000034

Description

A file of government correspondence relating to the recovery of billeting allowances from homeless and refugee tenants residing in requisitioned properties in Ealing Borough. Subjects covered in the file include issues in the lack of repayment of tenants' outstanding arrears; comments by the local authorities on the terms of repayment, the condition of the properties, and changes in the circumstances of tenants. Other subjects discussed include the non-payment of increasing arrears; enquiries about the necessary actions to be taken regarding non-payment; and the risk of the eviction of homeless tenants causing a public outcry. Documents in the file include an exchange of letters between F. Wooster and Ealing Borough Council concerning the proceedings to be initiated against him, including his refusal to pay for his new accommodation, his complaints of unfair treatment after his garage was requisitioned for timber, and the lack of repairs on his home by the council.

Keywords

accommodation, air raids, air-raid precautions, allowances, amenities, billeting, birth rate, bomb damage, children, clothing, cost of living, dependants, evacuation, evacuees, family, finance, first aid, homelessness, housing, imprisonment, infants, labour supply, local authorities, marriage, motor vehicles, newspapers, public opinion, radio broadcasts, refugees, rental properties, repair, requisitioning, schools, standard of living, timber, transportation, unemployment, volunteers, weather