Structure of the Act Part 2 – Regulation of Social Housing Compensation Section 238 - Nature
687.This section indicates those circumstances under which compensation may be awarded. Subsection (1) provides that it should be awarded to a person or persons who have suffered as a result of the failure that forms the basis for awarding compensation as defined by section 237.
688.Subsection (2) restricts the person or persons eligible for compensation to those who are tenants of social housing, but provides that compensation can be made to individual tenants of a registered provider, or to groups of them, or to all of a provider’s tenants.