An Act to make provision about housing, including provision about the social rented sector, houses in multiple occupation, landlord and tenant matters, the administration of housing benefit, the conduct of tenants, the allocation of housing accommodation by local housing authorities and homelessness; and for connected purposes.
Citation
1996 c. 52
Dates
Royal assent
24 July 1996
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Housing Act 1996 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
The Housing Act 1996 (c. 52) is an act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. Part VII of the act concerns the duties that a local authority has to homeless people and when these duties arise. Section 189 of the act concerns the "priority need" hurdle that a homelessness application must pass for a council to have a duty to provide interim accommodation.
The HousingAct1996 (c. 52) is an act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. Part VII of the act concerns the duties that a local authority has to homeless...
of the economy and society. (Will Hutton, 2007) The HousingAct1996 imposes a duty on local housing authorities in England to rehouse victims of domestic...
The HousingAct 1988 (c. 50) is an act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. It governs the law between landlords and tenants. The act introduced the concepts...
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (this is different legislation than the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, which expanded housing funding programs)...
introduced by the HousingAct 1988 and saw an important default provision and a widening of its definition made by the HousingAct1996. Since 28 February...
The National HousingAct of 1934, H.R. 9620, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 73–479, 48 Stat. 1246, enacted June 27, 1934, also called the Better...
HousingAct of 1937 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 75–412, 50 Stat. 888, enacted September 1, 1937), formally the "United States Housing Act...
is used in England and Wales and is part of the HousingAct 1988. as amended by the HousingAct1996. An assured shorthold tenancy may also be ended by...
Homelessness Act 2002 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It amends the HousingAct1996 and sets out the duties owed by local housing authorities...
9, 1965, when Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act into law. It stipulated that the department was to be created...
The American HousingAct of 1949 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 81–171) was a landmark, sweeping expansion of the federal role in mortgage...
Tenant Act 1987, HousingAct1996, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, the Localism Act 2011 and the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018...
corporation responsible for administering the National HousingAct, with the mandate to improve housing by living conditions in the country. Originally established...
rent regulation. the reasons that a person can be evicted. Since the HousingAct1996 (c. 52), most tenancies can be terminated on their expiry for any reason...
duties to homeless people under Part VII of the HousingAct1996 as amended by the Homelessness Act 2002. There are five hurdles which a homeless person...
their duty to house the homeless. Section 208(1) of the HousingAct1996 requires all local housing authorities to secure accommodation within their own...
Up, Housing and Communities. The Housing Ombudsman Service looks at complaints about registered providers of social housing, for example housing associations...
incompatible with the European Convention of Human Rights under the Human Rights Act 1998 section 4. This is a central part of UK constitutional law. Very few...
councils to provide housing, helping them to do so through the provision of subsidies, under the HousingAct 1919. Public housing projects were tried...
(Homeless Persons) Act 1977 and is currently overseen through the HousingAct1996. To prevent homelessness the charity Crisis maintains the public sector...
responsible for housing discrimination through redlining and race-restricted covenants until the Civil Rights Act of 1968. This Act included legislation...
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA or the Kennedy–Kassebaum Act) is a United States Act of Congress enacted by the 104th United...
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