Housing Act 1925
Act
ParliamentParliament of the United Kingdom
Year1925
Citation15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 14
Territorial extentEngland and Wales[a]
Royal assent9 April 1925
Commencement1 July 1925[b]
Repeal date1 January 1937
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
ReplacesSee § Repealed enactments
Repealing legislationHousing Act 1936
StatusRepealed
Original texthttps://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/15-16/14/contents/enacted
Use new uk-legno

The Housing Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 14) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to the housing of the working classes in England and Wales.[1]

The Housing (Scotland) Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 15) made similar provisions for Scotland.

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 136 of the act repealed 18 enactments, listed in the sixth schedule to the act.[2]

CitationShort titleExtent of repeal
44 & 45 Vict. c. 38Public Works Loans Act 1881Section eleven.
53 & 54 Vict. c. 70Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890The whole act except subsection (1) of section seventy-four.
53 & 54 Vict. c. ccxliiiLondon Council (General Powers) Act 1890Section twenty-five.
56 & 57 Vict. c. 73Local Government Act 1894Subsection (2) of section six.
57 & 58 Vict. c. 55Housing of the Working Classes Act 1894The whole act.
62 & 63 Vict. c. 14London Government Act 1899In Part II of the Second Schedule the words "Power to adopt Part III. of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890," and the words "The power to be only exercised within the borough" where those words secondly occur.
63 & 64 Vict. c. 59Housing of the Working Classes Act 1900The whole act, so far as unrepealed.
3 Edw. 7. c. 39Housing of the Working Classes Act 1903The whole act.
9 Edw. 7. c. 44Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act 1909Part I., except section seven. Subsection (1) of section sixty-nine, and in subsections (2) and (3) of the same section the words "the clerk or" and "clerk or." Part IV. except so far as it relates to town planning. First, Second, and Sixth Schedules.
4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 33Public Works Loans Act 1914Section four.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 35Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act 1919Part I., except sections seven, nineteen, twenty-three, twenty-five, thirty-one, and thirty-six, and subsection (4) of section twenty-four and section forty, so far as required for the interpretation of the unrepealed provisions of the Act. First, Second, and Fifth Schedules.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 57Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act 1919In section seven the words "for the purposes of Part I. or Part II. of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890 or" and the words from "and the provisions of the Second Schedule" to the end of subsection (1).
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 99Housing (Additional Powers) Act 1919The whole act except sections eight, nine, ten, eleven and fifteen.
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 76Agriculture Act 1920Section thirty-two.
11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 19Housing Act 1921Sections two, three, four and nine; section five, except so far as it amends the Small Dwellings Acquisition Act 1899. Section six, except so far as it amends section ten of the Housing (Additional Powers) Act 1919.
12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 33Public Works Loans Act 1922Section four.
13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 24Housing, &c. Act 1923Sections five, seven to fifteen and seventeen. The First Schedule. The Second Schedule, except so far as it amends sections fifty-nine and sixty-nine of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Acts, 1909.
14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. 35Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1924Section twelve. The Second Schedule, so far as it amends section five of the Housing, &c., Act 1923.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 190 of, and the twelfth schedule to, the Housing Act 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 51), which came into force on 1 January 1937.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Section 137(3).
  2. ^ Section 137(2).

References

  1. ^ "[R]Housing Act 1925 | LexisNexis". www.lexisnexis.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-03-04.
  2. ^ "14" (act). Geo5/15-16.
  3. ^ "51" (act). Geo5and1Edw8/26.