Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996

Valid from 17/12/1996

15 Common parts grants: landlord’s and tenants’ applications. E+W

(1) A local housing authority shall not entertain an application for a common parts grant unless they are satisfied—

(a) that the applicant has an owner’s interest in the building and has a duty or power to carry out the relevant works, or

(b) that the application is made by at least three-quarters of the occupying tenants of the building who under their tenancies have a duty to carry out, or to make a contribution in respect of the carrying out of, some or all of the relevant works.

(2) References in this Chapter to a “landlord’s application” and a “tenants’ application”, in relation to a common parts grant, shall be construed accordingly.

(3) In deciding whether the requirement in subsection (1)(b) is met—

(a) where a tenancy is held by two or more persons jointly, those persons shall be regarded as a single occupying tenant; and

(b) a tenant whose tenancy is of a description specified for the purposes of that paragraph by order of the Secretary of State shall be treated as an occupying tenant falling within that paragraph.

(4) A person who has an owner’s interest in the building and who has a duty or power to carry out any of the relevant works may also join in a tenants’ application for a common parts grant; and where such a person does join in an application, he is in this Chapter referred to as a “participating landlord”.