A recent article in Inside Housing looks at how landlords are using the governments review of the private rented sector to call for a review of the HMO licensing system, which they say is not working. One organisation is asking for it to be done away with altogether, allowing landlords to ‘self regulate’. The main…
I have already mentioned in previous posts that the Law Commission are undertaking a massive review of housing law and practice. This started with their Renting Homes project, now completed, and continued with their project on Proportionate Dispute Resolution. The final stage is the project on Encouraging Responsible Letting. Both the dispute resolution and the…
An interesting snippet from the afternoon press briefing from No 10 for 28 June: “On the role of the Minister for Housing, whilst the breadth of her responsibilities would stay the same, clearly the fact that she was in Cabinet sent a very clear message about the much greater importance of the Housing Minister and…
There is an interesting article in The Times online today, where members of their law panel nominate the area of law they consider to be most in need of reform. I like the answer given by Professor Adrian Briggs, who suggests that law which affects ordinary people should be written in a language which is…
I did an advice today for a lady who had brought proceedings for possession (acting in person) on the basis of over £12,000 in arrears of rent. However the Judge put back the date for possession for over seven weeks (during which periode of time it is virtually certain that the tenant will pay no…
For the past four years, the Law Commission has been working on a project called ‘Renting Homes’ which is looking at housing law in England and Wales with a view to making it less complex. Two consultation papers (with over 400 responses) and over 70 public visits later, they have now produced a final report…
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Responsible Renting – the final report
After having got back from holiday, settled back in, and dealt with the back log, etc, I have finally got around to reading what is the final report from the Law Commission on their housing projects. The new legal team on Nearly Legal got in ahead of me with a rather depressing report, taking the…