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Housing
Using the Housing Act 2004
Stephen Cottle, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers
Helen Carr, Lecturer in Law, University of Kent and will be one of the first Chairmen of the RPT dealing with Housing Act 2004 jurisdiction
David Ormandy, Principal Research Fellow, Warwick Law School, University of Warwick
Using the Housing Act 2004 offers first hand experience of the practice and procedure of the tribunal, and is the only book to consider decisions made by the Tribunal. It offers clear technical guidance on the working of the HHSRS from one of its creators, together with guidance about how to determine the most appropriate and effective measures to tackle poor quality in housing.
Written by leading figures in the field, involved with the creation of the HHSRS and dealing with cases under the new jurisdiction before the Residential Property Tribunal, Using the Housing Act 2004 is essential reading for all those involved in the enforcement of the Act and in advising private landlords and tenants whose properties are subject to the Act.
CONTENTSIntroductionHousing Standards and the New HHSRSEnforcement of Housing Standards
The Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS)
HHSRS – factors relevant to choice of measures
Content of Notices and Orders HMOs and OvercrowdingThe Meaning of House in Multiple Occupation
HMOs – Interrelation with HHSRS
Overcrowding – inter-relationship with action under Part 1 LicensingLicensing – an Introduction
Mandatory and Additional Licensing under Part 2 of the Act
Selective Licensing Management Orders and EDMOSManagement Orders
Empty Dwelling Management Orders (EDMOs) Enforcement and SanctionsConsequences of Non-Compliance with enforcement action under Part 1
Operating unlicensed houses and breach
Revocation, Variation and Suspension Tribunal Practice and ProcedureUsing the Residential Property Tribunal AppendicesHousing Act 2004
Relevant Statutory Instruments Price: £65.00
Published: March 2008
Edition: 1st
Format: Papercover
ISBN: 978 1 84661 100 1
Publisher: Jordan Publishing
Housing: The New Law – A Guide to the Housing Act 2004
Professor James Driscoll
Housing: The New Law is a comprehensive narrative guide to the Housing Act 2004 providing detailed analysis and commentary on the Act and its likely impact on practice. Written with a practical focus, it ensures practitioners can provide clients with the best advice on the implications of the Act and can advise on common pitfalls to watch out for. It uses examples, flow charts and summaries to demonstrate the implications of the Act in a digestible format and takes account of the enormous volume of regulations and guidance issued in 2006 and 2007 under the Act.
Essential reading for solicitors and other advisors in private practice who advise landlords, tenants and property developers, and for others who advise on housing. It is also an invaluable text for local authority housing departments and local authority environmental health officers and solicitors who have to administer and apply the new law.
ISBN: 9781405712392
Price: £80.00
Publication date: April 2007
Publisher: LexisNexis Butterworths
Housing Act 2004: A Practical Guide
Helen Carr, Solicitor, Academic Leader in Law, London Metropolitan University
Stephen Cottle, Barrister, 2 Garden Court Chambers
Timothy Baldwin, Barrister
Michael King, Solicitor; Property and Land Law Consultant
The Housing Act 2004 makes significant changes to the regulation of residential property in both the private and public sectors, and will bring about a fundamental change to the conveyancing process. A guide to this vast Act will be indispensable to those involved in the management of housing and disputes about housing standards, and those involved in the buying and selling of residential property.
The Act introduces:A new system for assessing the seriousness of hazards affecting residential occupiers;
A new range of enforcement measures available to local authorities to improve housing standards generally and to bring unoccupied houses back into use;
Home Information Packs which will move the burden to the seller to provide and pay for all information relating to the sale of residential property;
New licensing schemes for HMOs and selective licensing for other properties to ensure minimum housing standards;
Compulsory tenancy deposit schemes to provide a more professional and transparent system for dealing with tenants’ deposits in the private sector;
Reforms to the protections offered to mobile home owners;
The requirement that Gypsies’ accommodation needs be considered as part of local authorities’ periodic housing needs; and
Other measures to include restrictions on the right to buy, enhanced powers to regulate RSLs and new provisions relating to anti-social behaviour and public sector housing. This Guide will provide a practical and accessible analysis of the new law and its implications for practice. It will be essential reading for housing lawyers and conveyancers, estate agents, local authority and social housing advisers and managers, as well as those dealing with Park Homes. Environmental health and trading standards officers, and surveyors responsible for property management will find this book a valuable guide to the major legislative changes affecting the work of their professions.
The full text of the Act and extracts from the Housing Health and Safety Rating System Guidance are reproduced
REVIEW
"For those who need to grapple with the Housing Act 2004 now, this book is extremely good value for money."
New Law Journal
Price: £35.00
Published: March 2005
Edition: 1st
Format: Papercover
ISBN: 978 0 85308 952 0
Publisher: Jordan Publishing
Housing Allocation and Homelessness: Law and Practice
Jan Luba QC and Liz Davies, Barristers, Garden Court Chambers
Written by two leading practitioners in the field, authors of the hugely popular Homelessness Act 2002: A Special Bulletin, this major new work is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the legal obligations and duties of local authorities in relation to the provision of permanent and temporary accommodation, and the rights of those seeking such accommodation.
Practical guidance on the statutory framework governing homelessness and allocations and how the legislation works in practice is provided, together with an analysis of how the courts have interpreted the statutory provisions.
Key statutory materials (in consolidated form) and the very latest versions of supporting codes of guidance are included in the book. An accompanying CD-ROM contains additional materials including the Welsh Code of Guidance and other relevant statutory provisions not reproduced in the book.
Housing Allocation and Homelessness: Law and Practice is the most comprehensive resource for all local authority housing staff, homelessness officers and those advising on homelessness and housing allocation.
Price: £49.00
Published: September 2006
Edition: 1st
Format: Papercover
ISBN: 978 0 85308 941 4
Publisher: Jordan Publishing
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