- Enforced by
- RSH
- Status
- Amended (in force with amendments)
- Penalty ceiling
- Prosecution 22 of 180 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 35 carry different penalties and 123 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Plus 64 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
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Director or Officer — also bound by 429 other Acts
What it requires
Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
0 of 8 sections shown8 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION
3 of 62 sections shownOther duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must cooperate with tenant groups proposing a housing transferLocal authority
- Provide a summary of service charge costs upon requestLandlord
- Obstruct housing authority officers carrying out inspectionsAny Person
- Obstructing housing authority officersAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
59 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
HOUSING THE HOMELESS
7 of 21 sections shownOther duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local housing authorities must investigate homelessness applicationsLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Council must provide emergency housing for applicants in priority needLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local housing authority must notify applicants of homelessness decisionsLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must assist persons threatened with homelessnessLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Councils must provide temporary housing during local connection disputesLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Public bodies must cooperate on homelessness assistance requestsLocal authority
- Provide false information or hide facts in homelessness applicationsAny Person
Fine up to £2,500
14 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
SECURE TENANCIES AND RIGHTS OF SECURE TENANTS
29 of 58 sections shown- Provide formal notice before starting court proceedings for possessionLandlord
- Serve notice to partners when seeking possession due to domestic violenceLandlord
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Courts must only grant possession of secure tenancies on specific groundsTribunal / Court
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Courts must consider specific impacts before granting anti-social behaviour possessionTribunal / Court
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Landlord must review possession decision on tenant requestLocal authority
- Serve notice and obtain a court order to recover possession of a dwellingLandlord
- Respond to tenancy exchange requests within 42 daysLandlord
- Do not unreasonably withhold consent for a tenant to subletLandlord
- Provide written reasons if refusing tenant's improvement consentLandlord
- Do not increase rent because of tenant's improvementsLandlord
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Landlord must follow notice procedure before varying secure periodic tenancy termsLocal authority
- Publish and provide information to secure tenantsLandlord
- Consult secure tenants on significant housing management changesLandlord
- Publish and provide information on housing allocation rulesLandlord
amended 8 times
- Review the length of a flexible tenancy if requested by a tenantLandlord
- Follow specific notice procedures to end a flexible tenancyLandlord
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Landlords must review flexible tenancy possession decisions if requestedLocal authority
amended 1 time
amended 5 times
29 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
THE RIGHT TO BUY
69 of 105 sections shownamended 5 times
- Provide right-to-buy information to secure tenantsLandlord
amended 5 times
- Provide Right to Buy information to secure tenantsLandlord
amended 5 times
amended 5 times
amended 5 times
amended 2 times
amended 2 times
- Respond to a tenant's Right to Buy claimLandlord
- Provide service charge estimates to leaseholders in Right to Buy noticesLandlord
- Include improvement cost estimates in Right to Buy noticesLandlord
- Social landlords must receive tenant notice of intent to buyAny Person
- Redetermine property value and notify tenant of the outcomeLandlord
amended 2 times
- Serve determination effect notice on tenant after re-determinationLandlord
amended 2 times
- Serve notice of intention when taking over a Right to Buy tenancyLandlord
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Landlord must convey freehold or grant lease to tenant exercising right to buyStatutory regulator
amended 6 times
amended 6 times
- Pay compensation to tenant if demolition notice stops right-to-buy claimLandlord
amended 6 times
- Conveyances must comply with Schedule 6 and end existing tenanciesLandlord
amended 1 time
amended 1 time
- Respond to a tenant's request for a 'rent to mortgage' purchaseLandlord
- Serve notice of intention regarding right to buy or acquireAny Person
- Provide tenants with notice of share and discount for rent to mortgage claimsLandlord
- Transfer the freehold or grant a lease to eligible tenantsLandlord
- Ensure legal documents for rent to mortgage sales follow required rulesLandlord
- Serve written consent or postponement notice for advances ranking ahead of a redemption mortgageLandlord
- Provide a certificate of title for unregistered propertyLandlord
- Repay housing discounts if you sell the property within five yearsLandlord
amended 5 times
amended 5 times
amended 5 times
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Landlord must consent to charge priority and serve postponement notices for approved-purpose advancesLocal authority
amended 12 times
- Landlord must notify proprietors and register modification of covenants after RSH directionLandlord
amended 8 times
amended 8 times
amended 8 times
amended 8 times
amended 8 times
amended 8 times
amended 8 times
amended 8 times
- Supply prescribed Right to Buy notice forms to tenants within 7 daysLandlord
36 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
REPAIR NOTICES
6 of 18 sections shownamended 1 time
- Fail to execute required housing worksAny Person
amended 1 time
12 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional
AREA IMPROVEMENT
13 of 27 sections shownOther duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local housing authority must publicise changes to housing action areasLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must map and reclassify land when declaring a housing areaLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must inform residents and owners about Housing Action AreasLocal authority
- Notify local housing authority of changes to ownership or occupation of land in housing action areasLandlord
- Ensure land ownership notifications contain specific detailsAny Person
- Fail to notify housing authority of land disposal or tenancy changesLandlord
- Fail to notify local authority of changes in housing ownership or occupationAny Person
Unlimited fine
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local housing authority must publicise General Improvement Area declarationsLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must inform residents and owners about area improvementsLocal authority
- Obstruct housing inspection or entryAny Person
- Obstructing housing officials or authorised inspectorsAny Person
Fine up to £500
14 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
SLUM CLEARANCE
34 of 55 sections shownOther duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authority must serve demolition orders on owners and occupiersLocal authority
amended 11 times
- Occupy or permit occupation of premises after demolition order vacate dateAny Person
- Unlawfully occupying or letting premises subject to a demolition orderAny Person
Unlimited fine · amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must acquire and clear land in designated clearance areasLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must vacate and demolish buildings in clearance areasLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Council must follow notice and arbitration procedures before altering utility apparatusLocal authority
- Intentionally obstruct housing enforcement officerAny Person
- Obstruct a housing authority officerAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
21 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
OVERCROWDING
11 of 21 sections shown- Allow residential property to become overcrowdedOccupier
Fine up to £500
- Cause or permit overcrowding in a dwellingLandlord
- Cause or permit overcrowding in a rented propertyLandlord
Fine up to £500
- Fail to include required information in rent bookLandlord
- Use a rent book that lacks required overcrowding informationLandlord
Fine up to £200
- Fail to notify local housing authority of overcrowdingLandlord
- Failure to report overcrowding to the local housing authorityLandlord
Fine up to £200
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local housing authority must inspect and report on overcrowdingLocal authority
- Fail to provide information about residents to the housing authorityOccupier
- Fail to provide sleeping occupant informationOccupier
Fine up to £200
- Fail to produce rent book for inspectionOccupier
Fine up to £200
- Fail to comply with an overcrowding abatement noticeOccupier
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local housing authority must enforce overcrowding lawsLocal authority
- Intentionally obstruct a housing authority officerAny Person
- Obstruct a housing authority officerAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
10 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
HOUSES IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION
42 of 63 sections shownamended 1 time
amended 1 time
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local housing authority must provide written reasons for licensing decisionsLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local housing authorities may alter or revoke house registrationsLocal authority
amended 1 time
amended 1 time
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authority must provide reasons for housing registration decisionsLocal authority
amended 1 time
amended 1 time
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must provide notice and reasons for occupancy directionsLocal authority
amended 1 time
amended 1 time
- Breach of property registration scheme or occupancy limitsAny Person
- Fail to comply with housing registration scheme rulesAny Person
Unlimited fine · amended 1 time
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must inform the public about housing registration schemesLocal authority
- Fail to provide information about a house to the local authorityAny Person
- Fail to provide required housing information or give false informationAny Person
Unlimited fine · amended 3 times (opens in a new tab)
amended 2 times
- Exceed maximum occupancy limits in a propertyOccupier
- Exceed permitted number of occupants in a houseOccupier
Unlimited fine · amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)
- Fail to provide information about house occupancy or give false statementOccupier
- Fail to provide information on property occupationOccupier
Fine up to £1,000 · amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)
- Breach an overcrowding notice in a multi-occupancy houseOccupier
- Ignore an overcrowding notice on a house in multiple occupationOccupier
Fine up to £2,500
- Prevent overcrowding and ensure separate sleeping rooms for opposite sexesAny Person
- Comply with room sharing and occupancy rules for new residentsAny Person
- Fail to provide information on overcrowded premisesOccupier
Unlimited fine · amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)
- Fail to comply with HMO management regulationsAny Person
Unlimited fine · amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)
- Fail to carry out council repairs noticeAny Person
- Fail to carry out required housing worksAny Person
Unlimited fine · amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)
- Fail to comply with court order to permit housing worksOccupier
- Obstructing housing repairs or authority inspectionsOccupier
Unlimited fine · amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)
amended 1 time
- Notify the local authority of your interest in a propertyAny Person
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local housing authority must manage and insure properties under control ordersLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authority must prepare and serve a management scheme for the houseLocal authority
- Fail to comply with court order to allow housing authority accessOccupier
- Obstructing housing authority works under a control orderOccupier
Unlimited fine · amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must provide house inspections and financial accountsLocal authority
amended 2 times
- Intentionally obstruct housing authority officerAny Person
- Obstruction of a local housing authority officerAny Person
Fine up to £2,500 · amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)
21 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
- Register as a common lodging house keeperAny Person
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local housing authority must maintain a register of common lodging housesLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must register common lodging house keepersLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must create byelaws for common lodging housesLocal authority
- Manage and supervise common lodging housesOccupier
- Breach of common lodging house regulationsAny Person
- Fail to comply with common lodging house rules or register falselyAny Person
Fine up to £500
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local housing authority must enforce housing standardsLocal authority
- Intentionally obstruct a housing inspector or officerAny Person
- Obstructing housing officials or authorized entryAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local housing authority must provide certified register copies free of chargeLocal authority
7 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
12 of 16 sections shownamended 3 times
- Comply with terms of housing management financial assistanceAny Person
4 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
LOANS FOR ACQUISITION OR IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING
21 of 29 sections shownamended 1 time
amended 1 time
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State may set rules for service charge loansCrown / Minister / Government department
amended 1 time
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Government may regulate for the purchase of equitable interests in flatsCrown / Minister / Government department
amended 1 time
8 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
GRANTS FOR WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT, REPAIR AND CONVERSION
1 of 6 sections shown5 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
ASSISTANCE FOR OWNERS OF DEFECTIVE HOUSING
23 of 52 sections shown- Apply for assistance if you own a defective dwellingAny Person
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must notify housing assistance applicants of eligibilityLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local housing authority must determine form of assistance for defective housingLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authority must issue a notice of determination for housing assistanceLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must issue updated notices for housing grant changesLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local housing authority must provide written reasons for payment refusalsLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Purchasing authority must reimburse expenses for repurchasing defective dwellingsLocal authority
amended 6 times
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities and social landlords must provide tenancies to former ownersLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must provide suitable alternative accommodation to displaced tenantsLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authority must notify decision on tenancy requestsLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local housing authority must publicise assistance for defective dwellingsLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Public authorities must notify buyers of defects in dwellingsLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must submit modification schemes for shared ownership leasesLocal authority
29 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
COMPULSORY PURCHASE AND LAND COMPENSATION
3 of 14 sections shownOther duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local housing authority must compensate owners for building demolitionLocal authority
- Intentionally obstruct a housing inspector or authorised officerAny Person
- Obstructing housing authority officers or authorized inspectorsAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
11 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
13 of 24 sections shownamended 1 time
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local housing authority must comply with undertakers' apparatus removal requestLocal authority
- Personal liability for directors and officers for corporate offencesDirector or Officer
Unlimited fine
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must identify and record property interests for notice serviceLocal authority
11 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Schedules
28 of 308 shown- Keep or manage a brothel used for prostitutionAny Person
Unlimited fine
- Commit racially or religiously aggravated criminal damageAny Person
Unlimited fine
- Attempt, conspire, encourage, or assist commission of a Schedule 2A offenceAny Person
Unlimited fine
- False imprisonmentAny Person
- Issue and publish final demolition notice before demolishing a right-to-buy propertyLandlord
- Serve revocation notice on tenant if you decide not to demolishLandlord
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Serve a valid initial demolition notice on secure tenantsLocal authority
- Notify tenant when initial demolition notice ceasesLandlord
- Ensure specific rights and landlord repairs are included in property transfersLandlord
- Keep flats in repair and reinstate after damageLandlord
- Tenant may be required to contribute to landlord's repair and insurance costsAny Person
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Landlord must indemnify tenant and redeem rentcharges on right-to-buy conveyanceLocal authority
- Express right-to-buy conveyance with full title guaranteeLandlord
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Landlord must include valuer fee payment clause in conveyanceLocal authority
- Include share acquisition rights in shared ownership leasesLandlord
- Include lease clauses on exempted disposals and compulsory part-disposalsLandlord
- Notify tenant of right to require freehold when landlord's share reaches 100%Landlord
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Include £10 per annum rent clause in lease when tenant owns 100% shareLocal authority
- Set rent at £10 per year after covenant liability is dischargedLandlord
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Landlord must inform tenant of right to buy freehold after covenant dischargeLocal authority
- Send tenant written notice of additional-share advance amount after claimLandlord
- Include Right to Buy statements in property transfer documentsLandlord
- State preserved right to buy and list secure tenant homes in disposal documentsLandlord
- Register notices and restrictions when a new qualifying dwelling-house is identifiedLandlord
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Chief Land Registrar must accept certificate as sufficient evidence for entry removal/amendmentCrown / Minister / Government department
- Indemnify the Chief Land Registrar for claims caused by your certificate or statementAny Person
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Keep records of housing advances and open for public inspectionLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Authority must enter into agreement when notified by entitled person within the notice periodLocal authority
280 other schedules
- Landlord must provide representation information to Secretary of State on requestLandlord
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must not approve unjustified dwelling-house inclusions in schemesCrown / Minister / Government department
28 other provisions
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