Housing Needs

Mr. Greenwood, 26 June, 1967.

Our Older Homes, H.M.S.O., 1966, p. 5.

ibid., p. 21.

idem., p. 8.

Greenwood , idem.

In 1966 the number rose to 66,782 and during the first 9 months of 1967 was 52,630 compared with 49,243 over the comparable period for 1966 . MOHLG, Housing Statistics, No. 8, January 1968.

' A brief outline of this argument is to be found in L. Needleman , The Economics of Housing, London 1965, pp. 191-204. An attempt to explore some of the possible implications of this argument is contained in E.M. Sigsworth and R.K. Wilkinson , "Rebuilding or Renovation", Urban Studies, June 1967, and comments on this article by L. Needleman , "Rebuilding or Renovation? A Reply", Urban Studies, February 1968.

Guardian, April 5th, 1968.

The present maximum for the discretionary improvement grant. That for the standard grant is £155.

e.g. the costs of house building materials rose by 21 per cent 1959-66 and new construction costs by 18 per cent. Average hourly earnings in the construction industry rose by 54 per cent 1960-6. Directorate of Economic Intelligence. Monthly Bulletin of Construction Statistics, November 1966.

Ministry of Housing & Local Government , Housing Statistics, No. 8, January 1968.

ibid.

e.g. Report of the Committee on Housing in Greater London, Cmnd. 2605. H.M.S.O. 1965, pp. 37-9; Scotland's Older Homes, pp. 46-7 and Our Older Homes, p. 30.

A.L. Schorr , Slums and Social Insecurity, London, 1964.

The Operation of Improvement, Liverpool University School of Architecture, October 1966 .

The number of homeless families placed in temporary accommodation in the G.L.C. area was 1,511 during the quarter ending June 1966, 1,594 December 1966 and 1,753 December 1967. I am grateful to the Housing Department of the G.L.C. for supplying this information.

General Register Office estimate based on 1951 Census.

Estimates from Report of the Committee on the Economic and Financial Problems of Old Age.

Clearly such an extension is most readily applicable where the aged relative is living in rented housing. In other cases it may be argued that the sale of the vacated house will more than offset the cost of extension.

Ministry of Health , Hospital Costing Returns 1967. No figures returned for the costs of maintaining the aged in homes, These are the average national costs of maintaining chronic hospital patients.