Housing (Loans and Grants) Act, 1962

Supplementary grants by housing authority for reconstruction or improvement of houses.

8.—(1) Where a grant or grants was made or is made, whether before or after the passing of this Act, to a person by the Minister in respect of reconstruction work or improvement work on a house, a housing authority may make to the person a grant of an amount not exceeding the amount of the grant or grants made by the Minister and not exceeding an amount that, when added to the amount of the grant or grants made by the Minister, equals two-thirds of the amount estimated by the Minister to be the cost of the reconstruction or improvement, as the case may be.

(2) The making of grants under this section may, if the housing authority thinks fit, be confined to—

(a) persons of such class or classes,

(b) persons reconstructing or improving houses of such type or types, or

(c) persons of such class or classes reconstructing or improving houses of such type or types,

as, in each case, may be determined by the authority.

(3) A grant shall not be made under this section in respect of work on a house in respect of which a grant was made under subsection 3A (inserted by the Act of 1958) of section 16 of the Act of 1948 or subsection (3) of section 12 of the Housing (Amendment) Act, 1954 .