Subjects:

Housing Law

Contents:

The categories of occupation and the status of occupants

private sector tenancies - classification and status

private sector tenancies - rights and remedies

the allocation of social housing

public sector tenants' rights

homelessness

housing disrepair

houses in multiple occupation

housing and the family.

Hughes, Davis, Matthew and Jones: Text and Materials on Housing Law is a collection of housing case law and legislation combined with commentary to enable students fully to understand the often complicated language of the law. It gathers together all the important original materials to which students of housing law will need to have access.

Text and Materials on Housing Law; Covers housing law topics at undergraduate and postgraduate level; Explores the increasingly important area of housing and human rights; Deals with housing issues raised by the changing patterns of relationships within society; Covers unlawful eviction and the new legislation on homelessness; The inclusion of procedural material in this work is of great value to housing professionals (local authorities, housing associations, high-street solicitors) and also enhances its usefulness to academics and students by linking the relevant substantive law to a procedural awareness.