Wheatley Housing Act 1924
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The Wheatley Housing Act 1924 was a major British social reform law that expanded state subsidies to local authorities to accelerate the construction of affordable council housing in the interwar period.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wheatley Housing Act 1924 canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
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housing legislation ⓘ |
| addresses |
housing shortage after World War I
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poor housing conditions for the working class ⓘ |
| aimedAt | working-class families ⓘ |
| amends | Housing Act 1923 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
England
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Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| associatedWithPoliticalParty | Labour Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| beneficiary |
local authorities
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municipal housing departments ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
public health
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urban planning ⓘ |
| follows | Housing Act 1923 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | social reform legislation ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
key measure in development of British welfare state housing policy
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major British social reform law ⓘ |
| implementedBy | local councils ⓘ |
| introducedBy | John Wheatley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationOfEnactment | Westminster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
council housing
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social housing ⓘ state housing subsidies ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John Wheatley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| policyArea |
housing policy
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social policy ⓘ |
| primeMinisterAtTimeOfPassage | Ramsay MacDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| provided |
increased housing subsidies to local authorities
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long-term state financial assistance for house building ⓘ |
| purpose |
to accelerate construction of affordable council housing
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to expand state subsidies for local authority house building ⓘ |
| regulates |
construction of working-class housing by local authorities
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public funding of house building ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1933 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
expansion of council housing stock
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growth of municipal housing estates ⓘ |
| royalAssent | 1924 ⓘ |
| sponsor | Labour Government 1924 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1924 ⓘ |
| temporalContext | interwar period ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
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