Claim: Housing Act 1949 (different from the American Housing Act of 1949) enabled local authorities to acquire homes for improvement or conversion with 75% Exchequer and grants removed the restriction imposed upon local authorities by previous pieces of housing legislation which limited them to providing housing for working-class people only
Evidence: The Housing Act 1949 was a British Act of Parliament which enabled local authorities to acquire homes for improvement or conversion with 75% Exchequer grants. The legislation also removed the restriction imposed upon local authorities by previous pieces of housing legislation which limited them to providing housing for working-class people only. This article is about the British legislation. For the U.S. legislation, see Housing Act of 1949.