdean© 3 1 2 Langrish© 4 2 2 Liss© 3 1 2 Rowlands Castle© 1 0 1 TOTALS 21 4 16 It has been this Council5s policy over the last 8-10 years to concentrate on houses in the lower categories and to avoid as far as possible dealing piecemeal with minor items of disrepair© This policy is beginning to show clear results and encourages a degree of co¬ operation from owners and agents not previously evident© This accounts to a great extent for the apparent inaction as far as formal proceedings under the repair sections of the Housing Act is concerned* . Nowadays5 because of the cost of new building nearly all properties have a relatively high market value for improvement and modernisation and only a very few are actually demolished© The first improvement grant under the provisions of the Act was made by the Council on the 12th February 9 1953 and during 1955 a programme was formulated involving a set annual expenditure over a twenty year period© During the year a total of 31 applications were dealt with involving 40 houses© The total amount of grant dinring the year was £11,049o Since the Act came into force 9 grants have been made involving 207 properties® 66 of these were owner/occupied^ 15 were tenanted and 126 were agricultural© The total amount of grant paid was £55*389 and the actual cost of the work excluding repairs9 was £1185282® The making of grants has had a marked effect on the housing conditions in the district because a policy of complete overhaul and regular maintenance is pursued in connection with all grant aided properties©](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29988986_0044.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
