Section 9 Provision of housing accommodation.

(1)

A local housing authority F1, combined authority or CCA, or two-tier county council that is a strategic authority may provide housing accommodation—

(a)

by erecting houses, or converting buildings into houses, on land acquired by them for the purposes of this Part, or

(b)

by acquiring houses.

(2)

The authority may alter, enlarge, repair or improve a house so erected, converted or acquired.

(3)

These powers may equally be exercised in relation to land acquired for the purpose—

(a)

of disposing of houses provided, or to be provided, on the land, or

(b)

of disposing of the land to a person who intends to provide housing accommodation on it.

(4)

F2An authority may not under this Part provide a cottage with a garden of more than one acre.

F3(5)

Nothing in this Act shall be taken to require (or to have at any time required) F4an authority itself to acquire or hold any houses or other land for the purposes of this Part.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 9(1) inserted (29.4.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 3(2) (with s. 102)
F2: Words in s. 9(4) substituted (29.4.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 3(3) (with s. 102)
F3: S. 9(5) added by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 161(1)
F4: Words in s. 9(5) substituted (29.4.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 3(4) (with s. 102)

Notes on Part II

Modifications

C1: Pt. II (ss. 8–57): power to apply certain functions conferred by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 65(2)(a)(4)
C2: Pt. II (ss. 8-57) restricted (19.8.1996) by 1996 c. 49, s. 9(4)(a); S.I. 1996/2127, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I