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Localism Bill

23: Clause 137, leave out Clause 137 and insert the following new Clause— ““Tenancy strategies (1) A local housing authority in England working with registered providers of social housing in its area, residents, and other stakeholders shall consider appropriate responses to relevant tenancy issues locally. (2) A local housing authority must publish information detailing the approach taken locally to tenancy issues in any manner it considers appropriate. (3) This information may include how the local housing authority, registered providers and partners will work together in relation to— (a) the kinds of tenancies they grant, (b) the circumstances in which they will grant a tenancy of a particular kind, (c) where they grant tenancies for a certain term, the lengths of the terms, (d) the circumstances in which they will grant a further tenancy on the coming to an end of an existing tenancy, and (e) any other issues as determined appropriate by the local housing authority. (4) The powers in this section may be exercised by a single local housing authority or by two or more local authorities acting jointly.””