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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-housing-rents-exceptions-and-miscellaneous-provisions-amendment-regulations-2019/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2019/682",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Housing Rents (Exceptions and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-housing-rents-exceptions-and-miscellaneous-provisions-amendment-regulations-2019",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Social Housing Rents (Exceptions and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2016 which, amongst other things, define affordable rent housing for the purposes of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 (c. 7).\nRegulation 2 of these Regulations amends that definition by identifying another category of accommodation that may be let at an affordable rent, that is accommodation provided by a private registered provider of social housing pursuant to the relevant paragraph of either an agreement between Government and local leaders in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough of 16th March 2017, or an agreement between Government and the local authorities in Oxfordshire of 22nd November 2017, under which funding is allocated to support the delivery of social housing let at an affordable rent in these areas.\nThe Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Devolution Deal of 16th March 2017 is available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/600239/Cambridgeshire_and_Peterborough_Devolution_Deal.pdf.\nThe Oxfordshire Housing and Growth Outline Agreement of 22nd November 2017 is available https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/692093/Oxfordshire_Housing_and_Growth_Deal_-_Outline_Agreement.pdf.\nA hard copy of these documents is available from the Housing Delivery Team, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Fry Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no significant impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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