Explanatory note

Unofficial version of the Ministerial Direction on Tailored Agreements with Social Housing Providers
-- as at 10 August 2015

This note is not part of the direction, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This direction to the social housing agency under the Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters Act 1992 (the Act) is given by the Minister for Social Housing exercising the powers of the Minister responsible for the social housing agency under an authority given by the Prime Minister dated 17 November 2014. The direction comes into force on 10 August 2015.

The direction, in accordance with which the agency is authorised to enter into tailored agreements for the provision of social housing, is broadly enabling. It sets out matters that the agency must include in its consideration of whether to enter into tailored agreements, and matters that the agency must ensure are included in a tailored agreement with a social housing provider. These include that the agreement is consistent with the purpose of promoting social housing outcomes that reflect the diverse needs of tenants and the diverse range of existing social housing providers and potential providers. Nothing in the direction requires the agency to enter into tailored agreements or affects the way in which a social housing tenant's rent is to be calculated under the Act.