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Suitable for:       All What does this mean?

Illegal eviction has been criminal since the Forcible Entry Act 1381 – yet landlords continue to make errors. Since 1988 it has also been tortuous and expensive to lose.  Indeed in 2014 the Supreme Court awarded statutory damages of £90,500 to a council tenant for unlawful eviction.

To tackle ‘rogue’ landlords there are new legal tools and the Tenant Fees Act 2019 has banned certain fees in England.

Housing options staff need to clearly understand the law to ensure potential customers can keep their homes where necessary. The Homeless Reduction Act 2017 makes this critical from April 2018.

The Covid-19 ‘stay’ on possession from 26 March to 20 September 2019 has altered some landlords behaviour. What will happen when the ‘stay’ is lifted?

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    You will learn

    • Who does and who does not  have security of tenure – tenancies and licences and excluded tenancies/licences
    • Protection from Eviction Act 1977 as amended & the offences of illegal eviction and illegal harassment
    • Options from Housing and Planning Act 2016 – civil penalties, rent repayment orders, banning orders
    • How damages are calculated for unlawfully eviction
    • Exactly how Assured Shorthold Tenancies should work after the Deregulation Act 2015
    • Understand how Deposit Protection schemes under the Housing Act 2004 as amended should operate
    • Be more effective advising private landlords and tenants
    • What the Covid19 ‘stay’ on possession means and what next?
  • Our trainer

    Richard Paris has an MA from Queens’ College, Cambridge and a post-graduate Diploma in Housing from LSE. From 1991-93 he was senior research officer at LSE Housing, and has worked for short-life and supported housing agencies, mainstream housing associations and local authorities. He is a freelance housing law specialist with 20 years’ training and development experience undertaking educational training, consultancy, policy and procedure health checks. He specialises in housing law updates, dealing with anti-social behaviour effectively, preventing and controlling rent arrears, do-it-yourself possession proceedings, the law in supported housing and the law on disrepair and best practice.

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