Jargon
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- HMO House of Multiple Occupation
- LA Local Authority or Council or Borough
- FTT First-tier Tribunal
- RPT Residential Property Tribunal
- CMC Case Management Conference
- AST Assured Shorthold Tenancy
- RRO Rent Repayment Order
- HPA Housing and Planning Act, eg HPA (2004) refers to the 2004 Act
- Respondent Party that responds to your claim in a Tribunal case, eg Landlord
- Section 257 HMO a block of self-contained flats can still be classed as one whole HMO, even if the individual units are only occupied by one or two people. If the building was converted into flats before 1992 or does not meet the 1991 Building Regulations, and over a third of the flats are rented out, then the whole building will be deemed a HMO, as dictated by Section 257 of the Housing Act 2004
- TRO Tenancy Relations Officer (from the LA)
- CPN Civil Penalty Notice: CPN's can be imposed on landlords by Loacal Authorities (LAs) under HA 2016 - up to £30,000
- PFEA Prevention from Eviction Act (1977)
- HA Housing Act (2004)
- HaPA Housing and Planning Act (2016)
- SPT Statutory Periodic Tenancy: what you have when your fixed term finishes without signing for a new term; also called 'rolling tenancy'; you can give 1 month's notice, landlord needs to give 2 months notice