Ref NoLS/6/1/64
TitleHousing RMBC press cuttings: volume 3
DescriptionBadsley Moor Lane
Johnson Court housing for elderly to open Star 8 November 1988

Blackburn
Site proposed for flats RA 19 August 1950

Broom Valley
Public invited to inspect new flats RA 19 August 1950

Buying of Council Homes
Miners & steel workers using redundancy pay to
buy homes Star 16 February 1989
Council to review policy of selling certain types of housing RA 4 May 1990
Tenants who bought homes facing financial problems Star 2 December 1994

Canklow
£1.9 million scheme for renovations to estate RA 4 December 1987
Community Refurbishment Scheme hailed a success Star 22 November 1989

Clifton Lane
Many applications to live in new Beeversleigh development RA 13 November 1970
Beeversleigh residents declared happiest flat dwellers Star 27 September 1990

Doncaster Road
Site proposed for flats RA 19 August 1950
Dispute over keeping pets in Oakhill Flats RA 15 September 1989
RA 6 February 1990
Eldon Road
Flat development nearing completion Star 3 September 1987

East Herringthorpe
Construction in progress of first prefabricated houses RA 19 May 1945
First prefabricated houses completed in Mowbray Street RA 4 August 1945
First local authority permanent housing scheme starts RA 1 September 1945
First 100 houses aiming to be ready by end of year RA 22 September 1945
First houses to be opened RA 15 December 1945
Council hope to demolish temporary housing within 5 years RA 6 October 1962
Report reveals decline of standards of living on estate RA 29 May 1987
Rent collector killed Star 4 June 1992

Gardens
Annual Council House Gardens Competition cancelled RA 1 July 1994

Herringthorpe
Photograph of the tenants of the Durham Estate RA 14 May 1932
Photograph of the recreation room on the Swinburne Estate RA 23 January 1937
Overview of housing for older people in Herringthorpe RA 15 May 1937

Homelessness
Homeless population doubled in five years RA 18 March 1988
Councillors to look at changes to housing policy Star 9 November 1988
Council to receive report on plight facing homeless Yorks Post 11 November 1988
Young people sleeping rough under Wath library S Y Times 2 March 1990
Family spend night at police station in Attercliffe Star 30 July 1991
List drawn up of number of homeless people Star 21 January 1992
Government cuts in housing blamed for rise of homeless RA 31 July 1992
Churchgoers to sleep rough to highlight plight of homeless Yorks Post 1 June 1994
Star 7 June 1995


Housing Conditions
Family protests over condition of flat RA 19 February 1988
Tenant wins compensation for delays to house repairs Star 5 August 1993
RA 6 August 1993
RA 13 August 1993

Housing Policy
Councillor explains housing policy R Express 1 March 1919
First council in the North to build permanent housing RA 1 September 1945
Overview of Central Housing Advisory Committee report RA 19 May 1951
Housing statistics for Rotherham area RA 13 August 1960
Council plan to build 2,500 new homes Star 27 May 1965
Facelift planned for over 1,200 pre-war council dwellings RA 5 November 1971
Firm wins contract to refurbish existing council homes Star 6 September 1988
Request to Minister not impose further cuts on RMBC RA 23 December 1988
Cash crisis for housing investment programme RA 23 June 1989
Bungalows upgraded with uPVC windows RA 15 September 1989
Search for land to occupy 12,000 new homes by 2000 Star 9 January 1990
Council to consider cat and dog tenancy rules Star 6 February 1990
Council invited to submit 3 year housing strategy RA 24 July 1992
Council unable to spend £34m raised from house sales Record 13 January 1993
RA 22 January 1993
New clause in contracts for good behaviour to staff Yorks Post 26 January 1993
RA 29 January 1993
Council to build no new homes S Y Times 23 July 1993
Report describes housing situation as appalling Record 29 September 1993
Cuts in Housing Associations' development programme RA 17 December 1993
Foreign housing associations may bid for council contract Star 30 March 1994
Partnership created in order to build low cost housing RA 27 May 1994
Council to ask tenants to move into smaller houses Star 17 November 1994
RA 18 November 1994
Council to continue managing council housing stock RA 1 December 1995
Rotherham awarded £12 million of SRB funding RA 15 December 1995

Kimberworth Park
Outline of initial estate development RA 23 September 1950

Meadowbank Road
New development opened by Bishop of Sheffield Star 24 January 1991

Rent
Council house rents frozen Star 10 March 1987
Rent arrears still top £1,103,000 RA 12 June 1987
Rents to remain frozen for sixth year running RA 26 February 1988
Problems with collection of rent from Reema homes tenants RA 6 May 1988
Rent arrears figure now at £1.8 million RA 12 August 1988
Rents frozen for seventh year running RA 10 March 1989
Rent arrears figure now at almost £2 million RA 23 June 1989
Star 6 July 1989
Rents frozen for eighth successive year RA 9 March 1990
Rents lower than almost all other metropolitan authorities Messenger 25 April 1990
Rent arrears figure now past £2 million mark RA 8 June 1990
Rents to rise by 92p per week RA 8 February 1991
Tenants warned of possible massive rent increase Star 22 November 1991
Council one of worst 50 in country for rent arrears Star 6 February 1992
RA 14 February 1992
Rent collector killed Star 4 June 1992
Rent collectors concerned about safety Star 8 June 1992
Star 9 June 1992
Rent arrears reduced but still at high level RA 12 June 1992
Door-to-door rent collection to continue RA 9 October 1992
New clause in contracts for good behaviour to staff Yorks Post 26 January 1993
RA 29 January 1993
Rents to rise by £3.00 per week RA 5 February 1993
Radios for rent collectors to cost £50,000 Star 8 July 1993
Comparison of rent arrears in South Yorkshire Star 21 July 1993
Rents to rise by 68p per week Star 4 February 1994
Rents to rise by £3.98 per week Star 15 February 1995
Star 17 February 1995
Rents to now rise to £4.31 per week RA 17 February 1995

St Ann's Flats
Demolition RA 7 November 1986
Study to see if new site can heat nearby council buildings Star 3 November 1988
Planning officials studying the future of site Star 28 November 1986
Councillors to meet to discuss site Star 8 August 1988
Redevelopment work expected to start in early 1989 Star 11 August 1989
Application for sheltered housing plan on site RA 20 January 1989
Further development plans for site RA 12 January 1990
Star 19 January 1990
Work set to start on £4 million sheltered housing complex Star 23 July 1990
RA 27 July 1990
New housing development officially launched Star 29 April 1992
RA 1 May 1992
St John's Road
New flats officially opened Star 2 March 1990

Tenancy Applications
Waiting list for housing soars RA 30 March 1990
Waiting list for housing increases by 80% RA 9 August 1991
Waiting list stands at 22,000 RA 7 May 1993
Waiting list for council housing at 23,000 Star 22 September 1993
RA 24 September 1993
Report describes situation as appalling Record 29 September 1993

Wellgate
Council plan for 36 flat complex Star 3 September 1987
TypeNewscuttings
Class942.741/352
Pub PlaceRotherham
Pub Date2006
Extent112 pp
Dimensions30.5cm
Binding NoteHardback
Access StatusOpen
TermHousing
Council housing
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