The Housing (Right to Acquire) Regulations 1997

Certain dwelling houses for persons with special needs

9A.—(1) The right to acquire does not arise if the dwelling-house is one of a group of dwelling-houses which it is the practice of the landlord to let for occupation by persons who have special needs and require intensive housing assistance and such intensive housing assistance is provided, either directly or indirectly, by the landlord.

(2) In this paragraph “intensive housing assistance” means the provision by the landlord to persons with special needs of assistance on housing issues which is significantly greater than the assistance which is generally provided by registered social landlords to tenants who do not have special needs.

(3) In this paragraph “persons who have special needs” means persons who are vulnerable as a result of age, physical disability or illness, a mental disorder or impairment of any kind, drug or alcohol addiction, violence or the threat of violence by a member of a person’s family, or other special reason.