{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1974/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1974/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1974/44",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1974",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to extend the functions of the Housing Corporation and provide for the registration of, and the giving of financial assistance to, certain housing associations; to make further provision in relation to clearance areas and other areas in which living conditions are unsatisfactory or otherwise in need of improvement; to provide for the making of grants towards the improvement, repair and provision of housing accommodation and for the compulsory improvement of such accommodation; to amend the law relating to assistance for house purchase and improvement and expenditure in connection with the provision and improvement of housing accommodation and of hostels; to raise the rateable value limits under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967; to amend the Housing Finance Act 1972; to amend the law relating to the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants and the enforceability of certain covenants relating to the development of land; and for purposes connected therewith.\n[31st July 1974]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act repealed (S.) except ss. 11, 18(2)–(6), 129, 130 and 131, Sch. 3 Pt. III, and Sch. 13 paras. 42–46 by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), ss. 335, 339(3), Sch. 24"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Act partly in force at Royal Assent partly prospective"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/44/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:43:09.157639+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}