Archive for September 2011
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Helpful Housing Hints
Two, quite distinct, bodies have put out some free guides.
The DCLG have released some booklets aimed at private landlords and tenants, giving guidance on requirements and best practice:
Top Tips for Tenants: Assured Shorthold Tenancies
Top Tips for Landlords: Assured Shorthold Tenancies
And
Fact Sheet: Gaining possession of a properly let on an AST
Meanwhile, HLPA (the Housing Law Practitioners Association, in case you didn’t know) have put out some free FAQs on a number of the common but potentially tricky questions that housing advisors can face, including: eligibility for the EEA unemployed; section 21 notice periods; termination of temporary accommodation provided under the… Read the full post
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Three for the LVT mavens
I promised to write the second of these case reports a week ago. Mea culpa. Still, by delaying, I’ve managed to find two other cases to include. So, without further ado…
Ayres and others v Roberts and others
In All’s Well That Ends Well (Act.1, Scene 1), Shakespeare urges us to “love all, trust a few.” Wise words indeed, and very apt for the case of Ayres and others v Roberts and others CHY09726 (Central London CC; transcript via Westlaw), where HHJ Cowell has pointed out that the LVT is sending misleading and legally inaccurate information to litigants. How so? Well…
The Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993,… Read the full post
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Residential Property Tribunal Service: what is it?
The Residential Property Tribunal Service or RPTS as it is often known currently incorporates Rent Assessment Committees, Leasehold Valuation tribunals (LVTs) and Residential Property Tribunals. These are all quasi judicial bodies who have been given …
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