Amendment summary
Lord Best moved amendment 193A, in Schedule 7, page 347, line 17, at end to insert—
“(3A) The local plan must identify the local nature and scale of housing need in the local planning authority’s area and must make provision for sufficient social rent housing, to eliminate homelessness within a reasonable period as stipulated in the updated local plan, and to provide housing for persons registered on the local housing authority’s allocation scheme within the meaning of section 166A of the Housing Act 1996.
(3B) Subsection (3A) applies in relation to social housing provided both by the local housing authority where it retains its own housing stock and by private registered providers of social housing.
(3C) The information concerning the level of housing need recorded on the local plan must be updated at least annually.”