Encyclopedia of Housing Law and Practice

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.