# Housing Act 1957, Section 125: Provision of housing accommodation by development corporations


A development corporation shall be deemed to be a housing association within the meaning of this Act and accordingly arrangements may be made under section one hundred and twenty of this Act for the provision by a development corporation of any housing accommodation which a local authority are empowered to provide under this Act, and section one hundred and twenty-one of this Act shall apply to a development corporation as it applies to a housing association:
Provided that the said section one hundred and twenty-one shall not apply to a development corporation established by an order under section sixteen of the New Towns Act, 1946 (which relates to orders for the combination and transfer of functions of development corporations).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/56/section/125 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1957/section-125
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