| AdminHistory | House sales to sitting tenants of the Livingston Development Corporation was a fairly minor part of its role until the 1980s. Although tenants could, and did buy, the number of sales was between 50-100 per year throughout the 1970s. In 1979, with the re-introduction of discounts to sitting tenants there was a sharp, steady rise in sales, rising to over 350 per year. Given the moratorium on funding for public house building in 1983, major capital projects financed by the Corporation were, in large, funded by the sales of existing housing stock. In 1985 a dedicated Housing Sales Officer was appointed. By September 1987, 2490 Corporation built houses had been sold which was, at the time, 21% of all housing stock built by the Corporation. |
| ScopeandContent | 6 administration and 1 planning files comprising;
1-5. Legal and administration files on Corporation policy towards the sale of houses, mainly consisting of internal reports and memoranda, but also including correspondence with external bodies, such as Halifax Building Society, which, for a time, refused to provide mortgage facilities to those wishing to purchase Jesperson built flats in Livingston.
6. Policy on the letting of land.
7. Development Promotion, a technical directorate planning file on promoting proposed developments within Livingston, 1993. |