Housing_Act_1919
Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act 1919
United Kingdom legislation
The Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 35) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.[1] It was also known as the Addison Act after Minister of Health, Christopher Addison, who was Minister for Housing.[2] The Act was passed to allow the building of new houses after the First World War,[3] and marked the start of a long 20th-century tradition of state-owned housing in planned council estates. A separate Act was passed for Scotland.[4]