Housing Act 1985
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn 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.
Citation1985 c. 68
Dates
Royal assent30 October 1985
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Text of statute as originally enacted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 a British Act of Parliament. 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]

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.
Table 1 maximum people per allowed room
No. of rooms No. of people
12
23
35
47 1⁄2
5 or more2 for each room
Table 2 Minimum room size per person
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
  1. ↑ Wilson, W. (2014) Succession rights and social housing, House of Commons Research Paper, SN/SP/1998, p. 2
  2. ↑ Hal Pawson, Cathy Fancie (10 September 2003). The evolution of stock transfer housing associations (Report). Joseph Rowntree Foundation. ISBN 1 86134 545 3. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Park 2017, p. 26.
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