The State & the slumsLiberty and Property Defence League, 1884 - 19 páginas |
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Página 13 - ... the part of its owners." The mode by which his scheme might be carried out Mr. Chamberlain embodied in a series of proposals. 1 . The law should make it an offence, punishable by heavy fine, to own property in a state unfit for human habitation. 2. In every case in which the local authority acquired property under these conditions, the arbitrator should be empowered to deduct from the ascertained value such sum as he thought fit by way of fine for the misuse of the property. 3. Local authorities...
Página 11 - ... he did not doubt that the authorities would be ready to put an end quickly to the scandals of which they were already fully cognisant. But it would be useless to advise the people, if the people would not help themselves. The extension of the suffrage and a redistribution of seats would be useless if they' did not lead directly to the practical solution of some of these social questions, which intimately concern the welfare of the masses and in the settlement of which they had a right to make...
Página 13 - ... alterations, and in default may either shut them up or pull them down, or themselves execute the necessary alterations at the owner's expense. This provision, as it stood in the Act of 1868, pretty nearly carries out Mr. Chamberlain's present third proposal, that the local authorities should have power to close such property, or to make, at the expense of the owner, such alterations or repairs as may be ordered by the sanitary officer, without being compelled to acquire it. In all such cases...
Página 13 - Trevelyan would allow, should be held subject to the right of the community, as represented by the local authority, to expropriate the owner for any public purpose at a fair value. This fair value, as Mr. Chamberlain has repeatedly explained, is the price which a willing seller would obtain in the open market from a private purchaser, with no allowance for prospective value or compulsory sale. The proposal is one that would be legitimately resorted to in furtherance of all schemes of sanitary or...
Página 13 - ... heavy fine, to own property in a state unfit for human habitation. 2. In every case in which the local authority acquired property under these conditions, the arbitrator should be empowered to deduct from the ascertained value such sum as he thought fit by way of fine for the misuse of the property. 3. Local authorities should have power, subject only to appeal to the High Court, to close such property, or to make at the expense of the owner such alterations or repairs as may be ordered by the...
Página 13 - ... no allowance for prospective value or compulsory sale. 5. The valuation should be made in every case by an official arbitrator, and no appeal should be allowed from his decision. 6. The scheme of improvement should include any surrounding property Which will be benefited by the reconstruction of the unhealthy area, and the confirming order should authorise a rate to be levied on the owners of such adjacent property, fairly representing the appreciation of their holdings by the proposed improvement....