Housing Associations Act 1985

89 Provision of dwellings or hostels and clearance, management and development of land

(1) The Corporation may provide or improve dwellings or hostels on land belonging to it

(2) The Corporation may clear land belonging to it and carry out other work on the land to prepare it as a building site or estate, including—

(a) the laying out and construction of streets or roads and open spaces, and

(b) the provision of sewerage facilities and supplies of gas, electricity and water.

(3) The Corporation may repair, maintain and insure buildings or works on land belonging to it, may generally deal in the proper course of management with such land and buildings or works on it, and may charge for the tenancy or occupation of such land, buildings or works.

(4) The Corporation may carry out such operations on, and do such other things in relation to, land belonging to it as appear to it to be conducive to facilitating the provision or improvement of dwellings or hostels on the land—

(a) by the Corporation itself, or

(b) by a registered housing association or unregistered self build society.

(5) In the exercise of its powers under subsection (4) the Corporation may carry out any development ancillary to or in connection with the provision of dwellings or hostels, including development which makes provision for buildings or land to be used for commercial, recreational or other non-domestic purposes.