Housing Association Law is the definitive legal guide providing a
comprehensive picture of the law affecting housing associations and
social landlords. Originally published in 1987 (as Housing
Association Law: The Law of Social Landlords, and subsequently as
Housing Association Law and Practice), LAG is pleased to be
releasing the first new edition in 15 years of this renowned title
by Dr Christopher Handy and Professor John Alder. This is the only
book that deals exclusively with housing associations and social
landlords from a multi-disciplinary perspective, bringing together
material from all the relevant branches of the law: public,
housing, corporate, charity and tax law. The new, fully updated
edition of Housing Association Law comes at a time when housing
associations are increasingly important and are neglected in the
legal literature. Housing association law is often treated as a
marginal topic, buried in the footnotes and lacking distinctive
principles. In fact, ever since local authority housing development
was killed off late in the last century, housing associations have
become the main providers of social housing in the UK with a
corresponding growth in government regulation of the sector. They
have been regarded as a bridge between the public and private
sectors, a position that has become increasingly fuzzy. The book
aims to provide a framework for the housing practitioner and lawyer
working in or with the sector. It also seeks to provide an
introduction for students. For those already acquainted with social
housing law we hope to provide perspectives and insights
demonstrating how the law has evolved and developed in this rapidly
changing sector. We try to identify the principles and rules
peculiar to housing associations and to highlight other areas of
law which have a distinctive application to the sector.
Practitioners specialising in this area of the law, housing
associations, local government departments, voluntary housing
bodies and housing association members will find that this book is
indispensable. It will also prove invaluable to students studying
housing law and those with an interest in urban studies.
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Sun, 30 Dec 2018 | Review
by: Phillip T.
AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT AND DEVELOPING AREA
NO LONGER A MARGINAL TOPIC FOR HOUSING PRACTITIONERS
An appreciation by Elizabeth Robson Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers and Phillip Taylor MBE, Head of Chambers and Reviews Editor, “The Barrister”
Christopher Handy and John Alder have produced an excellent new fifth edition of this definitive guide to the law affecting housing associations and social landlords. This is the only legal guide to housing associations and manages to be both comprehensive and highly accessible and practical so those who live in housing associations, their advisers, and those who manage social housing understand the rules that cross many different areas of law.
The book aims to provide a framework for the housing practitioner and lawyer working in, or with, the sector. For those already acquainted with social housing law it provides perspectives and insights demonstrating how the law has evolved and developed. It identifies the principles and rules unique to housing associations and highlights other areas of law which have a distinctive application.
The Legal Action Group which is an access to justice charity are to be commended for continuing to tackle this important area of housing law at a difficult time for housing policy. All the titles which LAG produce for us, as advisers, are first class statements on the law in the areas they cover, and we cannot be without them. The titles are particularly useful for those new to the legal profession and for unrepresented parties because the tried and tested format of their books works, whether you are a junior advocate or a judge.
The topics covered should include what most practitioners are seeking for current information. The areas include: the general principles of housing association law; regulation and regulatory powers; housing allocation and management; tenants’ rights and types of tenancies; supported housing problems; governance; accountability; investment, grants and income; and mergers, amalgamations and group structures amongst other topics.
Handy and Alder aim to offer their expertise to a range of users, including those practitioners specialising in this area of housing law, housing associations, local government departments, voluntary housing bodies and housing association tenants will find this book indispensable. We consider that the book will also be useful to students studying housing law and those with an interest in urban studies and should be in every local authority housing office plus local reference libraries and Citizens’ Advice.
The law is based on materials available at the end of September 2018 and the book was published on 13th December 2018.
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