Encyclopedia of Housing Law and Practice

Author: Andrew Arden, QC; Justin Bates; Victoria Osler; Stephanie Smith; Andrew Dymond
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
ISBN: 9780421007307
Published In: Subscription-type (Contents updated periodically)
Format: Loose-leaf (6 volumes)
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Providing the housing law practitioner with a wide range of housing information, including all relevant legislation with annotation, the Encyclopedia of Housing Law and Practice:

Clarifies points of law, outlines legal obligations, duties and entitlements
Covers every point of relevant legislation, as amended, beginning with the principal Housing Acts, followed by the principal Rent Acts and then other relevant statutes, for a complete source on housing law
Puts the law into context for you, with clear and in-depth annotations which expand upon each statute and comment on all appropriate judicial decisions
Covers the Housing Act 2004 and its on-going implications, with the Act fully reproduced together with annotations
Contains the relevant housing provisions of the Equality Act 2006
Includes over 500 SIs, supported with annotations which provide clarification, refer to relevant case decisions and note any amendments
Provides selected circulars, guidance and other relevant materials, ensuring you have everything you need in one essential reference
Includes new and improved reference tables to assist with navigation, and a new section of key definitions to provide easy access to the most common concepts in housing law
Keeps you up to date with all the developments through four updating releases per year

Forthcoming releases in 2012 will deal with:

expanded coverage of the Equality Act 2010
introduction of the Welsh Housing Measure, marking the first substantive divide between the law of England and Wales
a new “Key Issue” dealing with the effect of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and the decisions in Pinnock v Manchester CC and Hounslow LBC v Powell and other appeals

The Localism Act will be included as it comes into force throughout 2012 and, in particular, will cover:

abolition of the requirement to have a Home Improvement Pack
reform of the Housing Revenue Account system
a new form of flexible tenure for social housing tenants
allowance of local authorities in England to discharge their duties to homeless people by using private rented accommodation
giving local authorities in England the power to limit who can apply for social housing within their areas
abolishing the Tenant Services Authority and provides for a transfer of functions to the Homes and Communities Agency
amending the way in which a social tenant in England can make a complaint about their landlord

4 updating releases published per annum.