Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946
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Long titleAn Act to make fresh arrangements for the making of contributions grants and loans in connection with the provision of housing accommodation; to provide for matters subordinate to that purpose; to amend the enactments which relate to the making of contributions in respect of housing accommodation; to amend the law relating to the housing accounts of local authorities; and to facilitate the provision of housing accommodation in the Isles of Scilly.
Citation9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 48
Territorial extentEngland and Wales[b]
Royal assent18 April 1946
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| Long title | An Act to make fresh arrangements for the making of contributions grants and loans in connection with the provision of housing accommodation; to provide for matters subordinate to that purpose; to amend the enactments which relate to the making of contributions in respect of housing accommodation; to amend the law relating to the housing accounts of local authorities; and to facilitate the provision of housing accommodation in the Isles of Scilly. |
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| Citation | 9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 48 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales[b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 18 April 1946 |
| Commencement | 18 April 1946[c] |
| Repealed | 27 July 1972 |
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| Repealed by | Housing Finance Act 1972 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 48) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that provided large subsidies for the construction of council housing. This resulted in the completion of over 800,000 local authority houses by 1951.
The whole act was repealed by section 108(4) of, and schedule 11 to, the Housing Finance Act 1972, which came into force on 27 July 1972.[1]
