Housing Regulation 2026
sec.31Allocations policy for social housing service
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sec.31 Allocations policy for social housing service
This section applies to a BTR provider or HIF provider that receives funding to provide a social housing service. The BTR provider or HIF provider must— keep an allocations policy for the social housing service; and implement the allocations policy for the social housing service consistently and fairly. In this section— allocations policy , for a social housing service, means a policy that— states the criteria and procedures for deciding whether the service is to be allocated to a person eligible to receive the service; and complies with the funding agreement for the service. (sec.31-ssec.1) This section applies to a BTR provider or HIF provider that receives funding to provide a social housing service. (sec.31-ssec.2) The BTR provider or HIF provider must— keep an allocations policy for the social housing service; and implement the allocations policy for the social housing service consistently and fairly. (sec.31-ssec.3) In this section— allocations policy , for a social housing service, means a policy that— states the criteria and procedures for deciding whether the service is to be allocated to a person eligible to receive the service; and complies with the funding agreement for the service.
- (a) keep an allocations policy for the social housing service; and
- (b) implement the allocations policy for the social housing service consistently and fairly.
- (a) states the criteria and procedures for deciding whether the service is to be allocated to a person eligible to receive the service; and
- (b) complies with the funding agreement for the service.