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Housing and Regeneration Bill

As the noble Baroness knows, a large number of local authority homes have been transferred to housing associations following a vote, but that function was not delegated or contracted out by the local authority where homes were sold. I do not think that we can assume that the tenants lost rights. As I have said before, tenants have a wide range of rights, almost all of which are retained on transfer. Tenants are protected by regulation. Under this Bill, they will get all the protections that we can make possible. There are minor changes. The noble Baroness will know that tenants on transfer do not have a right to manage. Although that is a slightly difficult issue, in our view it is not subject to the HRA. We would be hard put to say that the tenants have suffered by the decision to transfer.