PART 4

Social housing in England
CHAPTER 3

Rents for high income social tenants

Mandatory rents for local authority tenants

Mandatory rents for high income local authority tenants
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1
The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about the levels of rent that an English local housing authority must charge a high income tenant of social housing in England.
2
The regulations may, in particular, require the rent—
a
to be equal to the market rate,
b
to be a proportion of the market rate, or
c
to be determined by reference to other factors.
3
The regulations may, in particular, provide for the rent to be different—
a
for people with different incomes, or
b
for social housing in different areas.
4
The regulations may create exceptions for high income tenants of social housing of a specified description.
5
The regulations may require a local housing authority to have regard to guidance given by the Secretary of State when determining rent in accordance with the regulations.
6
Regulations under this section are referred to in this Chapter as “rent regulations”.
S. 80 in force at 1.10.2016 by S.I. 2016/956, reg. 2(a)