Housing: Law and Practice

Housing: Law and Practice provides an up-to-date and comprehensive account of
housing law and the law governing housing authorities in Ireland. This book is an
expanded and revised edition of Housing Authority Law (2010).

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Housing: Law and Practice focuses on the role of local authorities as housing
providers under the Housing Acts and related legislation. This also book deals with a
wide range of issues including:
• social and affordable housing;
• local authority powers of CPO in respect of their housing function;
• housing authorities and the Traveller community;
• human rights and constitutional law relating to housing, as well as the impact
of the ECHR Act 2003 upon housing authorities;
• issues of anti-social behaviour;
• potential liability of housing authorities in respect of the exercise, or nonexercise,
of their functions;
• issues of eviction and of homelessness and emergency accommodation.
• contains a comprehensive account of the Housing Acts and related regulation;
• provides clear discussion of the case-law that illuminates the potential liability
of housing authorities in areas such as housing provision and maintenance,
the termination of tenancies, as well as planning;
• Contains an analyses of the key legislation and case-law which will save time
when dealing with housing issues.