{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008/section-80",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008/section-80.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/17",
  "legislation_title": "Housing and Regeneration Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008",
  "path": "section/80",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "80",
  "heading": "Provider of social housing",
  "text": "(1) In this Chapter a reference to the provider of social housing is to be construed as follows.\nType of social housing\nProvider\nLow cost rental accommodation\nThe landlord\nLow cost home ownership accommodation: shared ownership\nThe landlord\nLow cost home ownership accommodation: equity percentage\n“The seller” within the meaning of section 70(5)(a)\nLow cost home ownership accommodation: shared ownership trust\nThe “social landlord” within the meaning of paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 9 to the Finance Act 2003\n(2) Chapter 3 provides for the establishment of a register of providers of social housing: persons listed in the register—\n(a) may be referred to in an enactment or other instrument as “registered providers of social housing”, and\n(b) are referred to in this Part as “registered providers”.\n(3) Persons listed in the register who are not local authorities—\n(a) may be referred to in an enactment or other instrument as “private registered providers of social housing”, and\n(b) are referred to in this Part as “private registered providers”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 80(3) 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. 1 para. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 80 in force at 8.9.2008 for specified purposes by S.I. 2008/2358, art. 3(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 80 in force at 1.4.2010 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/17/section/80",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:57.313988+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."
}