Nearly Legal
Housing Law News and Comment
Nearly Legal is a specialist housing law website for England (and occasionally Wales), run by solicitors and barristers practising in the field.
The site provides information, updates and discussion on housing and landlord & tenant law. Issues covered include homelessness, possession and forfeiture, unlawful eviction, disrepair and housing fitness, regulation and licensing, service and major works charges, right to manage and anything else that interests us. Contents include frequent case reports, updates on statute law, guides and key documents.
It is all free, but it is just our opinions, not legal advice. Please do not ask for advice on individual matters
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1 October 2015 – section 21 day
[Update 29/09/2015. New regulations correcting the obvious errors in the new prescribed section 21 notice have now been made. See here.] On 1 October 2015, a whole range of changes come in, which affect whether or not a landlord can serve a s.21...
All of the wrong. And then some more.
Kazadi v Martin Brookes Lettings Estate Agents Limited & Faparusi, Edmonton County Court 14 May 2015 Thanks to Legal Action September 2015 Housing law updates for this one. An assured shorthold tenancy deposit and unlawful eviction case in...
Key Resources and information
Section 21 Notice validity flowchart – downloadable flowchart for checking whether Section 21 notices are validly served and effective.
How to Rent Guide Archive – What version of the Guide was current when? MHCLG don’t provide this information. We have dates and downloads for all versions.
Bedroom Tax First Tier Tribunal – FTT Decisions archive. Upper Tribunal decisions can be found here.
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All the bits that don’t make it to the blog.
Today's 'housing - it is all going so well' Part 2. Half a million people in UK live in flats with unsafe cladding – report https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/feb/24/half-a-million-people-in-uk-live-in-flats-with-unsafe-cladding-report?CMP=share_btn_tw
Today's 'housing - it is all going so well' Part 1. Deaths of homeless people sleeping in bins prompt calls for action https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/feb/24/deaths-homeless-people-sleeping-bins-calls-action-uk?CMP=share_btn_tw
When does the main housing duty under s. 193, Housing Act 1996 to provide suitable accommodation to ‘successful’ homeless applicants, who currently are in a property, take effect? Our D on R(M) v Newham.
Timing is everything https://nearlylegal.co.uk/2020/02/timing-is-everything/
Timing is everything https://nearlylegal.co.uk/2020/02/timing-is-everything/