Environmental health and housing
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Environmental health and housing
（Clay's library of health and the environment, v. 1）
Spon Press, 2001
- pbk. : alk. paper
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9780415251297
Description
Environmental Health and Housing provides both students and professionals with comprehensive coverage of issues relating to both social and private housing. The book includes basic technical information for completing house surveys, detailed yet clear backgrounds to and explanations of applying relevant legislation, and discussion of current policy and strategy. All this is backed up with case studies and examples of how theory and law are put into practice in real situations. The minefield of overlapping legislation and legal issues are clearly presented as flow charts and tables. Unique in its coverage, clearly illustrated and covering such diverse topics as housing defects, caravan sites, asylum seekers and social exclusion, Environmental Health and Housing is an essential purchase for all students and professionals in the housing sector.
Table of Contents
Introduction. Background to Legal Conditions. Essential Basic Knowledge. Environmental Health and Housing Law. Private Sector Housing Strategies. Conclusions. References. Index.
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pbk. : alk. paper ISBN 9780415251303
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With significant amounts of former council run housing returning to the private sector, predominantly under the remit of housing associations, therefore there is a need for expertise in private sector environmental health enforcement is greater than ever. This text should provide both students and professionals with comprehensive coverage of issues related to both social and private housing. The book includes basic technical information for completing house surveys, detailed yet clear backgrounds to and explanations of applying relevant legislation, and discussion of current policy and strategy. All this is backed up with case studies and examples of how theory and law are put into practice in real situations.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2. Background to legal conditions. 2.1 History of private sector housing renewal. 2.2 Housing and Health. 2.3 The role of the private rented sector. 2.4 Inequality and poor housing conditions. 2.5 Homelessness. 2.6 Asylum seekers and housing. 2.7 Fuel poverty, energy efficiency and conservation. Chapter 3. Essential basic knowledge. 3.1 Building terminology. 3.2 Common housing defects. 3.3 Surveying a house. 3.4 Drafting a specification of works. 3.5 Key legal definitions for housing enforcement. 3.6 An introduction to landlord and tenant law. 3.7 Basic private sector housing finance. 3.8 House condition surveys. 3,9 Housing practice and procedures. Chapter 4. Environmental health and housing law. 4.1 Disrepair - civil and criminal remedy. 4.2 Statutory fitness for habitation. 4.3 Options for unfit housing. 4.4 Statutory nuisance in housing. 4.5 Overcrowding. 4.6 Housing grants. 4.7 Disabled facilities grants. 4.8 Houses in multiple occupation - a general introduction. 4.9 Houses in multiple occupation - amenities and occupation control. 4.10 Houses in multiple occupation - standards of management, control and occupation. 4.11 Houses in multiple occupation - means of escape in case of fire and other fire precautions. 4.12 Insanitary housing and related issues. 4.13 Miscellaneous living accommodation. 4.14 Caravan site licencing and control. 4.15 Home Energy Conservation Acts. 4.16 Reconnection of services. 4.17 Disposal of dead bodies. Chapter 5. Private sector housing strategies. 5.1 The changing nature of housing strategies. 5.2 Key features in developing a strategy. 5.3 Developing a strategy for HMO's. 5.4 Developing a strategy for vacant properties and optimising the private rented sector. 5.5 Urban regeneration - participation, partnerships and exclusion to inclusion.
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