Housing and Regeneration Act 2008

Housing and Regeneration Act 2008[1]
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to establish the Homes and Communities Agency and make provision about it; to abolish the Urban Regeneration Agency and the Commission for the New Towns and make provision in connection with their abolition; to regulate social housing; to enable the abolition of the Housing Corporation; to make provision about sustainability certificates, landlord and tenant matters, building regulations and mobile homes; to make further provision about housing; and for connected purposes.
Citation2008 c. 17
Introduced byHazel Blears
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Dates
Royal assent22 July 2008
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008[1] (c. 17) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Background

The legislation formed part of the government's policy to build 3,000,000 new homes before 2020.[2]

Provisions

The act separated the funding and regulation functions which had been previously combined within the Housing Corporation.[3]

The act established the Homes and Community Agency, as a merger of English Partnerships and the Housing Corporation.[4]

The act allowed for for-profit social housing providers to be established.[5]

Section 325 – Commencement

Orders made under section 325(1)

  • The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provision) Order 2008 (SI 2008/2358 (C.103))[6]
  • The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional, Saving and Transitory Provisions) Order 2008 (SI 2008/3068 (C.132))[7]
  • The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2009 (SI 2009/363 (C.18))[8]
  • The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitory Provisions) Order 2009 (SI 2009/803 (C.52))[9]
  • The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2009 (SI 2009/1261 (C.66))[10]
  • The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No.6 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2009 (SI 2009/2096 (C.93))[11]
  • The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2010 (SI 2010/862 (C.57))[12]
  • The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) Order 2011 (SI 2011/1002 (C.40))[13]
  • The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1 and Saving Provisions) Order 2009 (SI 2009/415 (C.28))[14]
  • The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2009 (SI 2009/773 (W.65) (C.48))[15]
  • The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 2) (Wales) Order 2011 (SI 2011/1863 (W.201) (C.68))[16]

References

  1. ^ a b The citation of this act by this short title is authorised by section 326 of this act.
  2. ^ "Housing and regeneration bill is published". politics.co.uk. 15 November 2007. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  3. ^ Victory, Ceri; Malpass, Peter (1 April 2011). "'Every Tenant Matters'? The New Governance of Social Housing in England". Housing Studies. 26 (3): 449–458. doi:10.1080/02673037.2011.542101. ISSN 0267-3037.
  4. ^ Vaughan, Richard (16 November 2007). "Government publishes new Housing and Regeneration Bill". Architects' Journal. Archived from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  5. ^ Kelly, Liam (8 February 2013). "Live discussion: the role of for-profit housing providers". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 22 October 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
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