Full Description
This handbook provides a practical and concise outline of the law and procedure relating to housing problems. It is the first port of call for lawyers and advisors dealing with housing as well as professionals in the social housing sector, providing information in a concise and manageable form to support busy litigators and caseworkers.
Contents
Renters Rights Act 2025
Awaab's Law and Social Housing Regulation Act 2023
Homelessness
Allocation of social housing
Eligibility
Housing outside the Housing Acts
Meeting children's accommodation needs
Accommodation under the Care Act 2014
Landlord's path to possession, deposits and the pre action protocol
Occupier's status
Framework for possession claims
Rent arrears possession claims
Anti-social behaviour and related possession claims
Fraud obtaining or using tenancy
Further possession grounds
Tenants without security of tenure
Estoppel, public law and Article 8 defences
Warrants
Succession
Renting housing in Wales and introduction to homelessness in Wales
Benefits in housing
Disputing terms of a tenancy agreement
Injunctions and orders for dealing with anti-social behaviour
Mortgage repossession and orders under CPR Pt 73.10
Unlawful evictions
Hazardous housing
Houses in multiple occupation, licensing of HMOS, selective licensing, overcrowding, rent repayment orders and asylum seekers hotels
Right to rent
Equality Act principles relevant in housing cases
Costs.
