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In 6 April 2012 we saw the amendment of the Housing Act 2004 by the Localism Act 2011 to tighten up the loopholes created by case law, which left the tenancy deposit legislation largely ineffective. The changes increased the period for protecting a deposit...
Since its introduction in 2008, Local Housing Allowance (LHA) has had a substantial impact on landlords letting accommodation to housing benefit tenants. The scheme was introduced to help people on Housing Benefit to access the Private Rented Sector. The...
The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 have now been published. This came into force on 6 April 2012 and amends the Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections)...
Currently, the Water Industry Act 1991 gives water companies the power to levy charges on the 'occupier' of the property. However, the occupier is not defined by the Act and so currently the landlord is not liable to water companies if the tenants do...
From 1 September 2012, the new offence of squatting in a residential building will apply throughout England and Wales. The offence has been introduced as part of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment Offenders Act 2012 ("LASPOA 2012). This follows...
Under Section 47 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 ("the Act") any written demand for rent or other sums payable to the landlord under the tenancy, must contain an address for the landlord and not that of the agent. The recent landmark case ...
For several years after the introduction in April 2007, the requirement for landlords of residential properties to protect the deposit paid to them by their tenants in one of three authorised schemes. The way in which the courts should interpret the...
RIP Penalty Provisions for Failing to Protect Tenant’s Deposit One of the significant changes introduced under the Housing Act 2004 was the requirement for Landlords, from 6 April 2007, to join a Tenants Deposit Scheme. They were required...
Current Law When the Housing Act 1988 was introduced all residential tenancies created after commencement (15 January 1989) were assured tenancies or assured shorthold tenancies unless they fell within one of the exceptions in Schedule 1 to the Act....
