Housing Act 2004
Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.
Section 215A — Statutory periodic tenancies: deposit received before 6 April 2007
Statutory periodic tenancies: deposit received before 6 April 2007 215A 1 This section applies where— a before 6 April 2007, a tenancy deposit has been received by a landlord in connection with a…
Section 215B — Shorthold Assured tenancies: deposit received on or after 6 April 2007
Shorthold Assured tenancies: deposit received on or after 6 April 2007 215B 1 This section applies where— a on or after 6 April 2007, a tenancy deposit has been received by a landlord in connection…
Section 215C — Sections 215A and 215B: transitional provisions
Sections 215A and 215B: transitional provisions 215C 1 Sections 215A and 215B are treated as having had effect since 6 April 2007, subject to the following provisions of this section. 2 Sections 215A…
Section 216 — Overcrowding
Overcrowding 216 1 The appropriate national authority may by order make such provision as it considers appropriate for and in connection with— a determining whether a dwelling is overcrowded for the…
Section 217 — Energy efficiency of residential accommodation: England
Energy efficiency of residential accommodation: England 217 1 The Secretary of State must take reasonable steps to ensure that by 2010 the general level of energy efficiency of residential…
Section 218 — Amendments relating to registered social landlords
Amendments relating to registered social landlords 218 Schedule 11 (which makes amendments relating to registered social landlords) has effect.
Section 219 — Disclosure of information to registered social landlords for the purposes of section 1 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998
Disclosure of information to registered social landlords for the purposes of section 1 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 219 In section 115(2) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) after…
Section 220 — Additional power to give grants for social housing
Additional power to give grants for social housing 220 After section 27 of the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52) insert— Grants to bodies other than registered social landlords Grants to bodies other than…
Section 221 — Extension of right to acquire
Extension of right to acquire 221 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 222 — Rights of pre-emption in connection with assured tenancies
Rights of pre-emption in connection with assured tenancies 222 1 Section 5 of the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50) (security of tenure for assured tenants) is amended as follows. 2 After subsection (5)…
Section 223 — Allocation of housing accommodation by local authorities
Allocation of housing accommodation by local authorities 223 In section 167(2)(d) of the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52) (people to whom preference is to be given in allocating housing accommodation) after…
Section 224 — Disabled facilities grant: caravans
Disabled facilities grant: caravans 224 1 The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (c. 53) is amended as follows. 2 In section 1(1)(c)(i) (grants in relation to qualifying park…
Section 225 — Duties of local housing authorities in England : accommodation needs of gypsies and travellers
Duties of local housing authorities in England : accommodation needs of gypsies and travellers 225 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 226 — Guidance in relation to section 225
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Section 227 — Removal of duty on local housing authorities to send annual reports to tenants etc.
Removal of duty on local housing authorities to send annual reports to tenants etc. 227 Omit section 167 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42) (duty of local housing authorities to…
Section 228 — Social Housing Ombudsman for Wales
Social Housing Ombudsman for Wales 228 1 After subsection (6) of section 51 of the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52) (schemes for investigation of housing complaints) insert— 7 This section shall not apply in…
Section 229 — Residential property tribunals
Residential property tribunals 229 1 Any jurisdiction conferred on a residential property tribunal by or under any enactment is exercisable by a rent assessment committee constituted in accordance…
Section 230 — Powers and procedure of residential property tribunals
Powers and procedure of residential property tribunals 230 1 A residential property tribunal exercising any jurisdiction in respect of premises situated in Wales by virtue of any enactment has, in…
Section 231 — Appeals from residential property tribunals
Appeals from residential property tribunals 231 1 A party to proceedings before a residential property tribunal may appeal to the Upper Tribunal from a decision of the residential property tribunal.…
Section 231A — Additional Powers of First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal
Additional Powers of First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal 231A 1 The First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal exercising any jurisdiction conferred by or under the Caravan Sites and Control of…
Section 231B — Transfer from court to First-tier Tribunal
Transfer from court to First-tier Tribunal 231B 1 Where, in any proceedings before a court, there falls for determination a question which the First-tier Tribunal or the Upper Tribunal would have…
Section 231C — Appeals from the First-tier Tribunal
Appeals from the First-tier Tribunal 231C 1 A person aggrieved by a decision of the First-tier Tribunal made under or in connection with— za the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960, a…
Section 231D — Enforcement
Enforcement 231D Any decision of the First-tier Tribunal or Upper Tribunal under or in connection with the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960, the Mobile Homes Act 1983, the Housing…
Section 232 — Register of licences and management orders
Register of licences and management orders 232 1 Every local housing authority must establish and maintain a register of— a all licences granted by them under Part 2 or 3 which are in force; b all…
Section 233 — Approval of codes of practice with regard to the management of HMOs etc.
Approval of codes of practice with regard to the management of HMOs etc. 233 1 The appropriate national authority may by order— a approve a code of practice (whether prepared by that authority or…
Section 234 — Management regulations in respect of HMOs
Management regulations in respect of HMOs 234 1 The appropriate national authority may by regulations make provision for the purpose of ensuring that, in respect of every house in multiple occupation…
Section 235 — Power to require documents to be produced
Power to require documents to be produced 235 1 A person authorised in writing by a local housing authority may exercise the power conferred by subsection (2) in relation to documents reasonably…
Section 236 — Enforcement of powers to obtain information
Enforcement of powers to obtain information 236 1 A person commits an offence if he fails to do anything required of him by a notice under section 235. 2 In proceedings against a person for an…
Section 237 — Use of information obtained for certain other statutory purposes
Use of information obtained for certain other statutory purposes 237 1 A local housing authority may use any information to which this section applies— a for any purpose connected with the exercise…
Section 238 — False or misleading information
False or misleading information 238 1 A person commits an offence if— a he supplies any information to a local housing authority in connection with any of their functions under any of Parts 1 to 4 or…
Section 239 — Powers of entry
Powers of entry 239 1 Subsection (3) applies where the local housing authority consider that a survey or examination of any premises is necessary and any of the following conditions is met — a the…
Section 240 — Warrant to authorise entry
Warrant to authorise entry 240 1 This section applies where a justice of the peace is satisfied, on a sworn information in writing, that admission to premises specified in the information is…
Section 241 — Penalty for obstruction
Penalty for obstruction 241 1 A person who obstructs a relevant person in the performance of anything which, by virtue of any of Parts 1 to 4 or this Part, that person is required or authorised to do…
Section 242 — Additional notice requirements for protection of owners
Additional notice requirements for protection of owners 242 1 This section applies where an owner of premises gives a notice to the local housing authority for the purposes of this section informing…
Section 243 — Authorisations for enforcement purposes etc.
Authorisations for enforcement purposes etc. 243 1 This section applies to any authorisation given for the purposes of any of the following provisions— a section 131 (management orders: power of…
Section 244 — Power to prescribe forms
Power to prescribe forms 244 1 The appropriate national authority may by regulations prescribe the form of any notice, statement or other document which is required or authorised to be used under, or…
Section 245 — Power to dispense with notices
Power to dispense with notices 245 1 The appropriate national authority may dispense with the service of a notice which is required to be served by a local housing authority under this Act if…
Section 246 — Service of documents
Service of documents 246 1 Subsection (2) applies where the local housing authority is, by virtue of any provision of Parts 1 to 4 or this Part, under a duty to serve a document on a person who, to…
Section 247 — Licences and other documents in electronic form
Licences and other documents in electronic form 247 1 A local housing authority may, subject to subsection (3), issue a licence to a person under Part 2 or 3 by transmitting the text of the licence…
Section 248 — Timing and location of things done electronically
Timing and location of things done electronically 248 1 The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision specifying, for the purposes of any of Parts 1 to 4 or this Part, the manner of…
Section 249 — Proof of designations
Proof of designations 249 1 This subsection applies in respect of a copy of— a a designation under section 56 (designation of an area as subject to additional licensing), or b a designation under…
Section 249A — Financial penalties for certain housing offences in England
Financial penalties for certain housing offences in England 249A 1 The local housing authority may impose a financial penalty on a person if satisfied, beyond reasonable doubt, that the person's…
Section 250 — Orders and regulations
Orders and regulations 250 1 Any power of the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales to make an order or regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory instrument. 2 Any power…
Section 251 — Offences by bodies corporate
Offences by bodies corporate 251 1 Where an offence under this Act committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any…
Section 252 — Power to up-rate level of fines for certain offences
Power to up-rate level of fines for certain offences 252 1 Subsection (2) applies if the Secretary of State considers that there has been a change in the value of money since the relevant date. 2 The…
Section 253 — Local inquiries
Local inquiries 253 The appropriate national authority may, for the purposes of the execution of any of the authority’s functions under this Act, cause such local inquiries to be held as the…
Section 254 — Meaning of “house in multiple occupation”
Meaning of “house in multiple occupation” 254 1 For the purposes of this Act a building or a part of a building is a “ house in multiple occupation ” if— a it meets the conditions in subsection (2)…
Section 255 — HMO declarations
HMO declarations 255 1 If a local housing authority are satisfied that subsection (2) applies to a building or part of a building in their area, they may serve a notice under this section (an “ HMO…
Section 256 — Revocation of HMO declarations
Revocation of HMO declarations 256 1 A local housing authority may revoke an HMO declaration served under section 255 at any time if they consider that subsection (2) of that section no longer…
Section 257 — HMOs: certain converted blocks of flats
HMOs: certain converted blocks of flats 257 1 For the purposes of this section a “ converted block of flats ” means a building or part of a building which— a has been converted into, and b consists…