Housing_Act_1985

Housing Act 1985

Housing Act 1985

United Kingdom legislation

The Housing Act 1985 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act introduced laws relating to the succession of Council Houses.[1] It also facilitated the transfer of council housing to not-for-profit housing associations.[2]

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Overcrowding
Paragraph 236 Replicates the 1935 Housing Act, Part 10, including using space standards as a means by which to control overcrowding. A breach of these standards is a criminal offence.
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A child under 10 is counted as one half of a person.[3]

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  1. [1]
    Wilson, W. (2014) Succession rights and social housing, House of Commons Research Paper, SN/SP/1998, p. 2
  2. [2]
    Hal Pawson, Cathy Fancie (10 September 2003). The evolution of stock transfer housing associations (Report). Joseph Rowntree Foundation. ISBN 1-86134-545-3. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  3. [3]
    Park 2017, p. 26.
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