{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996/section-210",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996/section-210.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/52",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996",
  "path": "section/210",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "210",
  "heading": "Suitability of accommodation.",
  "text": "(1) In determining for the purposes of this Part whether accommodation is suitable for a person, the local housing authority shall have regard to Parts 9 and 10 of the Housing Act 1985 (slum clearance and overcrowding) and Parts 1 to 4 of the Housing Act 2004 .\n(2) The Secretary of State may by order specify—\n(a) circumstances in which accommodation is or is not to be regarded as suitable for a person, and\n(b) matters to be taken into account or disregarded in determining whether accommodation is suitable for a person.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 210 substituted (6.4.2006 for E., 16.6.2006 for W.) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), s. 270(4)(5)(f), Sch. 15 para. 43(a); S.I. 2006/1060, art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch.); S.I. 2006/1535, art. 2(b) (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 210 substituted (6.4.2006 for E., 16.6.2006 for W.) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), s. 270(4)(5)(f), Sch. 15 para. 43(b); S.I. 2006/1060, art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch.); S.I. 2006/1535, art. 2(b) (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 183-218 modified (3.4.1997) by S.I. 1997/797, art. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 210 modified (temp.) (6.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/3126, arts.6, 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 210 wholly in force 20.1.1997: s. 210 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 232(1)-(3); s. 210(2) in force at 1.10.1996 by S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3 (with transitional provisions and savings in the Sch.); s. 210 in force at 20.1.1997 to the extent it is not already in force by S.I. 1996/2959, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/52/section/210",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:29:46.595645+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."
}