Housing Act 2004
Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.
Section 126 — Effect of management orders: furniture
Effect of management orders: furniture 126 1 Subsection (2) applies where, on the date on which an interim or final management order comes into force, there is furniture in the house which a person…
Section 127 — Management orders: power to supply furniture
Management orders: power to supply furniture 127 1 The local housing authority may supply the house to which an interim or final management order relates with such furniture as they consider to be…
Section 128 — Compensation payable to third parties
Compensation payable to third parties 128 1 If a third party requests them to do so at any time, the local housing authority must consider whether an amount by way of compensation should be paid to…
Section 129 — Termination of management orders: financial arrangements
Termination of management orders: financial arrangements 129 1 This section applies where an interim or final management order ceases to have effect for any reason. 2 If, on the termination date for…
Section 130 — Termination of management orders: leases, agreements and proceedings
Termination of management orders: leases, agreements and proceedings 130 1 This section applies where— a an interim or final management order ceases to have effect for any reason, and b the order is…
Section 131 — Management orders: power of entry to carry out work
Management orders: power of entry to carry out work 131 1 The right mentioned in subsection (2) is exercisable by the local housing authority, or any person authorised in writing by them, at any time…
Section 132 — Empty dwelling management orders: introductory
Empty dwelling management orders: introductory 132 1 This Chapter deals with the making by a local housing authority of— a an interim empty dwelling management order (an “interim EDMO ”), or b a…
Section 133 — Making of interim EDMOs
Making of interim EDMOs 133 1 A local housing authority may make an interim EDMO in respect of a dwelling if— a it is a dwelling to which this section applies, and b on an application by the…
Section 134 — Authorisation to make interim EDMOs
Authorisation to make interim EDMOs 134 1 The appropriate tribunal may authorise a local housing authority to make an interim EDMO in respect of a dwelling to which section 133 applies if the…
Section 135 — Local housing authority’s duties once interim EDMO in force
Local housing authority’s duties once interim EDMO in force 135 1 A local housing authority who have made an interim EDMO in respect of a dwelling must comply with the following provisions as soon as…
Section 136 — Making of final EDMOs
Making of final EDMOs 136 1 A local housing authority may make a final EDMO to replace an interim EDMO made under section 133 if— a they consider that, unless a final EDMO is made in respect of the…
Section 137 — Local housing authority’s duties once final EDMO in force
Local housing authority’s duties once final EDMO in force 137 1 A local housing authority who have made a final EDMO in respect of a dwelling must comply with the following provisions once the order…
Section 138 — Compensation payable to third parties
Compensation payable to third parties 138 1 A third party may, while an interim EDMO is in force in respect of a dwelling, apply to the appropriate tribunal for an order requiring the local housing…
Section 138A — Effect of initial demolition notice served before completion
Effect of initial demolition notice served before completion 138A 1 This section applies where— a an initial demolition notice is served on a secure tenant under Schedule 5A, and b the notice is…
Section 138B — Effect of final demolition notice served before completion
Effect of final demolition notice served before completion 138B 1 This section applies where— a a secure tenant has claimed to exercise the right to buy, but b before the landlord has made to the…
Section 138C — Compensation where demolition notice served
Compensation where demolition notice served 138C 1 This section applies where— a a secure tenant has claimed to exercise the right to buy, b before the landlord has made to the tenant such a grant as…
Section 139 — Service of overcrowding notices
Service of overcrowding notices 139 1 This Chapter applies to any HMO— a in relation to which no interim or final management order is in force; and b which is not required to be licensed under Part…
Section 140 — Contents of overcrowding notices
Contents of overcrowding notices 140 1 An overcrowding notice must state in relation to each room in the HMO concerned— a what the local housing authority consider to be the maximum number of persons…
Section 141 — Requirement as to overcrowding generally
Requirement as to overcrowding generally 141 1 The requirement prescribed by this section is that the person on whom the notice is served must refrain from— a permitting a room to be occupied as…
Section 142 — Requirement as to new residents
Requirement as to new residents 142 1 The requirement prescribed by this section is that the person on whom the notice is served must refrain from— a permitting a room to be occupied by a new…
Section 142A — Termination of the right to acquire on rent to mortgage terms
Termination of the right to acquire on rent to mortgage terms 142A 1 As from the termination date, the right to acquire on rent to mortgage terms is not exercisable except in pursuance of a notice…
Section 143 — Appeals against overcrowding notices
Appeals against overcrowding notices 143 1 A person aggrieved by an overcrowding notice may appeal to the appropriate tribunal within the period of 21 days beginning with the date of service of the…
Section 144 — Revocation and variation of overcrowding notices
Revocation and variation of overcrowding notices 144 1 The local housing authority may at any time, on the application of a relevant person— a revoke an overcrowding notice; or b vary it so as to…
Section 145 — Supplementary provisions
Supplementary provisions 145 1 The appropriate national authority may by regulations make such provision as it considers appropriate for supplementing the provisions of Chapter 1 or 2 in relation to…
Section 146 — Interpretation and modification of this Part
Interpretation and modification of this Part 146 1 In this Part— “ HMO ” means a house in multiple occupation as defined by sections 254 to 259, “ Part 3 house ” means a house to which Part 3 of this…
Section 147 — Index of defined expressions: Part 4
Index of defined expressions: Part 4 147 The following table shows where expressions used in this Part are defined or otherwise explained. Expression Provision of this Act Appropriate national…
Section 148 — Meaning of “residential property” and “home information pack”
Meaning of “residential property” and “home information pack” 148 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 149 — Meaning of “on the market” and related expressions
Meaning of “on the market” and related expressions 149 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 150 — Acting as estate agent
Acting as estate agent 150 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 151 — Responsibility for marketing: general
Responsibility for marketing: general 151 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 152 — Responsibility of person acting as estate agent
Responsibility of person acting as estate agent 152 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 153 — Responsibility of the seller
Responsibility of the seller 153 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 154 — Application of sections 155 to 158
Application of sections 155 to 158 154 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 155 — Duty to have a home information pack
Duty to have a home information pack 155 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 155A — Amount of discount which may be demanded by landlord: right to buy
Amount of discount which may be demanded by landlord: right to buy 155A 1 For the purposes of the covenant mentioned in section 155(2), the landlord may demand such sum as he considers appropriate,…
Section 155B — Amount of discount which may be demanded by landlord: right to acquire on rent to mortgage terms
Amount of discount which may be demanded by landlord: right to acquire on rent to mortgage terms 155B 1 For the purposes of the covenant mentioned in section 155(3), the landlord may demand such sum…
Section 155C — Increase attributable to home improvements
Increase attributable to home improvements 155C 1 In calculating the maximum amount which may be demanded by the landlord under section 155A, such amount (if any) of the price or premium paid for the…
Section 156 — Duty to provide copy of home information pack on request
Duty to provide copy of home information pack on request 156 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 156A — Right of first refusal for landlord etc.
Right of first refusal for landlord etc. 156A 1 A conveyance of the freehold or grant of a lease in pursuance of this Part shall contain the following covenant, which shall be binding on the secure…
Section 157 — Section 156 (1) duty: imposition of conditions
Section 156 (1) duty: imposition of conditions 157 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 158 — Duty to ensure authenticity of documents in other situations
Duty to ensure authenticity of documents in other situations 158 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 159 — Other duties of person acting as estate agent
Other duties of person acting as estate agent 159 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 160 — Residential properties not available with vacant possession
Residential properties not available with vacant possession 160 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 161 — Power to provide for further exceptions
Power to provide for further exceptions 161 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 162 — Suspension of duties under sections 155 to 159
Suspension of duties under sections 155 to 159 162 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 163 — Contents of home information packs
Contents of home information packs 163 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 163A — Treatment of deferred resale agreements for purposes of section 155
Treatment of deferred resale agreements for purposes of section 155 163A 1 If a secure tenant or his successor in title enters into an agreement within subsection (3), any liability arising under the…
Section 164 — Home condition reports
Home condition reports 164 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 165 — Register of home condition reports
Register of home condition reports 165 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 166 — Enforcement authorities
Enforcement authorities 166 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .