Subsection (2) amends section 1 (new system for assessing housing conditions and enforcing housing standards) of the Housing Act 2004 to specify that Part 1 of the 2004 Act allows Decent Homes Standard (DHS) requirements to be set and enforced.
	Subsection (3) amends the definition of "residential premises" in section 1 of the Housing Act 2004 to include temporary accommodation for the homeless of a description specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State. In conjunction with the definition of "qualifying residential premises" in section 2B of the 2004 Act (inserted by subsection (5)), this will allow the Secretary of State to make regulations that can bring either all privately rented temporary accommodation, or a specified subset of the sector, into scope of the DHS requirements.
	Subsection (4) provides that, before introducing regulations under subsection (3), the Secretary of State must consult such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
	Subsection (5) inserts two new sections, 2A (power to set standards for qualifying residential premises) and 2B (qualifying residential premises), into the Housing Act 2004:
	Section 2A(1) gives the Secretary of State a power to make regulations specifying DHS requirements that must be met by qualifying residential premises. Section 2A(2) sets out a non-exhaustive list of matters that these requirements may include. Section 2A(3) allows the requirements to be split into two categories: Type 1 requirements that a local housing authority has a duty to enforce; and Type 2 requirements that a local housing authority has a power to enforce. This power allows for either category to be empty. Section 2A(4) allows the regulations made under the power in 2A(1) to include exceptions from the requirements.
	Section 2B(1) defines the "qualifying residential premises" that are subject to DHS requirements. This will bring the majority of the private rented sector into scope of the DHS by covering dwellings and HMOs (and buildings or parts of buildings constructed or adapted for use as HMOs that are occupied by single households) let under assured or regulated tenancies, and supported housing let under a tenancy or occupied under licence. Social housing properties let by landlords registered with the Regulator for Social Housing are excluded. Section 2B(2) defines terms used in 2B(1). Section 2B(3) allows the Secretary of State to make regulations applying and disapplying the requirements to residential premises let under particular kinds of tenancy or licence. Section 2B(4) provides that, before making regulations under section 2B(3), the Secretary of State must consult such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
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