Suitability of accommodation

12Suitability of private rented sector accommodation

1

Article 3 of the Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (England) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2601) (circumstances in which accommodation is not to be regarded as suitable for a person) (“the 2012 Order”) is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (4).

2

The existing text becomes paragraph (1).

3

For “of a private rented sector offer under section 193(7F) of the Housing Act 1996” substitute “mentioned in paragraph (2)”.

4

After paragraph (1) insert—

2

The purposes are—

a

determining, in accordance with section 193(7F) of the Housing Act 1996, whether a local housing authority may approve a private rented sector offer;

b

determining, in accordance with section 193A(6) or 193C(9) of that Act, whether a local housing authority may approve a final accommodation offer made by a private landlord;

c

determining whether any accommodation—

i

secured for a person who has a priority need by a local housing authority in discharge of their functions under section 189B(2) or 195(2) of that Act, and

ii

made available for occupation under a tenancy with a private landlord,

is suitable for the purposes of the section concerned.

5

The amendments made by this section are without prejudice to any power to make an order or regulations amending or revoking article 3 of the 2012 Order.