Section 101: Grants for improvements and repairs., Local Government and Housing Act 1989

In accordance with this Part, grants are payable by local housingauthorities towards the cost of works required—

for the improvement or repair of dwellings, houses in multiple occupationor the common parts of buildings containing one or more flats; and

for the provision of dwellings or houses in multiple occupation by theconversion of a house or other building; and

for the provision of facilities for disabled persons in dwellings and inthe common parts of buildings containing one or more flats.

In this Part—

a grant relating to the improvement or repair of a dwelling or to theprovision of dwellings by the conversion of a house or other building isreferred to as a "renovation grant"; and

a grant relating to the improvement or repair of the common parts of abuilding is referred to as a "common parts grant"; and

a grant for the provision of facilities for a disabled person in adwelling or in the common parts of a building containing one or more flats isreferred to as a "disabled facilities grant"; and

a grant for the improvement or repair of a house in multiple occupationor for the provision of a house in multiple occupation by the conversion ofa house or other building is referred to as an "HMO grant";

and in the following provisions of this Part the expression "grant", without more, means any of these types of grant.

No grant is payable under this Part if the person who would otherwisequalify as the applicant for the grant is—

a local authority;

a new town corporation;

an urban development corporation;

a housing action trust;

the Development Board for Rural Wales;

a police authority established under section 3 of thePolice Act 1996;

a joint authority established by Part IV of the LocalGovernment Act 1985;

a residuary body established by Part VII of that Act; or

an authority established under section 10(1) of that Act (waste disposal).

Expressions used in paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (3) above have themeanings assigned by section 4 of the Housing Act 1985.

The provisions of this Part have effect in place of the provisions of PartXV of the Housing Act 1985 (grants for works of improvement, repair andconversion), other than section 523 thereof (assistance for provision ofseparate service pipe for water supply), and, without prejudice to thegenerality of subsection (3) of section 195 below,—

any application made under section 461 of that Act which has not beenapproved by the local housing authority before the day appointed under section195 below for the coming into force of this section shall be of no effect onand after that day; and

any application under section 521 of that Act (schemes for grants forthermal insulation) in respect of which the applicant has not been notifiedbefore the day so appointed that he may proceed to execute works in accordancewith a scheme under that section shall be of no effect on and after that day.

Section 101: Grants for improvements and repairs.

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