Housing Act 1985
| Act of Parliament | ||
 Commencement 1 April 1986 | | |
Status: Current legislation | ||
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| Text of statute as originally enacted | ||
| Text of the Housing Act 1985 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | ||
The Housing Act 1985 is an
succession of Council Houses.[1]
It also facilitated the transfer of council housing to not-for-profit housing associations.[2]
Contents
- Overcrowding
- Paragraph 236 Replicates the 1935 Housing Act, Part 10, including using space standards as a means by which to control overcrowding. A breach of these standards is a criminal offence.
| No. of rooms | No. of people |
|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 7 1⁄2 |
| 5 or more | 2 for each room |
| Floor area of room | No. of people |
|---|---|
| 110 sq. ft. (10.22m2) | 2 |
| 90 ‒ 110 sq. ft. (8.36 ‒ 10.22m2) | 1 1⁄2 |
| 70 ‒ 90 sq. ft. (6.5 ‒ 8.36m2) | 1 |
| 50 ‒ 70 sq. ft. (4.65 ‒ 6.5m2) | 1/2 |
A child under 10 is counted as one half of a person.[3]
See also
References
- Notes
- ^ Wilson, W. (2014) Succession rights and social housing, House of Commons Research Paper, SN/SP/1998, p. 2
- ISBN 1-86134-545-3. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ Park 2017, p. 26.
- Bibliography
- Park, Julia. "One hundred years of space standards" (PDF). Housing Space Standards. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
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