http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/53/section/95Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996An Act to make provision for grants and other assistance for housing purposes and about action in relation to unfit housing; to amend the law relating to construction contracts and architects; to provide grants and other assistance for regeneration and development and in connection with clearance areas; to amend the provisions relating to home energy efficiency schemes; to make provision in connection with the dissolution of urban development corporations, housing action trusts and the Commission for the New Towns; and for connected purposes.1996-07-24texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2025-05-23Expert Participation2025-05-19 Part IChapter V951Sections 19 and 21 to 22A (conditions for application for grant) do not apply to—aan application for a grant in respect of glebe land or the residence house of an ecclesiastical benefice, orban application for a grant made by a charity or on behalf of a charity by the charity trustees of the charity.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3In considering under section 31 the amount (if any) of the grant where the applicant is a charity or the application is in respect of glebe land, the local housing authority shall have regard, in addition to the matters mentioned in that section, to any obligation or practice on the part of the applicant to let dwellings at a rent less than that which could be obtained on the open market.4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6In this section “charity” does not include a private registered provider of social housing or a registered social landlord but otherwise has the same meaning as it has under section 10 of the Charities Act 2011.Words in s. 95(1) substituted (19.7.2003) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1(3), 11(1), Sch. 3 para. 31(a) (with art. 11(2))S. 95(2)(4)(5) repealed (19.7.2003) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1(3), 11(1), 15, Sch. 3 para. 31(b), Sch. 6 (with art. 11(2))Words in s. 95(6) inserted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/866), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 108 (with art. 6, Sch. 3)Words in s. 95(6) substituted (14.3.2012) by Charities Act 2011 (c. 25), s. 355, Sch. 7 para. 73 (with s. 20(2), Sch. 8)