Housing Act 1949: Difference between revisions

The '''Housing Act 1949''' was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Act of Parliament]] which enabled local authorities to acquire homes for improvement or conversion with 75% Exchequer grants.<ref>The Evolution of the British Welfare State by Derek Fraser</ref> It also bestowed upon local authorities a wide range of useful powers, such as to provide restaurants or canteens and laundry facilities for tenants of municipal flats and housing estates, and to sell furniture to them. InThe addition,legislation the legislationalso removed the restriction imposed upon local authorities by previous pieces of housing legislation which limited them to providing housing for working-class people only. The aim of this change was to allow local authorities to develop mixed estates of houses of more varied types and sizes, thereby attracting all income groups.<ref>The Labour Government 1945-51 by Denis Nowell Pritt</ref> In addition, housing improvement grants for private landlords and owner occupiers were introduced under the Act.<ref>British Social Welfare in the Twentieth Century, edited by Robert M. Page and Richard Silburn</ref>