Commentary on Sections Part 4 - Additional Control Provisions in Relation to Residential Accommodation Chapter 2: Interim and Final Empty Dwelling Management Orders Section 137: Local housing authority's duties once final EDMO in force
291.Once a LHA has made a final EDMO it must take steps to secure that the dwelling is occupied and properly managed in accordance with the management scheme contained in the order. However, unlike an interim EDMO, it does not require the consent of the relevant proprietor to grant rights of occupation.
292.A final EDMO must contain a management scheme (see paragraph 13 of Schedule 7).
293.A LHA must from time to time review:
	the operation of the order and the management scheme;
	if the dwelling is unoccupied, whether there are any steps it could take to secure that it becomes occupied; and
	whether it is necessary to keep the order in force.
294.If it considers there are grounds to vary the order it must do so.
295.Where a dwelling subject to a final EDMO is unoccupied and the authority concludes on a review that there are no steps it could take to secure that it becomes occupied or it concludes that keeping the order in force is not necessary, it must revoke the order.