Housing Act 1930
| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act to make further and better provision with respect to the clearance or improvement of unhealthy areas, the repair or demolition of insanitary houses and the housing of persons of the working classes; to amend the Housing Act, 1925, the Housing, etc., Act, 1923, the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1924, and the other enactments relating to housing subsidies; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. |
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| Citation | 20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 39 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales[b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 1 August 1930 |
| Commencement | 15 August 1930[c] |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Housing Act 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 39) otherwise known as the Greenwood Act, is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It encouraged mass slum clearance and councils to set to work to demolish poor quality housing and replace it with new build. Subsidies for general housing, were given, these were calculated on the number of people rehoused not the number of properties demolished. "Back-to-back" housing had finally ended.[1][2]
Context
This was an act of the MacDonald minority government. The minister to steer it through the house was Arthur Greenwood.[2]
Subsequent developments
The whole act, except subsection 26(5) and sections 27, 43, 44, 46, 64 and 65, were repealed by section 190 of, and the twelfth schedule to, Housing Act 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 51), which came into force on 1 January 1937.[3]
Section 27 and 43–46 of the act were repealed by section 59 of, and the sixth schedule to, the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958 (6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 42), which came into force on 23 October 1958.[4]
Notes
References
- ^ "Municipal Housing". www.historywebsite.co.uk.
- ^ a b Burnett, John (1986). A social history of housing, 1815-1985 (2nd ed.). London: Methuen. p. 243. ISBN 0416367704.
- ^ "Housing Act 1936", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo5and1Edw8/26 c. 51
- ^ "Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Eliz2/6-7 c. 42
External links
- Text of the Housing Act 1930 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
- Parliamentary Debates on the Housing Act 1930 in Hansard