b'allow an authority to recover its administration costs up to a prescribed maximum from leaseholders who have purchased their property under the right to buy scheme who require a loan to pay their service charges in respect of repairs. Section 61 of the Housing Associations Act 1985 enables a local housing authority to sell, or supply under hire purchase agreement, furniture to the occupants of houses provided by a housing association under arrangements made with the authority, and made for that purpose. Note the provision has been repealed for Scotland and the scope of the section has been limited generally by the inclusion of sub-section (3) namely: (3)This section does not apply where the housing association is (a)a private registered provider of social housing; or (b)a registered social landlord (for which corresponding provision is made by section 22 of the Housing Act 1996). Another useful power is contained in section 169 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989. This section enables local housing authorities and county councils to provide professional, technical and administrative services (eg surveying services) to owners and occupiers of dwellings where the owner or occupier is arranging to carry out relevant works or in order to facilitate the carrying out of such works. The definition of relevant works has been amended within the Act by virtue of SI 2002/1860 to provide the following: Works are relevant works in relation to a dwelling or, as the case may be, a dwelling in any area, if they are works of any of the following descriptions, that is to say (a)works to cause the dwelling to be fit for human habitation, (b)where the occupant is disabled, works for any of the purposes specified in section 23 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (disabled facilities grants: purposes). The scope is therefore restricted. By virtue of subsection (3)(a), if the authority provides any assistance under this section it must also consider whether to charge for it and must take any measures reasonably available to it to secure contributions towards the costs from other persons. Again, these powers may be useful to authorities dealing with community care duties and obligations. 135'