# Housing Act 1985, Section 252: Meaning of “housing accommodation” and related expressions.

Extent: E+W

In the provisions of this Part relating to housing action areas—
(a) “housing accommodation” means dwellings, houses in multiple occupation and hostels;
(b) “dwelling” means a building or part of a building occupied or intended to be occupied as a separate dwelling, together with any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to or usually enjoyed with that building or part; and
(c) “house in multiple occupation” means a house in multiple occupation as defined by sections 254 to 259 of the Housing Act 2004, as they have effect for the purposes of Part 1 of that Act (that is, without the exclusions contained in Schedule 14 to that Act), but does not include any part of such a house which is occupied as a separate dwelling by persons who form a single household.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/252 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-252
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