Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)

PART II E+W PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. II (ss. 8–57): power to apply certain functions conferred by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 65(2)(a)(4)

C2 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 E+W

9 Provisions of housing accommodation. E+W

(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.

[F1 (5) 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.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 9(5) added by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 161(1)