§ Mr. Heddleasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will amend schedule 10 to the Housing Act 1980, which allows new housing association tenants to inherit the benefits of existing phased rents.
§ Mr. StanleyI appreciate that section 89 of the Rent Act 1977, following its amendment by paragraph 2 of schedule 10 to the Housing Act 1980, does not contain the previous provision which allowed housing associations to charge a new tenant the full unphased registered rent for a dwelling notwithstanding the fact that the previous tenant in the same dwelling had been paying a phased registered rent. The Government will be taking legislative action to amend the section so as to restore the effect of the previous provision as soon as the parliamentary timetable permits.