housing law

This page is intended for students at Queen Mary as an overview of housing law to be used as a brief introduction to advising clients connected to the Legal Advice Centre. It is not intended to provide advice in itself: all propositions of law much be checked to see whether or not they are still in force and whether or not they apply to any specific set of facts.

For Housing Law (text and materials pack), by Alastair Hudson (2007) - click here.

Explanatory Podcasts: November 2009

Topic

 

Introduction

 
1. How to approach a housing law issue
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2. What is housing law?
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The General Law on Leases

 

  
3. The general law on leases
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4. Formalities in the creation of leases
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5. Interpreting express leasehold covenants
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6. Implied leasehold covenants 1
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7. Criminal offences protecting the occupant
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8. Implied leasehold covenants 2
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Early Statutory Codes

 

  
9. Rent Act 1977 - protected tenancies, security of tenure and rent
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Public Sector Lets

 

  
10. Housing Act 1985 - secure tenancies, and the right to buy
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Housing Act 1988 (as amended)

 

  
11. Assured Shorthold Tenancies: introduction 1
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12. Assured Shorthold Tenancies: introduction 2
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13. Definition of "assured shorthold tenancy", and the principal rules relating to security of tenure and termination
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14. Assured tenancies
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Protection from Eviction

 

  
15. Protection from Eviction Act 1977 (and the magical year of 1977)
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Homelessness

 

  
16. Housing Act 1996: "homelessness" and other statutory requirements
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17. Housing Act 1996: "intentional homelessness", etc.
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18. Homelessness case law, and a moment of spleen from your correspondent...
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Lecture Podcasts: Weds 25 November 2009