Housing Act 2004

The Housing Act 2004

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make provision about housing conditions; to regulate houses in multiple occupation and certain other residential accommodation; to make provision for home information packs in connection with the sale of residential properties; to make provision about secure tenants and the right to buy; to make provision about mobile homes and the accommodation needs of gypsies and travellers; to make other provision about housing; and for connected purposes.
Statute book chapter	2004 c 34
Territorial extent	England and Wales, except that section 270 extends to the United Kingdom and that any amendment or repeal made by this Act, other than an amendment or repeal in the Mobile Homes Act 1983 or the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, has the same extent as the enactment to which it relates.
Dates
Royal Assent	18 November 2004
Status:
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Housing Act 2004 (c 34) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It introduces Home Information Packs, which came into force for homes of four or more bedrooms on 1 August 2007. It also significantly extends the regulation of houses in multiple occupation by requiring HMOs to be licensed by local authorities. Finally, it provides the legal framework for Tenancy Deposit Schemes, which are intended to ensure good practice regarding shorthold deposits and make dispute resolution relating to them easier.

References

• Halsbury's Statutes,

See also

• Empty Dwelling Management Orders, created by the Act

External links

• The Housing Act 2004, as amended from the National Archives.
• The Housing Act 2004, as originally enacted from the National Archives.
• Explanatory notes to the Housing Act 2004.
• records of Parliamentary debate relating to the Act from Hansard, at theyworkforyou.com