Paragraph 5 Broad rental market areaC1C2C3F1F2
A broad rental market area must contain—
residential premises of a variety of types, including such premises held on a variety of tenures; and
sufficient privately rented residential premises to ensure that, in the rent officer’s opinion, the local housing allowance for the categories of dwelling in the area for which the rent officer is required to determine a local housing allowance is representative of the rents that a landlord might reasonably be expected to obtain in that area.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 3B inserted (20.3.2008) by Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2871), arts. 1(3), 4(4) (with art. 2)
- F2
Sch. 3B para. 004 and 5 substituted (5.1.2009) by Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment (No.2) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3156) , arts. 1 , 2(4)(b)
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 3B modified (28.1.2021) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1519), arts. 1, 2
- C2
Sch. 3B modified (31.1.2022) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment and Modification) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1380), arts. 1(1), 5
- C3
Sch. 3B modified (31.1.2023) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/6), arts. 1(1), 2
Notes on Schedule 3B
Modifications
- C4
Sch. 3B modified (31.1.2025) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/5), arts. 1(1), 2
- C5
Sch. 3B modified (30.1.2026) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/5), arts. 1(1), 2