make grants;

make loans;

acquire, hold and dispose of securities;

guarantee obligations (arising out of loans or otherwise) incurred by other persons, or grant indemnities;

provide or assist in the provision of advisory or other services or facilities for any person;

acquire land by agreement or gift;

acquire land (including servitudes or other rights in or over land by the creation of new rights) compulsorily;

hold and manage land and dispose of, or otherwise deal with, land held by F3them;

acquire and dispose of plant, machinery, equipment and other property;

develop land or carry out works on land, and maintain or assist in the maintenance of any such works;

make land, plant, machinery, equipment and other property available for use by other persons;

appoint other persons to act as F4their agents;

act as agents for other persons;

form companies within the meaning of the M1Companies Act 1985;

form partnerships with other persons;

promote, provide or assist in the provision of, training in matters relating to housing;

carry out, commission or assist in the provision of, research and development;

promote, or assist in the promotion of, publicity relating to F5their general functions under section 1(3) and to matters relating to housing;

make such charge as F6they think fit for any of F4their services;

accept any gift or grant made to F7them for the purposes of any of F5their general functions under section 1(3) and, subject to the terms of the gift or grant and to the provisions of this Act, apply it for those purposes;

turn F8their resources to account so far as they are not required for the exercise of any of F5their general functions under section 1(3).