Housing (Scotland) Act 1987

194 Grants payable to the Scottish Special Housing Association and development corporations.S

(1)The Secretary of State may each year make grants, of such amount and subject to such conditions as he may determine, to . . . F1 development corporations in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(2)Grants under this section shall be payable for any year to . . . F2 development corporations in respect of the total net annual expenditure (as approved by the Secretary of State and calculated in accordance with rules made by him with the consent of the Treasury) necessarily incurred for that year by . . . F2 any development corporation—

(a)in providing housing accommodation by—

(i)erecting houses,

(ii)converting any houses or other buildings into houses,

(iii)acquiring houses;

(b)in improving housing accomodation so provided;

(c)in managing and maintaining any housing accommodation so provided or improved;

(d)in improving the amenities of a predominantly residential area;

(e)in providing or converting buildings for use as hostels or as parts of hostels, and in improving, managing and maintaining buildings so provided or converted;

(f)in doing anything ancillary to any of the activities mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e).

(3)In subsection (2) “improving” includes altering, enlarging or repairing.

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