Part 2Regulation of Social Housing
Chapter 1Introduction
Other key concepts
78Regulator of Social Housing
1
Section 81 establishes the Office referred to in this Part as “the regulator”.
2
Chapter 2 makes provision for the regulator’s constitution and general powers.
3
Other provisions of this Part confer functions on the regulator.
79English bodies
1
In this Part “English body” means—
a
a registered charity whose address for the purposes of registration by the Charity Commission is in England,
b
an industrial and provident society whose registered office for the purposes of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 (c. 12) is in England,
c
a registered company which has its registered office in England,
d
a community land trust which owns land in England, and
e
any other person (whether or not a body corporate registered under the law of the United Kingdom) which—
i
is not a Welsh body within the meaning of section 1A of the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52), and
ii
makes available, or intends to make available, accommodation in England.
2
In subsection (1)(d) “community land trust” means a body corporate which satisfies the conditions below.
3
In those conditions “local community” means the individuals who live or work, or want to live or work, in a specified area.
4
Condition 1 is that the body is established for the express purpose of furthering the social, economic and environmental interests of a local community by acquiring and managing land and other assets in order—
a
to provide a benefit to the local community, and
b
to ensure that the assets are not sold or developed except in a manner which the trust’s members think benefits the local community.
5
Condition 2 is that the body is established under arrangements which are expressly designed to ensure that—
a
any profits from its activities will be used to benefit the local community (otherwise than by being paid directly to members),
b
individuals who live or work in the specified area have the opportunity to become members of the trust (whether or not others can also become members), and
c
the members of the trust control it.
80Provider of social housing
1
In this Chapter a reference to the provider of social housing is to be construed as follows.
Type of social housing | Provider |
|---|---|
Low cost rental accommodation | The landlord |
Low cost home ownership accommodation: shared ownership | The landlord |
Low cost home ownership accommodation: equity percentage | “The seller” within the meaning of section 70(5)(a) |
Low cost home ownership accommodation: shared ownership trust | The “social landlord” within the meaning of paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 9 to the Finance Act 2003 |
2
Chapter 3 provides for the establishment of a register of providers of social housing: persons listed in the register—
a
may be referred to in an enactment or other instrument as “registered providers of social housing”, and
b
are referred to in this Part as “registered providers”.