{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-183",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-183.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/68",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985",
  "path": "section/183",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "183",
  "heading": "Meaning of “house”, “flat” and “dwelling-house”.",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions apply to the interpretation of “house”, “flat” and “dwelling-house” when used in this Part.\n(2) A dwelling-house is a house if, and only if, it (or so much of its as does not consist of land included by virtue of section 184) is a structure reasonably so called; so that—\n(a) where a building is divided horizontally, the flats or other units into which it is divided are not houses;\n(b) where a building is divided vertically, the units into which it is divided may be houses;\n(c) where a building is not structurally detached, it is not a house if a material part of it lies above or below the remainder of the structure.\n(3) A dwelling-house which is not a house is a flat.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/183",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:47.243826+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."
}