Housing and Town Planning Act 1919

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Addison_Act
gptkbp:category 1919 in British law
Housing legislation in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1919
gptkbp:citation gptkb:9_&_10_Geo._5._c._35
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1919
gptkbp:effect enabled local authorities to build council housing
marked the start of large-scale public housing in the UK
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Housing and Town Planning Act 1919
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Christopher_Addison
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Christopher_Addison
gptkbp:purpose to provide government subsidies for the construction of new housing
to address post-World War I housing shortages
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent 31 July 1919
gptkbp:repealedBy partially repealed by later housing acts
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tudor_Walters_Report
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6