| Short Title: | Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to make fresh arrangements for the making of contributions grants and loans in connection with the provision of housing accommodation; to provide for matters subordinate to that purpose; to amend the enactments which relate to the making of contributions in respect of housing accommodation; to amend the law relating to the housing accounts of local authorities; and to facilitate the provision of housing accommodation in the Isles of Scilly. |
| Year: | 1946 |
| Citation: | 9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 48 |
| Royal Assent: | 18 April 1946 |
The Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 48) was a British Act of Parliament that provided large subsidies for the construction of council housing. This resulted in the completion of over 800,000 local authority houses by 1951.
Capitalism and public policy in the UK by Tom Burden and Mike Campbell