Section 70 — Housing and Planning Act 2016: Housing to be taken into account

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).