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| Thursday 13th December 2007 |
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| For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:
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| Housing and Regeneration Bill |
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| | Choice-based disability housing register |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Housing Act 1996 is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | After section 167(2E) insert— |
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| | “(2F) | Subject to subsection (2), the scheme shall contain provision for the |
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| | creation of a disability housing register consisting of— |
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| | (a) | a record of existing or planned accessible residential properties |
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| | in the local authority area, whether purpose built or adapted, with |
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| | details of the access features relating to each property and |
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| | location details and other residential properties which would |
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| | otherwise meet the particular requirements of disabled persons; |
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| | (b) | a record of disabled persons who require such properties; |
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| | (c) | a service of enabling and supporting disabled persons to bid for |
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| | properties so recorded and |
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| | (d) | a mechanism for ensuring such persons are accorded priority |
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| | status for such properties within the allocations process. |
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| | (2G) | For the purposes of this section— |
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| | “accessible residential properties” means dwellings, flats and houses in |
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| | multiple occupation in England and Wales which provide a reasonable |
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| | means of access in and around the property and ease of use for disabled |
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| | persons or which may easily be adapted to provide such access and ease |
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| | “residential properties which would otherwise meet the particular |
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| | requirements of disabled persons” means properties which would be |
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| | suitable, either in terms of their size, particular features or location, for |
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| | disabled persons who have disability-related requirements other than or |
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| | in addition to access requirements. |
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| | (2H) | This section is without prejudice to the right of disabled persons to bid |
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| | for properties other than those mentioned in subsections 2F and 2G |
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| | (2I) | In performing their duties under this section, each local housing authority |
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| | shall have regard to any guidance given from time to time by the |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 3, after second ‘needs’, insert ‘of an ageing society’. |
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