Its all happening in landlord & tenant law right now.
No sooner have we started to get used to the new section 21 rules, when we are faced with the expansion of the right to rent checks.
There is also the Housing Bill, the private members bill from Karen Buck (see below) and maybe changes in HMO licensing on its way.
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But what happened on the blog?
Monday
Karen Buck Private Members Bill
Ben takes a look at Karen Buck’s private members bill and finds it good. See what he had to say about it here…
Wednesday
The scandal of the shockingly low fines for landlords who illegally evict their tenants
We have had quite a lot of discussion on this one, in particular some great comments from TRO officers. Take a look at them (and the post) here …
Thursday
Date announced for implementation of the Right to Rent checks in England
I discuss some of the problems associated with this – read them here.
Friday
Ben Reeve Lewis Friday Newsround
Ben looks at options for housing the homeless and talks about the pop up housing in Lewisham. Find out more here …
Further Reading
- A survey of tenants views is reported on LandlordZONE
- Rowan Moore in the Guardian looks at the Housing Bill
- BBC video feature on new housing in Saffron Walden, and
- On big problems the lack of housing is causing in Oxford
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