Part 2Regulation of Social Housing

Chapter 1Introduction

Other key concepts

I180Provider of social housing

1

In this Chapter a reference to the provider of social housing is to be construed as follows.

Type of social housing

Provider

Low cost rental accommodation

The landlord

Low cost home ownership accommodation: shared ownership

The landlord

Low cost home ownership accommodation: equity percentage

“The seller” within the meaning of section 70(5)(a)

Low cost home ownership accommodation: shared ownership trust

The “social landlord” within the meaning of paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 9 to the Finance Act 2003

2

Chapter 3 provides for the establishment of a register of providers of social housing: persons listed in the register—

a

may be referred to in an enactment or other instrument as “registered providers of social housing”, and

b

are referred to in this Part as “registered providers”.