Councils could be forced to help tenants’ groups form housing associations to take over the ownership and management of their estates, under government plans. In a move likely to initiate a new wave of stock transfers, ministers will next month launch a consultation on regulations that require authorities to co-operate with tenants seeking ownership of their estates. Legal powers compelling authorities to take such requests seriously were created by the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 but were never introduced. The consultation was revealed in a letter alongside papers released under the Freedom of Information Act. ‘This [the consultation] will seek views on draft regulations and associated statutory guidance that would provide powers to local authority tenants and require their landlord to co-operate with them,’ the letter stated. The new regulations would effectively reinstate the tenants’ choice policy, which gave tenants the right to transfer their homes to a landlord other than the local council. The policy was abolished in 1996. Read more on the Inside Housing website.
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