The Housing Problem: Its History, Growth, Legislation and ProcedureSir I. Pitman & sons, Limited, 1920 - 544 pages |
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... desirable in the area after paying compensation to the owners of such property . But the authorities are responsible for re - housing at least half of the ejected inhabitants , or such proportion as the Local Government Board shall ...
... desirable in the area after paying compensation to the owners of such property . But the authorities are responsible for re - housing at least half of the ejected inhabitants , or such proportion as the Local Government Board shall ...
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... desirable that every case in which houses of the labouring classes were to be taken should be notified to the central authority ( the Home Secretary ) , while , outside London , it was sufficient that the attention of the central ...
... desirable that every case in which houses of the labouring classes were to be taken should be notified to the central authority ( the Home Secretary ) , while , outside London , it was sufficient that the attention of the central ...
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... desirable reform must of necessity be a slower process than the former , and can only be achieved by patient , personal work such as that so successfully accomplished by Miss Octavia Hill and her ladies in London . The Corporation ...
... desirable reform must of necessity be a slower process than the former , and can only be achieved by patient , personal work such as that so successfully accomplished by Miss Octavia Hill and her ladies in London . The Corporation ...
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... desirable land in order to enable them to lease other sites on the estate at moderate ground- rents for working - class dwellings , whilst restricting the number of houses to a maximum of ten per acre over the whole estate . The result ...
... desirable land in order to enable them to lease other sites on the estate at moderate ground- rents for working - class dwellings , whilst restricting the number of houses to a maximum of ten per acre over the whole estate . The result ...
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... desirable abodes for ( 1 ) The Common Lodging - house . respectable people , however poor they may be . There is a great lack of cleanliness in such places ( notwithstanding regular sanitary inspection ) , a great deal of rough and bad ...
... desirable abodes for ( 1 ) The Common Lodging - house . respectable people , however poor they may be . There is a great lack of cleanliness in such places ( notwithstanding regular sanitary inspection ) , a great deal of rough and bad ...
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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...