Renting Homes: Interim Progress Report Presentation to HALPA Conference

Law Commission consultation 2 consultation papers status and security co-occupation transfer and succession Consultation periods over Analysis Policy formulation

Status and security: responses Overwhelming support The consumer approach the need for terms to be fair rights and responsibilities on landlords and tenants The central place for the contract

Issues The (in)efficiency of the courts ADR Lack of trust a specialist tribunal? ADR Lack of trust need to encourage good practice

Reactions: CP 162 Anti-social behaviour Structured discretion Sanctions for failure to comply with written document Retaliatory evictions 6 months’ moratorium Court proceedings: possession warrant hearings Rent Act tenancies

Reactions: CP 168 Very preliminary “The devil in the detail” RSL response Housing Corporation and CIH

The changing context Pressure group Shelter Commission on the PRS Local authority strategic housing responsibilities Need for incentives for good practice