Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009
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Chapter 3 Social Housing Support | ||
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Provision of social housing support. |
19.— (1) A housing authority may, in accordance with the Housing Acts 1966 to 2009 and regulations made thereunder, provide, facilitate or manage the provision of social housing support. | |
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), social housing support may include all or any of the following: | ||
(a) dwellings provided by a housing authority under the Housing Acts 1966 to 2009 or provided under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 , other than affordable housing; | ||
(b) dwellings provided by an approved body; | ||
(c) the sale of a dwelling under Part 3; | ||
(d) entering into and maintaining rental accommodation availability agreements; | ||
(e) the provision of sites for caravans referred to in section 13 of the Act of 1988 and any accommodation provided to travellers under the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 ; | ||
(f) the provision of sites for building purposes under section 57 of the Principal Act. | ||
(3) A housing authority may, in accordance with the Housing Acts 1966 to 2009 and regulations made thereunder, for the purposes of providing social housing support to households, whether provided on a permanent or temporary basis— | ||
(a) purchase, build, lease or otherwise acquire dwellings or sites, | ||
(b) convert buildings, and | ||
(c) refurbish dwellings. | ||
(4) In performing its functions under subsections (2) and (3) a housing authority shall have regard to its housing services plan and the need to— | ||
(a) counteract undue segregation in housing between persons of different social backgrounds, and | ||
(b) ensure that a mixture of dwelling types and sizes and of classes of tenure is provided to reasonably match the requirements of households. | ||
(5) A housing authority may, with the approval of the Minister, enter into a public private partnership arrangement for the performance of its functions under subsection (1). | ||
(6) The power of a housing authority to provide dwellings and sites for building purposes under the Housing Acts 1966 to 2009 shall, in the case of a county council, be deemed to include, and always to have included, a power to provide dwellings or sites, as the case may be, in a town listed in Part 2 of Schedule 6 of the Local Government Act 2001 , as if, for the purpose of such provision, the town formed part of the administrative area of the council. |