The Housing Problem: Its History, Growth, Legislation and ProcedureSir I. Pitman & sons, Limited, 1920 - 544 pages |
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... so , and in this they are aided by liberal financial assistance from the State . The Act facilitates the clearing of slum areas upon cheaper B- ( 1752 ) terms , the improvement of unsatisfactory dwellings , and the INTRODUCTION ix.
... so , and in this they are aided by liberal financial assistance from the State . The Act facilitates the clearing of slum areas upon cheaper B- ( 1752 ) terms , the improvement of unsatisfactory dwellings , and the INTRODUCTION ix.
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... improvement of other property . While the present shortage of accommolation continues , policy must prevent the vigorous use of repairing tices and closing and demolition orders , but these weapons can b : put into opera- tion when ...
... improvement of other property . While the present shortage of accommolation continues , policy must prevent the vigorous use of repairing tices and closing and demolition orders , but these weapons can b : put into opera- tion when ...
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... suggestions for improvement , his patience and industry have been inexhaustible . THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL . 19th December , 1919 . JOHN J. CLARKE . INTRODUCTION PREFACE CONTENTS SECTION I LEGISLATION TO 1909 • PAGE xiv PREFACE.
... suggestions for improvement , his patience and industry have been inexhaustible . THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL . 19th December , 1919 . JOHN J. CLARKE . INTRODUCTION PREFACE CONTENTS SECTION I LEGISLATION TO 1909 • PAGE xiv PREFACE.
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... improvement of housing conditions ; if drink and crime are to be successfully combated , decent , sanitary houses must be provided . If " unrest " is to be converted into contentment , the provision of good houses may prove one of the ...
... improvement of housing conditions ; if drink and crime are to be successfully combated , decent , sanitary houses must be provided . If " unrest " is to be converted into contentment , the provision of good houses may prove one of the ...
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... Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes , was largely the result of his agitation in 1842. It aimed at ... improvement of the condition of the people , were so much occupied by the immediate evils of the factory system that ...
... Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes , was largely the result of his agitation in 1842. It aimed at ... improvement of the condition of the people , were so much occupied by the immediate evils of the factory system that ...
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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...