Part 7Housing finance etc

87Housing strategies and statements

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F5The Welsh Ministers may—

a

require a local housing authority F6in Wales to have a strategy in respect of such matters relating to housing as F7the Welsh Ministers may specify, and

b

impose requirements with respect to—

i

the ends that the strategy is to be designed to achieve,

ii

the formulation of policy for the purposes of the strategy, or

iii

review of the strategy.

2

F8The Welsh Ministers may require a local housing authority F9in Wales, by such time as F10the Welsh Ministers may specify, to prepare and supply F10the Welsh Ministers with a statement setting out such material of either of the following descriptions as F10the Welsh Ministers may specify—

a

a strategy that the authority is required to have under subsection (1);

b

other material relating to housing.

3

F11The Welsh Ministers may, in relation to a statement whose preparation and supply is required under subsection (2), impose requirements with respect to—

a

the contents of the statement;

b

the form of the statement;

c

the statement’s supply to F12the Welsh Ministers.

F14

In this section—

  • “housing” includes accommodation needs for gypsies and travellers within the meaning of F2...

    1. a

      F3section 225 of the Housing Act 2004, in the case of a local housing authority in England;

    2. b

      Part 3 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014, in the case of a local housing authority in Wales;

  • “local housing authority” has the same meaning as in the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68).