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UK Law Reference
All sections of Housing and Planning Act 2016
2016 c. 22, s.98

Section 98 — Objective 2: keeping social housing in the regulated sector

This version in force from 2018-07-05

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) Objective 2 is to ensure that the registered provider's social housing remains in the regulated housing sector.

(2) For this purpose, social housing remains in the regulated housing sector for so long as it is owned by a private registered provider.