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House of Commons

 
 

Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Thursday 13th December 2007

 

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:

 

39-49

 

Public Bill Committee


 

Housing and Regeneration Bill

 

Choice-based disability housing register

 

Sir George Young

 

NC11

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Housing Act 1996 is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

After section 167(2E) insert—

 

“(2F)    

Subject to subsection (2), the scheme shall contain provision for the

 

creation of a disability housing register consisting of—

 

(a)    

a record of existing or planned accessible residential properties

 

in the local authority area, whether purpose built or adapted, with

 

details of the access features relating to each property and

 

location details and other residential properties which would

 

otherwise meet the particular requirements of disabled persons;

 

(b)    

a record of disabled persons who require such properties;

 

(c)    

a service of enabling and supporting disabled persons to bid for

 

properties so recorded and

 

(d)    

a mechanism for ensuring such persons are accorded priority

 

status for such properties within the allocations process.

 

(2G)    

For the purposes of this section—

 

“accessible residential properties” means dwellings, flats and houses in

 

multiple occupation in England and Wales which provide a reasonable

 

means of access in and around the property and ease of use for disabled

 

persons or which may easily be adapted to provide such access and ease

 

of use;

 

“residential properties which would otherwise meet the particular

 

requirements of disabled persons” means properties which would be

 

suitable, either in terms of their size, particular features or location, for


 
 

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Housing and Regeneration Bill, continued

 
 

disabled persons who have disability-related requirements other than or

 

in addition to access requirements.

 

(2H)    

This section is without prejudice to the right of disabled persons to bid

 

for properties other than those mentioned in subsections 2F and 2G

 

above.

 

(2I)    

In performing their duties under this section, each local housing authority

 

shall have regard to any guidance given from time to time by the

 

appropriate authority.’.

 

Sir George Young

 

15

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  3,  after second ‘needs’, insert ‘of an ageing society’.

 


 
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