{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/localism-act-2011/section-151",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/localism-act-2011/section-151.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2011/20",
  "legislation_title": "Localism Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/localism-act-2011",
  "path": "section/151",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "151",
  "heading": "Preparation of tenancy strategy",
  "text": "(1) Before adopting a tenancy strategy, or making a modification to it reflecting a major change of policy, the authority must—\n(a) send a copy of the draft strategy, or proposed modification, to every private registered provider of social housing for its district, and\n(b) give the private registered provider a reasonable opportunity to comment on those proposals.\n(2) Before adopting a tenancy strategy, or making a modification to it reflecting a major change of policy, the authority must also—\n(a) consult such other persons as the Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe, and\n(b) in the case of an authority that is a London borough council, consult the Mayor of London.\n(3) The authority must, in preparing or modifying a tenancy strategy, have regard to—\n(a) its current allocation scheme under section 166A of the Housing Act 1996,\n(b) its current homelessness strategy under section 1 of the Homelessness Act 2002, and\n(c) in the case of an authority that is a London borough council, the London housing strategy.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 151 in force at 15.1.2012 by S.I. 2012/57, art. 4(1)(n) (with arts. 6, 7, arts. 9-11)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/20/section/151",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:03:11.003851+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}