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Housing & Homelessness, seen from Strategic

Area, Altitude and Viewport are the persistent context. Change a viewport to look through a different analytical window without changing what is being examined.

Housing & Homelessness: At the highest altitude local homelessness is read through national tenure policy, subsidy design and multi-year housing supply conditions.

Altitude 05: Strategic

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Governing Frame · Strategic

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 1985
Source type
Primary legislation
Status
In force

Provision

section 118 · Secure tenant Right to Buy

A secure tenant of a dwelling-house in England has the Right to Buy, subject to the statutory circumstances, conditions and exceptions in Part 5.

Legal / formal force
Binding law
Effect
Right · Eligibility
Salience
Supporting
Why it matters here
At system altitude, Right to Buy is a national tenure rule that affects long-term social-housing stock conditions outside any one homelessness case.
Temporal position
Current
Official sourceLast verified 2026-09-30

Other formal governing frame

Source
Homelessness, Rough Sleeping and Domestic Abuse Grant: supporting guidance
Source type
Funding framework
Status
In force

Provision

Homelessness, Rough Sleeping and Domestic Abuse Grant framework

The 2026/27 to 2028/29 grant framework consolidates major homelessness, rough sleeping and domestic-abuse revenue funding streams, with transition arrangements and local discretion within grant conditions.

Legal / formal force
Other
Effect
Funding · Discretion
Salience
Supporting
Why it matters here
At system altitude, the grant framework defines time-limited national homelessness funding conditions that shape local capacity.
Temporal position
Time-limited - The grant framework covers 2026/27 to 2028/29 and should be revisited when the settlement period changes.
Official sourceLast verified 2026-09-30
Source
Universal Credit Local Housing Allowance rates: 2026 to 2027
Source type
Funding framework
Status
In force

Provision

Universal Credit Local Housing Allowance rates for 2026 to 2027

DWP publishes monthly Universal Credit Local Housing Allowance rates by broad rental market area for April 2026 to March 2027.

Legal / formal force
Other
Effect
Funding · Eligibility
Salience
Supporting
Why it matters here
At system altitude, the annual LHA table sets current rent-support parameters that shape affordability signals for homelessness demand.
Temporal position
Time-limited - The rates apply to the 2026 to 2027 rate year and do not make LHA freezes a permanent governance rule.
Official sourceLast verified 2026-09-30
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