Local Authority Extensions Scheme

This Scheme enables local authorities to extend rented local authority houses to cater for households who would otherwise qualify for inclusion in a housing assessment. The scheme applies to rented local authority houses, which can be economically extended to cater for persons accepted as in need of local authority housing. It includes cases where the need is due to overcrowding, where an approved applicant not living in the house can be adequately accommodated in the house after it has been extended, and where a tenant or tenant purchaser surrenders a dwelling on being accommodated in the extended house.