Housing Act 1925

Housing Act 1925[a]
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to consolidate the enactments relating to the Housing of the Working Classes in England and Wales.
Citation15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 14
Territorial extent England and Wales[b]
Dates
Royal assent9 April 1925
Commencement1 July 1925[c]
Repealed1 January 1937
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
Repealed byHousing Act 1936
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Housing Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 14) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to the housing of the working classes in England and Wales.[1]

The Housing (Scotland) Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 4. c. 15) made similar provisions for Scotland.

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 136 of the act repealed 18 enactments, listed in the sixth schedule to the act.[2]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
44 & 45 Vict. c. 38 Public Works Loans Act 1881 Section eleven.
53 & 54 Vict. c. 70 Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890 The whole act except subsection (1) of section seventy-four.
53 & 54 Vict. c. ccxliii London Council (General Powers) Act 1890 Section twenty-five.
56 & 57 Vict. c. 73 Local Government Act 1894 Subsection (2) of section six.
57 & 58 Vict. c. 55 Housing of the Working Classes Act 1894 The whole act.
62 & 63 Vict. c. 14 London Government Act 1899 In Part II of the Second Schedule the words "Power to adopt Part III. of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890," and the words "The power to be only exercised within the borough" where those words secondly occur.
63 & 64 Vict. c. 59 Housing of the Working Classes Act 1900 The whole act, so far as unrepealed.
3 Edw. 7. c. 39 Housing of the Working Classes Act 1903 The whole act.
9 Edw. 7. c. 44 Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act 1909 Part I., except section seven.

Subsection (1) of section sixty-nine, and in subsections (2) and (3) of the same section the words "the clerk or" and "clerk or." Part IV. except so far as it relates to town planning. First, Second, and Sixth Schedules.

4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 33 Public Works Loans Act 1914 Section four.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 35 Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act 1919 Part I., except sections seven, nineteen, twenty-three, twenty-five, thirty-one, and thirty-six, and subsection (4) of section twenty-four and section forty, so far as required for the interpretation of the unrepealed provisions of the Act.

First, Second, and Fifth Schedules.

9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 57 Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act 1919 In section seven the words "for the purposes of Part I. or Part II. of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890 or" and the words from "and the provisions of the Second Schedule" to the end of subsection (1).
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 99 Housing (Additional Powers) Act 1919 The whole act except sections eight, nine, ten, eleven and fifteen.
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 76 Agriculture Act 1920 Section thirty-two.
11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 19 Housing Act 1921 Sections two, three, four and nine; section five, except so far as it amends the Small Dwellings Acquisition Act 1899.

Section six, except so far as it amends section ten of the Housing (Additional Powers) Act 1919.

12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 33 Public Works Loans Act 1922 Section four.
13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 24 Housing, &c. Act 1923 Sections five, seven to fifteen and seventeen. The First Schedule. The Second Schedule, except so far as it amends sections fifty-nine and sixty-nine of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Acts, 1909.
14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. 35 Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1924 Section twelve. The Second Schedule, so far as it amends section five of the Housing, &c., Act 1923.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 190 of, and the twelfth schedule to, the Housing Act 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 51), which came into force on 1 January 1937.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Section 137(1).
  2. ^ Section 137(3).
  3. ^ Section 137(2).

References

  1. ^ "[R]Housing Act 1925 | LexisNexis". www.lexisnexis.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  2. ^ "Housing Act 1925", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo5/15-16 c. 14
  3. ^ "Housing Act 1936", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo5and1Edw8/26 c. 51
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