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The Housing Act 2004 (c. 34) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It introduced Home Information Packs , which have since been abandoned. It also significantly extends the regulation of houses in multiple occupation by requiring some HMOs to be licensed by local authorities .
Section 213 (c) amends section 14 of the Housing Act of 1937 to ensure the "low-rent character of public housing projects" by fixing annual contract contributions according to the current Federal rate of interest. [1] Together, the three subsections can be referred to as the "Brooke Amendments", [5] although the pluralized term is less common.
The Housing Act 1985 was a consolidating act. The definition of HMO in section 345 HA85 was from section 129(1) of the Housing Act 1974. The Housing Act 2004 introduced mandatory licensing for large HMOs which were defined in the Act as properties with five or more tenants forming more than one household sharing facilities such as kitchen ...
Housing Act of 1937 (aka Wagner-Steagall Act) 1937: Public Housing Federal: Provided for subsidies to be paid from the U.S. government to local public housing agencies (LHAs) to improve living conditions for low-income families. Housing Act of 1949: 1949 [definition needed] Federal [definition needed] Housing Act of 1954: 1954: Public housing ...
Text of the Housing Act 2004 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. Empty Dwelling Management Orders: Guidance for residential property owners. Department for Communities and Local Government, October 2006. Empty Dwellings Management Orders, The Facts, 2006, Empty Homes Agency
Critics of U.S. affordable housing policies have cited three aspects of governmental affordable housing policy as having contributed to the financial crisis: the Community Reinvestment Act, HUD-regulated affordable housing mandates imposed upon Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and HUD's direct efforts to promote affordable housing through state and ...
Pamphlets advising people how to modernise their home were distributed in the months following the act becoming legal, totaling 300,000 copies by November 1969. [11] During the first three months of the act's operation, the value of grants paid for improvement and conversion to owners, associations and landlords was £3.4M (equivalent to £70,684,211 in 2023), although this figure included ...
The Fair Housing Act was passed at the urging of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Congress passed the federal Fair Housing Act (codified at 42 U.S.C. 3601-3619, penalties for violation at 42 U.S.C. 3631) Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 only one week after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.