Housing act, 1966

• Enactment Date: 12 July 1966
• Act Number: 21

Number 21 of 1966.

HOUSING ACT, 1966

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I

Preliminary And General

Section 1. Short title and commencement. 2. Interpretation. 3. Service of notices, etc. 4. Obligation to give information to housing authority. 5. Regulations generally. 6. Repeals.

PART II

Financial Provisions

Chapter I

Expenses under Act

7. Expenses of administration of Minister. 8. Charging of expenses of housing authority who are county council. 9. Payment of expenses under section 111 of Act. 10. Power to set off.

Chapter II

Assistance of Certain Research, Training and Bodies

11. Assistance by Minister of certain research and training. 12. Assistance by housing authority of certain bodies.

Chapter III

Housing Loans and Grants, etc.

13. Definition for purposes of Chapter III of part II. 14. Regulations for purposes of sections in Chapter III of part II. 15. Grants by Minister for provision of houses. 16. Grants by Minister for provision of houses for farmers and others. 17. Grants by Minister for provision of second houses on transfer of certain holdings. 18. Grants by Minister for erection of flats or maisonettes. 19. Grants by Minister for housing of elderly persons and others. 20. Grants by Minister for provision of prototype houses. 21. Grants by Minister to persons for reconstruction of houses. 22. Further grants by Minister for reconstruction of houses. 23. Grants by Minister for essential repairs. 24. Grants by Minister to housing authority for improvement of houses. 25. Grants by Minister to housing authority in respect of works executed in pursuance of section 69 of Act. 26. Supplementary grants by housing authority to persons for provision of houses. 27. Supplementary grants by housing authority for erection of flats or maisonettes. 28. Supplementary grants by housing authority to bodies for provision of houses for elderly persons and for other purposes. 29. Supplementary grants by housing authority for reconstruction of houses. 30. Supplementary grants and other assistance by housing authority for essential repairs. 31. Supplementary grants by housing authority where certain grants are made under section 3 of Housing (Gaeltacht) Act 1929. 32. Grants by certain housing authorities for accommodation for person suffering from Pulmonary tuberculosis. 33. Modification and restriction on increase of rateable valuation in certain cases. 34. Repayment of grant to Minister or housing authority on breach of undertaking. 35. Withholding or reduction in amount of grant. 36. Making of grant to successor of deceased applicant. 37. Restriction of local Acts and other provisions. 38. Making of grants by Minister notwithstanding non-compliance with statute or statutory instrument. 39. Loans by housing authority for acquisition or construction of houses. 40. Loans by housing authority for reconstruction, repair, and improvement of houses. 41. Sale by Land Commission of land subject to charge in favour of housing authority. 42. Schemes for guarantees. 43. Guarantee of advances to builders.

Chapter IV

Contributions by Minister to Certain Annual Loan Charges

44. Contributions by Minister to certain annual loan charges of housing authorities. 45. Contributions by Minister in respect of certain borrowings by bodies providing dwellings or sites for building purposes. 46. Withholding or reduction in amount of contributions. 47. Payment by Minister in lieu of contributions to annual loan charges. 48. Subsidy by Minister in respect of certain loan charges.

Chapter V

Displacement Allowances

49. Power of housing authority to make allowances to certain persons displaced.

Chapter VI

Stamp Duties

50. Remission of Stamp duties on certain agreements, etc. 51. Amendment of section 12 of Finance Act, 1895. 52. Restriction of section 13 of Finance (No. 2) Act, 1947, and section 24 of Finance Act, 1949.

PART III

Provision and Management of Dwellings

53. Duty of housing Authority to make inspection and to assess adequacy of supply and condition of housing. 54. Review by housing authority of cost of housing services. 55. Building Programmes. 56. Provision of dwellings. 57. Power of housing authority to provide building sites. 58. Management and control of certain dwellings and of any ancillary amenities, works or services provided in connection therewith. 59. Amendment of section 1 of Local Government (Rates on Small Dwellings) Act, 1928. 60. Duty of housing authority to make scheme of priorities for letting housing accommodation. 61. Requiring information from tenants and persons applying for tenancies. 62. Recovery of Possession of dwellings and other buildings.

PART IV

Overcrowded And Unfit Houses

63. Definition of “overcrowding”. 64. Obligation to give particulars relating to a house. 65. Overcrowded houses. 66. Unfit houses. 67. Housing authority may affix notice of serving repairs notice, making closing order or demolition order or accepting undertaking. 68. Restriction on user of premises to which repairs notice, closing order, demolition order or undertaking applies. 69. Enforcement of repairs notice or demolition order. 70. Bye-laws in relation to rented houses. 71. Recovery of expenses of repair and demolition, etc. 72. Appeals. 73. Power of Circuit Court to determine lease of house in respect of which demolition order is made. 74. Action under section 65, 66 or 69 of Act not to prejudice other remedies.

PART V

Acquisition of Land, etc.

75. Definitions for purposes of Part V and Third Schedule. 76. Procedure for compulsory acquisition of land. 77. Compulsory acquisition of land not immediately required. 78. Validity and date of operation of compulsory purchase orders. 79. Notice to treat. 80. Power of entry on, taking possession and use of land. 81. Vesting order. 82. Form and effect of vesting order and registration of title acquired under the Registration of Title Acts, 1891 and 1942. 83. Extinguishment of ways, easements, etc. 84. Assessment of compensation in respect of land acquired compulsorily. 85. Appropriation of land to purposes of this Act. 86. Amendment of section 10 of Local Government (No. 2) Act, 1960. 87. Amendment of section 10 of Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898.

PART VI

Disposal of Land and Dwellings

Chapter I

Land

88. Disposal of land by housing authority.

Chapter II

Certain Dwellings Provided under this Act

89. Interpretation (Chapter II of Part VI). 90. Power of housing authority to sell or lease certain dwellings provided under this Act. 91. Recovery of payments in respect of purchase money. 92. Registration under Registration of Title Acts, 1891 and 1942 of ownership of dwellings sold or leased under section 90 of Act.

Chapter III

Purchase of Certain Cottages under Act of 1936.

93. Interpretation (Chapter III of Part VI) and saver. 94. Purchase of certain cottages under Act of 1936. 95. Restriction on applications under section 16 of Act of 1936. 96. Cottages in urban areas. 97. Power to declare certain persons to be qualified persons. 98. Cottage or plot may be charged, mortgaged, subdivided or alienated. 99. Redemption of annuities. 100. Act of 1936 wholly or otherwise to cease to apply in certain circumstances. 101. Provisions as respects amount of annuities. 102. Amendment of certain provisions of, and validation of certain orders under, Act of 1936. 103. Amendment of section 46 of Land Act, 1923. 104. Amendment of sections 6 and 7 of Land Act, 1946. 105. Saver.

Chapter IV

Miscellaneous

106. Duty of housing authority to put certain cottages and dwellings into good structural condition. 107. Recovery of possession in certain circumstances of houses and dwellings sold or leased by housing authority. 108. Capital money.

PART VII

Exercise and Default in Exercise of Functions under this Act

109. Exercise by housing authority of functions under this Act outside functional area. 110. Committees. 111. Failure of housing authority as respects performance of functions under Act.

PART VIII

Miscellaneous

112. Provision of technical assistance. 113. Power to provide prizes or other incentives for the maintenance of houses, etc. 114. Conditions to be complied with on letting of house for habitation. 115. Prohibition on persons interested voting as members of housing authority or certain committees. 116. Prosecutions and offences. 117. Power of authorised person to enter on land. 118. Certain dwellings to be deemed to be provided under this Act. 119. Small dwellings. 120. Amendment of Housing of Working Classes Act, 1890. 121. Savings.

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