# Housing Associations Act 1985, Section 61: Power of local housing authority to supply furniture to housing association tenants.

Extent: E+W

(1) A local housing authority may sell, or supply under a hire-purchase agreement, furniture to the occupants of houses provided by a housing association under arrangements made with the authority, and may buy furniture for this purpose.
(2) In this section “hire-purchase agreement” means a hire-purchase agreement or conditional sale agreement within the meaning of the Consumer Credit Act 1974.
(3) This section does not apply where the housing association is —
(a) a private registered provider of social housing, or
(b) a registered social landlord (for which corresponding provision is made by section 22 of the Housing Act 1996).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/69/section/61 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-associations-act-1985/section-61
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