Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1924
| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An act to amend the financial provisions of the Housing &c. act, 1923 and for other purposes incidental thereto or connected therewith. |
|---|---|
| Citation | 14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. 35 |
| Territorial extent | [b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 7 August 1924 |
| Commencement | 7 August 1924[c] |
| Repealed | 21 May 1981 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | Housing, &c. Act 1923 |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Text of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1924 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
The Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1924 (14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. 35) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The act built upon the previous Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act 1919, by increasing government subsidies to be paid to local authorities to build municipal housing for rent for low paid workers from £6 to £9. It also extended the time over which the subsidy was paid from 20 to 40 years.
The act was introduced by the first Labour government, and was known as the Wheatley Housing Act after John Wheatley, the minister who introduced it.
The Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald dubbed the act 'our most important legislative item'.[1] This measure went some way towards rectifying the problem of the housing shortage, caused by the disruption of the building trade during the First World War and the inability of working-class tenants to rent decent, affordable housing. Wheatley was able to provide public housing to council tenants, as against the previous government's commitment to privatisation. This landmark act subsidised the construction of 521,700 rented homes at controlled rents by 1933, when the subsidy for encouraging local authority housing construction was abolished.[2]
According to one historical study, Wheatley’s houses had “slightly larger dimensions than Chamberlain’s,” and were also the first to be “equipped compulsorily with a bathroom instead of a bath” in the scullery.
Subsequent developments
The whole act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and part X of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981.
Notes
- ^ Section 17(1).
- ^ Section 17(4).
- ^ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.
References
- Modern Britain: Life and Work through Two Centuries of Change by T.K. Derry and T.L. Jarman
- ^ Lyman, Richard W. (1957). The first Labour government, 1924. London: Chapman & Hall. p. 110. ISBN 9780846217848. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
The housing scheme is our most important legislative item.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - ^ The Longman Companion to The Labour Party 1900–1998 by Harry Harmer
Further reading
External links
Text of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1924 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.