This post is a companion post to my article for the Solicitors Journal published on 2 August 2011. The article looks as problems relating to the condition of properties in the private rented sector and considers what can be done about it.
The following are links to items referred to in the article:
- The BBC news item on decent homes on 16 September 2010
- The revised definition of the decent homes standard published in June 2006
- The Housing Act 2004 – part one sets out the HHSRS
- A list of the 29 hazards on the HHSRS (provided by East Midlands local authorities)
- National Landlords Association article regarding the housing benefit survey
- My post on the Channel 4 Landlords from Hell program, and follow up post
- My post on the Battersby Report and the report itself
- Two posts on housing reports, one on a parliamentary report and one on housing in Wales
- News item on Newhan Council’s plans