Housing – landlord/tenant, disrepairs, evictions, possessions, council housing

The Housing Department specialises in acting for tenants of residential accommodation in a sensitive and caring way. We deal with all aspects of housing; landlord and tenant disputes, homelessness, council housing allocations and transfers, rent arrears and welfare benefit problems, possession claims against tenants and disrepair actions. We can help you with:

• Disrepair actions in the County Court against local authorities, housing associations and private landlords
• Prosecutions under the Environmental Protection Act in the Magistrates' Court
• Possession cases, including applications to set aside possession orders and suspend warrants for eviction
• Defending mortgage possession proceedings
• Illegal eviction and harassment cases
• Allocations of council housing on the housing register and transfer applications
• Advice to Council tenants on assignments and succession rights
• Homelessness cases

The information contained on this site is not legal advice. If you do have a legal problem, you should talk to a lawyer or adviser before making a decision about what to do.

 

You may wish to use the CLS/CDS Directory: www.clsdirect.org.uk/directory/directorySearch?lang=en to locate an adviser.

 

The information on this site is written for people resident in, or affected by, the laws of England and Wales only.