PART 4

Social housing in England
CHAPTER 2

Vacant higher value local authority housing

Payments to Secretary of State by local housing authorities

Housing to be taken into account
70
1
This section is about the housing to be taken into account under section 69(2).
2
Housing is to be taken into account only if—
a
it appears in the list in section 74(1) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (Housing Revenue Account), and
b
it is not excluded by regulations made by the Secretary of State.
3
Where a local housing authority disposes of housing under section 32 or 43 of the Housing Act 1985 to a private registered provider of social housing the Secretary of State may for the purposes of this Chapter—
a
treat the local housing authority as still having that housing, and
b
treat the housing as being likely to become vacant whenever it would have been likely to become vacant if it had not been disposed of.
4
A determination under section 69 must identify any housing that the Secretary of State has taken into account under subsection (3).