Housing Act 1985

摘要

The Housing Act 1985 is the principal consolidating statute for council housing in England and Wales. Its best-known provisions are the secure tenancy regime in Part IV, which gives council and other public-sector tenants security of tenure so that they can be evicted only on one of the statutory grounds in Schedule 2 and only after the correct notice and a court order, and the Right to Buy in Part V, which lets long-standing secure tenants buy their home at a discount. The Act also deals with the provision of housing accommodation, repair notices, overcrowding, and slum clearance, though much of its original homelessness and allocation content has since been replaced by the Housing Act 1996.

要点

• Secure tenancies (Part IV, s.79) — council tenants have security of tenure and can only be evicted on the grounds in Schedule 2
• Right to Buy (Part V, s.118) — secure tenants who satisfy the qualifying period can buy their home at a discount
• Grounds for possession (s.84 and Schedule 2) — a mix of grounds requiring reasonableness and/or suitable alternative accommodation
• Succession rights — a spouse, civil partner, or qualifying family member can succeed to the tenancy on the tenant's death
• Assignment generally prohibited except by court order, mutual exchange, or to a qualifying successor
• Discount on Right to Buy purchases calculated by reference to the qualifying period (s.129)

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