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Community Housing Providers (Adoption of National Law) Act 2012
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#### 15 Housing Agency may give assistance
15 Housing Agency may give assistance
> > (1) A Housing Agency may, if it is consistent with the objects of this Act and if it considers it prudent to do so, give assistance to a registered community housing provider under a community housing agreement.
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> > (2) Assistance may include, but is not limited to, either or both of the following:
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> > > (a) providing funding, land or other property to a community housing provider,
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> > > (b) entering into a partnership with a community housing provider.
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> > (3) Assistance is not to be given to a community housing provider unless the community housing provider is registered and, as far as reasonably practicable, a Housing Agency is to withdraw assistance from a community housing provider that ceases to be registered.
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> > (4) A Housing Agency is to ensure that the giving of any assistance under this section is consistent with Part 6 of the [Government Sector Finance Act 2018](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2018-055) and any relevant guidelines of the Housing Secretary.
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> **s 15:** Am 2014 No 33, Sch 3.2 \[3\]; 2018 No 70, Sch 3.12.