Housing Act 1985

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to consolidate the Housing Acts (except those provisions consolidated in the Housing Associations Act 1985 and the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985), and certain related provisions, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission.
Citation	1985 c. 68
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	30 October 1985
Commencement	1 April 1986
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted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 Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act introduced laws relating to the 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.

A child under 10 is counted as one half of a person.^[3]

See also

• English land law
• Housing Act 1980
• Public housing in the United Kingdom § Stock transfer

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Park, Julia. "One hundred years of space standards" (PDF). Housing Space Standards. Retrieved 11 February 2017.