Housing: Law and Practice

Housing: Law and Practice focuses on the role of local authorities as housing providers under the Housing Acts and related legislation. This also book deals with a wide range of issues including: • social and affordable housing; • local authority powers of CPO in respect of their housing function; • housing authorities and the Traveller community; • human rights and constitutional law relating to housing, as well as the impact of the ECHR Act 2003 upon housing authorities; • issues of anti-social behaviour; • potential liability of housing authorities in respect of the exercise, or nonexercise, of their functions; • issues of eviction and of homelessness and emergency accommodation. • contains a comprehensive account of the Housing Acts and related regulation; • provides clear discussion of the case-law that illuminates the potential liability of housing authorities in areas such as housing provision and maintenance, the termination of tenancies, as well as planning; • Contains an analyses of the key legislation and case-law which will save time when dealing with housing issues.