# Housing and Planning Act 2016, Section 94: Recovery of social housing assistance: successors in title


(1) Section 33 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (recovery of social housing assistance: interest and successors in title) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (6)(b), after “another person” insert “ (“the successor”) ”.
(3) After subsection (6) insert—
“(6A) But subsection (7) does not apply if—
(a) the successor is a person other than a registered provider of social housing, and
(b) at any time since the social housing assistance was given—
(i) a person has enforced a security over the social housing, or
(ii) the social housing has been disposed of by a body while it is being wound up or is in administration (which, for this purpose, includes housing administration under Chapter 5 of Part 4 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016).””
(4) In subsection (7) for “that other person” substitute “ the successor ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/22/section/94 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016/section-94
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