Before adopting a tenancy strategy, or making a modification to it reflecting a major change of policy, the authority must—
send a copy of the draft strategy, or proposed modification, to every private registered provider of social housing for its district, and
give the private registered provider a reasonable opportunity to comment on those proposals.
Before adopting a tenancy strategy, or making a modification to it reflecting a major change of policy, the authority must also—
consult such other persons as the Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe, and
in the case of an authority that is a London borough council, consult the Mayor of London.
The authority must, in preparing or modifying a tenancy strategy, have regard to—
its current allocation scheme under section 166A of the Housing Act 1996,
its current homelessness strategy under section 1 of the Homelessness Act 2002, and
in the case of an authority that is a London borough council, the London housing strategy.