Rent and Service Charge Setting Policy
8. Legislation and guidance
The following legislation and guidance documents are relevant to this policy:
- Housing Act 1985 Section 24 (opens new window)
- Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (opens new window)
- Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (opens new window)
- Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (a) Section 197 (opens new window)
- GOV.UK - Guidance on rents for social housing - Department for Communities and Local Government, May 2014 (opens new window)
- Rent Standard Guidance - Homes and Communities Agency, April 2015 (opens new window)
- Social Housing Rents (Exceptions and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2016 (opens new window)
- Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 (opens new window)
- Direction on the Rent Standard 2019 (opens new window)
- The Direction on the Rent Standard 2023 (opens new window)
- Policy Statement on Rents for Social Housing issued by the Secretary of State on 26 February 2019 (updated December 2022) (opens new window)
- Rent Standard 2020 - Regulator of Social Housing, 1 April 2020 (opens new window)
- Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (opens new window)