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UK Law Reference
All sections of Housing and Planning Act 2016
2016 c. 22, s.70

Section 70 — Housing to be taken into account

This version in force from 2016-05-12

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

(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).