Part 4: Social Housing in England Chapter 3: Rents for High Income Social Tenants Mandatory rents for local authority tenants Section 85: Power to change rents and procedure for changing rents
Where a local authority determines that tenants in social households are high income social tenants, regulations made under this section will give landlords the power to increase the rent payable under a tenancy (if it cannot be done already).
	This section also provides for other legislation to be amended by regulation. The purpose of this power is to enable amendments to legislation which may otherwise prevent or limit the circumstances in which rents can be raised. Tenants will also, by regulations, be given the right to appeal decisions.