The Housing Problem: Its History, Growth, Legislation and ProcedureSir I. Pitman & sons, Limited, 1920 - 544 pages |
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... adopted by all boroughs and urban areas , with a population exceeding 20,000 . At the same time care is being taken that the houses to be provided under the subsidized schemes fit into the probable town - planning develop- ment of the ...
... adopted by all boroughs and urban areas , with a population exceeding 20,000 . At the same time care is being taken that the houses to be provided under the subsidized schemes fit into the probable town - planning develop- ment of the ...
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... adopted by the central and local authorities , being essential to a full understanding of the problem of to - day . The Liverpool movement , which is dealt with in an Appendix in order to avoid breaking the continuity of the history of ...
... adopted by the central and local authorities , being essential to a full understanding of the problem of to - day . The Liverpool movement , which is dealt with in an Appendix in order to avoid breaking the continuity of the history of ...
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... adopted in the parish . Iftwo- thirds of the vestry decide to adopt the Act , they may send a resolution to that effect to the Local Government Board for approval ( sec . 14 ) . The vestry , if the plan be approved , then appoint from ...
... adopted in the parish . Iftwo- thirds of the vestry decide to adopt the Act , they may send a resolution to that effect to the Local Government Board for approval ( sec . 14 ) . The vestry , if the plan be approved , then appoint from ...
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... adoption of the Act . In the second place , it is not necessary to be a vestryman , but only a ratepayer , to be qualified for appointment as one of the commis- sioners entrusted with the duty of applying the Act where it has been adopted ...
... adoption of the Act . In the second place , it is not necessary to be a vestryman , but only a ratepayer , to be qualified for appointment as one of the commis- sioners entrusted with the duty of applying the Act where it has been adopted ...
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... adopt the procedure laid down in the Sanitary Acts , whereby the authorities are empowered to close unhealthy houses . This plan will usually be found effectual in bringing to terms any owner who is inclined to make a profit out of his ...
... adopt the procedure laid down in the Sanitary Acts , whereby the authorities are empowered to close unhealthy houses . This plan will usually be found effectual in bringing to terms any owner who is inclined to make a profit out of his ...
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accommodation acquired acquisition acre Amendment amount annual apply approved assisted scheme authority back-to-back houses borough Bournville building built by-laws capital cent City Classes Act clause cloth gilt Committee common lodging-house compensation cost cottages demy 8vo District Council dwelling-house dwellings economic rent erection estimated expenditure expenses financial assistance Garden Government Board Housing Acts Housing and Town housing schemes included increase industrial insanitary interest labour lease Liverpool local authority Local Government Board London County Council Majesty's Treasury medical officer ment Minister of Health Ministry necessary number of houses occupied officer of health official arbitrator overcrowding owner Parliament payable persons population Port Sunlight powers principal Act proposed Public Health Act public utility societies Public Works Loan purchase purpose re-housing regard regulations rent respect rooms Rural District sanitary secure slum Street tenants tenements thereof tion town planning scheme Urban District Vict wages
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Page 509 - To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled...
Page 43 - ... in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation...
Page 419 - Act into effect, and any regulations so made shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as may be...
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Page 303 - ... securing proper sanitary conditions, amenity, and convenience in connection with the laying out and use of the land, and of any neighbouring lands.
Page 13 - Observance of the same by enacting therein such Provisions as they think necessary as to the giving of Notices, as to the Deposit of Plans and Sections by Persons intending to lay out Streets or to construct Buildings...
Page 236 - ... a condition that the house is at the commencement of the tenancy, and an undertaking that the house will be kept by the landlord during the tenancy, in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation...
Page 1 - Palaces, baronial castles, great halls, stately mansions, do not make a nation. The nation in every country dwells in the cottage ; and unless the light of your constitution can shine there, unless the beauty of your legislation and the excellence of your statesmanship are impressed there on the feelings and condition of the people, rely upon it you have yet to learn the duties of government.
Page 64 - If the Local Government Board make a recommendation to that effect, the period for which the loan is made by the Public Works Loan Commissioners may exceed the period allowed under the...