Section 180 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (social housing: right to acquire) is amended as follows.
In subsection (2)(a) (conditions to be met in relation to tenancies) omit "an assured shorthold tenancy or".
After subsection (2) insert—
The amendments made by this section do not apply in relation to an assured shorthold tenancy that—
was granted before the day on which this section comes into force, or
came into being by virtue of section 5 of the Housing Act 1988 (periodic tenancy arising on termination of fixed term) on the coming to an end of an assured shorthold tenancy within paragraph (a).