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Housing & Homelessness, seen from Civic

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Housing & Homelessness: At civic altitude the council is one actor among landlords, health, courts and developers, and the housing outcome is produced by all of them jointly.

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Governing Frame · Civic

What materially governs judgement from this altitude?

Verified legal, regulatory and formal governance provisions mapped to this Public Sector area and altitude. Orbital Scene shows a bounded set of verified governing provisions that are materially relevant to the selected analytical view. It is not an exhaustive statement of applicable law or legal advice.

Primary legislation

Source
Housing Act 1996
Source type
Primary legislation
Status
In force

Provision

section 213B · Duty on specified public authorities to refer homelessness cases

Specified public authorities, including emergency departments, urgent treatment centres and hospitals providing inpatient care, must ask for consent and refer service users they consider homeless or threatened with homelessness to a chosen English housing authority.

Legal / formal force
Binding law
Effect
Duty · Information · Procedure
Salience
Supporting
Why it matters here
At civic altitude, the duty to refer creates a statutory bridge from hospitals and other public bodies into the local housing authority's homelessness system.
Temporal position
Current
Official sourceLast verified 2026-09-30
Source
Housing and Regeneration Act 2008
Source type
Primary legislation
Status
In force

Provision

section 111 · Statutory register of social housing providers

The Regulator of Social Housing must keep a register of providers of social housing and make the register publicly available.

Legal / formal force
Binding law
Effect
Oversight · Information
Salience
Supporting
Why it matters here
At civic altitude, the statutory register defines which social-housing providers sit inside the regulated provider field around the local authority.
Temporal position
Current
Official sourceLast verified 2026-10-01

Statutory guidance

Source
A guide to the duty to refer
Source type
Statutory guidance
Status
In force

Provision

Duty to refer operational guide

GOV.UK duty-to-refer guidance explains the specified public-authority workflow, consent step and referral route, but does not replace Housing Act 1996 section 213B as the binding source.

Legal / formal force
Statutory guidance
Effect
Procedure · Information · Standard
Salience
Supporting
Why it matters here
At civic altitude, the duty-to-refer guide explains the consent and referral mechanics that make cross-agency homelessness signals usable in practice.
Temporal position
Current
Official sourceLast verified 2026-09-30

Regulatory requirement / rulebook

Source
Registered providers of social housing - updated monthly
Source type
Oversight framework
Status
In force

Provision

Published registered-provider list

RSH publishes a monthly snapshot list of registered providers and registration changes, identifying the current provider population without creating the underlying statutory duty.

Legal / formal force
Other
Effect
Oversight · Information
Salience
Supporting
Why it matters here
At civic altitude, the current RSH list gives a time-sensitive view of which providers are visible in the regulated housing network.
Temporal position
Time-limited - The RSH list is a September 2026 monthly snapshot and should be refreshed when provider identity is material.
Official sourceLast verified 2026-09-30
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