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Improvement area. Local authorities who have passed a resolution under the provisions of the (English) Housing Act, 1930, s. 7, declaring an area (under conditions similar to those indicated in regard to clearance areas) to be an improvement area, may call upon owners to demolish houses which are unfit for habitation or else to execute all necessary works by notice under ss. 9(1) and 19 of the (English) Housing Act, 1936, and may also purchase land for opening out the area by agreement or compulsorily; see ss. 38 and 39 of the 1936 Act.

Before taking action under the resolution the local authority must give an undertaking to find suitable accommodation for persons who may be displaced from working-class houses. Compensation to owners upon expropriation is provided for by ss. 40 and 42 and the 4th Schedule owners may appeal to the County Court against demolition orders under s. 15. The general procedure is regulated by s. 38 and the 1st Schd. See (English) Housing Act, 1936; IMPROVEMENTOF TOWNS.