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Housing Act 1974 (c. 44)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

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Housing Act 1974

1974 CHAPTER 44

Contents

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  1. Part I

    The Housing Corporation: Extended Functions

    1. 1—10... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 11.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 12.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  2. Part II

    Registration of Housing Associations

    1. 13—17... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 18. Special rules applicable to tenancies of registered and certain other housing associations

    3. 19—28... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  3. Part III

    1. 29—35... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  4. Parts IV—VIII

    1. 36—104... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  5. Part IX

    Miscellaneous

    1. 105—117... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 118. Rateable value limits for enfranchisement or extension under Leasehold Reform Act 1967

    3. 119. Option mortgages

    4. 120.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. 121—128... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    6. 129. Interpretation

    7. 130. Amendments, transitional provisions, savings and repeals

    8. 131. Short title, citation, commencement and extent

  6. SCHEDULE 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  7. SCHEDULE 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  8. SCHEDULE 3

    Housing Association Tenancies

  9. SCHEDULE 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  10. SCHEDULE 5

  11. SCHEDULE 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  12. SCHEDULE 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  13. SCHEDULE 8

    Reduction of Rateable Value in Case of Certain Improvements

  14. SCHEDULE 9

  15. SCHEDULE 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  16. SCHEDULE 10A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  17. SCHEDULES 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  18. SCHEDULES 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  19. SCHEDULE 13

    Minor and Consequential Amendments

  20. SCHEDULE 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  21. SCHEDULE 15

An Act to extend the functions of the Housing Corporation and provide for the registration of, and the giving of financial assistance to, certain housing associations; to make further provision in relation to clearance areas and other areas in which living conditions are unsatisfactory or otherwise in need of improvement; to provide for the making of grants towards the improvement, repair and provision of housing accommodation and for the compulsory improvement of such accommodation; to amend the law relating to assistance for house purchase and improvement and expenditure in connection with the provision and improvement of housing accommodation and of hostels; to raise the rateable value limits under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967; to amend the Housing Finance Act 1972; to amend the law relating to the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants and the enforceability of certain covenants relating to the development of land; and for purposes connected therewith.

[31st July 1974]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act repealed (S.) except ss. 11, 18(2)–(6), 129, 130 and 131, Sch. 3 Pt. III, and Sch. 13 paras. 42–46 by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), ss. 335, 339(3), Sch. 24

Commencement Information

I1Act partly in force at Royal Assent partly prospective