Describes and explains the main features of housing law as applied to the modern housing market in the private and public sectors. The book addresses basic issues such as status, security of tenure and rent, and repair rights. Legal issues are place in context and the Housing Act 1996 is covered.
Introduction; The Private Sector and the Rent Acts; Assured Tenancies
and the Housing Act 1988; Homelessness; Allocation of Secure Tenancies;
Secure Tenancies; The Right to Buy; Disrepair and the Law; Unlawful Eviction
and Harrasment; Long Leases at Low Rents; Leasehold Enfranchisement and
Associated Rights.
David Burnet, BA, LLM, is Lecturer in Law at Cardiff Law School
