File Y/HEA/1/1/53 - Slum Clearance, general: correspondence

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Association of Municipal Corporations: Conference on Housing & Slum Clearance, 9 Dec 1953 - Report on Housing Conference, London, 20-21 Oct 1954 - Ministry of Housing & Local Government circular 54,/55, Slum Clearance: Advice to intending house purchasers (Sept. 1955); Pre-War Clearance Orders and Compulsory Purchase Orders (Jan 1956) - Extract from minutes of Streets & Buildings Committee, 10 Jan 1956 concerning Layerthorpe, and from finance & General Purposes Committee, 18 May 1956, concerning redevelopment of Jackson Street (1957) - Housing: Closing Order on Underground Rooms Unfit for Human Habitation (undated) - Ministry of Housing & Local Government circular 62,/57: Moving from the Slums - Joint Housing and Health Committee minutes, 24 Sep 1957, concerning Slum Clearance Procedure (Nov 1957) - Ministry of Housing & Local Government circular letter concerning Housing Subsidies Act 1956 - Association of Municipal Corporations: Slum Clearance Training Courses Feb. 1958 (suggested Syllabus - Compulsory Purchase of Land for Housing, Part III of Housing Act 1957: Compensation for Unexpired Term, and for Business Premises Whether Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 applicable Compulsory Purchase Orders, Notice of Entry (undated) - Slum Clearance Compensation Act 1958 - Extract from minutes of Housing Committee, 13 Oct 1958, concerning Shopkeepers in Groves area, and 8 Dec 1958, concerning City Architect recommendations - Slum Clearance Programme, Chief Public Health Inspector, Jan 1959, and extract from minutes of Housing Committee, 9 Feb 1959 - Minutes of Representatives of Health and Housing Committees, 11 Mar 1959, concerning Slum Clearance - Ministry of Housing & Local Government : Housing (Underground Rooms) Act 1959 - Housing Progress and the Waiting List: Report on position, August 1959 - Housing & Estates Dept.: Compulsory Purchase Order on Groves No, 4, and payments to be made in respect of: 59 Penleys Grove Street (Fish & Chips), No.60 (Hairdressers) and No.63 (Grocer); 39 Garden Street (General Shop) (Feb 1960) - Housing Act 1957, Part III, CPO on The Groves (Backhouse Street) (1954); The Groves (Jackson Street (1954); Walmgate (1955); Cecelia Place (1956); The Groves (No.3, 1957) and (No.4, 1958) Extract from minutes of Finance & General Purposes Committee, 21 Mar 1961: Resolutions made - Health Department CPOs on Nunnery Lane, de Grey Street, Union Terrace, Clarence Street, Lead Mill Lane, Ancroft Street, Marygate, Morley Street, Rymer Street, Winterscale Street, Wood Street and Eastern Terrace (Oct 1963) - Estimated Capital Payments on Slum Clearance, 1963-65 - Extract from 'Municipal Engineering', 3 Apr 1964: Points of Law, Demolition & Exposed Walls - National Housing & Town Planning Council, 42 Devonshire Street, W1, letter concerning National Review of Unfit Housing, 14 Apr 1965, and letter from Ministry of Housing & Local Government concerning a National House Condition Survey, 1966 - Houses listed by Health Department for inspection Sep 1967 - Demolition of Corporation Property: Salvaging of Furniture & Fittings (Oct 1970) - Extracts from minutes of Finance & General Purposes Committee (21 Oct 1970) and from Housing Committee (09 Nov 1970) concerning recommendations for clearance of: Hall Field Road (Part); Morley Street; Rymer Street; Buckingham Street and Mansfield Street (part) - Department of Environment circular letter concerning new House Condition Survey - Education Office, letter concerning St Paul's CE Primary School, 5 Oct 1971, and from Health Department with regard to properties in Upper St Paul's Terrace - Report on Remedial work required on properties adjoining those demolished, and list of such properties: 60 & 70 Eldon Street; St Mary's Parish Hall, Bishophill Jr; Gordon Armstrong, Piccadilly; Walmgate Coffee House; 66 Lowther Street; 17 Dudley Street; INL Club, Walmgate; 15 Newgate and 39 Walmgate (1969) - Memo from City Planning Officer concerning Improvement Grants, 2 May 1972, and from City Housing Manager - Information from Corporation of City of Aberdeen (23 Jul 1973) and from City & County of Newcastle upon Tyne (3 Aug 1973) concerning Student Housing Accommodation, and a Memo from City Planning Officer on same - Report concerning nature of rented student accommodation in York (undated) Students' Union Housing Committee: Accommodation Survey (Nov 1972) - Information regarding homelessness and a note based on a paper by Department of Environment (Oct 1973) - Housing Act 1936 Parts II and III, Housing Repairs & Rents Act 1956: Required Form of Proposals (Jul1955) - Improvement of Bad Houses in lieu of Demolition (Jan 1961) – Housing Act 1957, Part III: Clearance Proposals (July 1961), and Section 2 Form of Further Proposals (Dec 1963) - Fishergate Bridge and Approaches (Nov 1962) - Report of meeting with Ministry of Housing & Local Government representatives concerning Slum Clearance Programme (July 1962) - Housing Acts 1936-52 Redevelopment of The Groves area - Housing Act 1955: Areas to be Dealt with under Part III during 1961-65 - Housing Services Management Sub-Committee: Further report on Clementhorpe properties (Oct 1975) - List of areas already Declared (undated) Ministry of Housing & Local Government publications: Slum Clearance (England & Wales): Summary of Returns (1955); Moving from the Slums (1956); Older House: Call for Action (1966); Old Houses into New Homes (1968) - Town & Country Planning Act 1947, Development Plan (City of York), 1956.

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