{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-21.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/68",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985",
  "path": "section/21",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "General powers of management.",
  "text": "(1) The general management, regulation and control of a local housing authority’s houses is vested in and shall be exercised by the authority and the houses shall at all times be open to inspection by the authority.\n(2) Subsection (1) has effect subject to section 27 (management agreements) and to any requirement imposed on the authority under Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 21(2) substituted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 24(2), Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 22"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 21(2) inserted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Registration of Local Authorities) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/844), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:47.243826+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}