Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1924

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An act to amend the financial provisions of the Housing &c. act, 1923 and for other purposes incidental thereto or connected therewith.
Citation	14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. 35
Dates
Royal assent	7 August 1924
Other legislation
Amends	Housing, &c. Act 1923

The Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1924 (14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. 35) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom.

The act increased government subsidies to be paid to local authorities to build municipal housing for rent for low paid workers from £6 to £9. It also extended the time over which the subsidy was paid from 20 to 40 years. Around 508,000 houses were built under this act.

The act was introduced by the first Labour government, and was known as the Wheatley Housing Act after John Wheatley, the minister who introduced it.

According to one historical study, Wheatley’s houses had “slightly larger dimensions than Chamberlain’s,” and were also the first to be “equipped compulsorily with a bathroom instead of a bath” in the scullery.

References

• Modern Britain: Life and Work through Two Centuries of Change by T.K. Derry and T.L. Jarman

Further reading

• Image of the Act on the Parliamentary website