PART IV SUB-STANDARD HOUSES
Housing action areas
90 Declaration of housing action areas for improvement.
1
Where a local authority are satisfied—
a
that the houses, or the greater part of the houses, in any area in their district lack one or more of the standard amenities or do not meet the tolerable standard, and
b
that the most effective way of dealing with the area is to apply to the area the provisions of subsection (2),
they may cause the area to be defined on a map and pass a draft resolution declaring the area so defined to be a housing action area for improvement, that is to say, an area which is to be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of that subsection.
2
A resolution passed under this section shall provide that a housing action area for improvement shall be dealt with by securing the carrying out of such works on the houses in the area which do not meet the standard specified by the local authority under subsection (3) in respect of the area that on the completion of the works all the houses in the area will meet that standard.
3
The standard specified by the local authority for the purpose of this section shall be that all the houses in the area—
a
shall meet the tolerable standard; and
b
shall be in a good state of repair (disregarding the state of internal decorative repair) having regard to the age, character and locality of the houses,
and, where the local authority are satisfied that the houses in the area have a future life of not less than 10 years, they may in addition specify that all the houses in the area shall be provided with all of the standard amenities.
4
A housing action area for improvement shall not include the site of a building unless at least part of the building consists of a house which—
a
lacks one or more of the standard amenities, or
b
does not meet the tolerable standard, or
c
is not in a good state of repair (disregarding the state of internal decorative repair) having regard to the age, character and locality of the house.