Section 194: Standards relating to economic matters

Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 · 2008 c. 17View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 2: Regulation of Social Housing — Chapter 6: Regulatory powers

The regulator may set standards for private registered providers in matters relating to ... their financial and other affairs.

Standards under subsection (1) may, in particular, require private registered providers to comply with specified rules about—

the management of their financial and other affairs, and
their efficiency in carrying on their financial and other affairs.

In respect of profit-making registered providers, standards may be made in relation to the management of their affairs only so far as relating to the provision of social housing.

The regulator may set standards for registered providers requiring them to comply with specified rules about their levels of rent (and the rules may, in particular, include provision for minimum or maximum levels of rent or levels of increase or decrease of rent).

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