New tenancy laws
New tenancy laws
- 1997
- Observer 12 January 1997, B16(1) .
Housing groups claim that new tenancy laws for the private sector, introduced by the Housing Act 1996, could encourage `rogue` landlords. Changes include the scrapping of contractual rights and the introduction of informal verbal agreements which the law will deem as `assured shorthold` tenancies.
ASSURED SHORTHOLD TENANCIES
HOUSING ACT 1996
PRIVATE RENTED SECTOR
RENT ARREARS
Housing groups claim that new tenancy laws for the private sector, introduced by the Housing Act 1996, could encourage `rogue` landlords. Changes include the scrapping of contractual rights and the introduction of informal verbal agreements which the law will deem as `assured shorthold` tenancies.
ASSURED SHORTHOLD TENANCIES
HOUSING ACT 1996
PRIVATE RENTED SECTOR
RENT ARREARS