C1C2PART II PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION
Pt. II (ss. 8-57) restricted (19.8.1996) by 1996 c. 49, s. 9(4)(a); S.I. 1996/2127, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I
Main powers and duties of local housing authorities
9 Provisions of housing accommodation.
1
A local housing authority may provide housing accommodation—
a
by erecting houses, or converting buildings into houses, on land acquired by them for the purposes of this Part, or
b
by acquiring houses.
2
The authority may alter, enlarge, repair or improve a house so erected, converted or acquired.
3
These powers may equally be exercised in relation to land acquired for the purpose—
a
of disposing of houses provided, or to be provided, on the land, or
b
of disposing of the land to a person who intends to provide housing accommodation on it.
4
A local housing authority may not under this Part provide a cottage with a garden of more than one acre.
F15
Nothing in this Act shall be taken to require (or to have at any time required) a local housing authority itself to acquire or hold any houses or other land for the purposes of this Part.
Pt. II (ss. 8–57): power to apply certain functions conferred by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 65(2)(a)(4)