Housing Act 2004 - Revision history

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	For more information see: Home information packs and Empty Dwelling Management Orders.		For more information see: Home information packs and Empty Dwelling Management Orders.

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	* Empty dwelling management orders.		* Empty dwelling management orders.

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−	The Housing Act 2004 is a UK Act of Parliament which was introduced to replace the ~~housing fitness standard~~ with the Housing Health and Safety Rating System.	+	The Housing Act 2004 is a UK Act of Parliament which was introduced to replace the Housing Fitness Standard with the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS).

	The HHSRS is a risk-based assessment system used by environmental health officers (EHOs) to assess the likelihood and severity of 29 categories of potential health and safety hazards in residential housing (including fire). It can be used in private or social rented housing as well as owner-occupied housing, and is intended to help local authorities identify and protect against potential risks to health and safety resulting from deficiencies in dwellings.		The HHSRS is a risk-based assessment system used by environmental health officers (EHOs) to assess the likelihood and severity of 29 categories of potential health and safety hazards in residential housing (including fire). It can be used in private or social rented housing as well as owner-occupied housing, and is intended to help local authorities identify and protect against potential risks to health and safety resulting from deficiencies in dwellings.
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	For more information, see Housing Health and Safety Rating System.		For more information, see Housing Health and Safety Rating System.

−	The Act introduced ~~the~~ requirement for some houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) to be licensed by local authorities and provided the legal framework for tenancy deposit schemes which ~~was~~ intended to ensure good practice relating to tenants’ deposits held by landlords during the course of their tenancy.	+	The Act also introduced a requirement for some houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) to be licensed by local authorities and provided the legal framework for tenancy deposit schemes which were intended to ensure good practice relating to tenants’ deposits held by landlords during the course of their tenancy.

−	The Act also created ~~empty dwelling management orders~~ (EDMOs) and made provision for home information packs (HIPs) in connection with the sale of residential properties which were phased out in 2007.	+	The Act also created Empty Dwelling Management Orders (EDMOs) and made provision for home information packs (HIPs) in connection with the sale of residential properties (which were subsequently phased out in 2007).
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		+	For more information see: Home information packs and Empty Dwelling Management Orders.

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		+	* Empty dwelling management orders.
	* Home information pack HIP.		* Home information pack HIP.
	* House in multiple occupation.		* House in multiple occupation.

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	* Local authority.		* Local authority.
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	The HHSRS is a risk-based assessment system used by environmental health officers (EHOs) to assess the likelihood and severity of 29 categories of potential health and safety hazards in residential housing (including fire). It can be used in private or social rented housing as well as owner-occupied housing, and is intended to help local authorities identify and protect against potential risks to health and safety resulting from deficiencies in dwellings.		The HHSRS is a risk-based assessment system used by environmental health officers (EHOs) to assess the likelihood and severity of 29 categories of potential health and safety hazards in residential housing (including fire). It can be used in private or social rented housing as well as owner-occupied housing, and is intended to help local authorities identify and protect against potential risks to health and safety resulting from deficiencies in dwellings.

−	For more information, see ~~[https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Housing_health_and_safety_rating_system~~ Housing Health and Safety Rating System].	+	For more information, see Housing Health and Safety Rating System.

	The Act introduced the requirement for some houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) to be licensed by local authorities and provided the legal framework for tenancy deposit schemes which was intended to ensure good practice relating to tenants’ deposits held by landlords during the course of their tenancy.		The Act introduced the requirement for some houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) to be licensed by local authorities and provided the legal framework for tenancy deposit schemes which was intended to ensure good practice relating to tenants’ deposits held by landlords during the course of their tenancy.

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The Housing Act 2004 is a UK Act of Parliament which was introduced to replace the housing fitness standard with the Housing Health and Safety Rating System.

The HHSRS is a risk-based assessment system used by environmental health officers (EHOs) to assess the likelihood and severity of 29 categories of potential health and safety hazards in residential housing (including fire). It can be used in private or social rented housing as well as owner-occupied housing, and is intended to help local authorities identify and protect against potential risks to health and safety resulting from deficiencies in dwellings.

For more information, see [https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Housing_health_and_safety_rating_system Housing Health and Safety Rating System].

The Act introduced the requirement for some houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) to be licensed by local authorities and provided the legal framework for tenancy deposit schemes which was intended to ensure good practice relating to tenants’ deposits held by landlords during the course of their tenancy.

The Act also created empty dwelling management orders (EDMOs) and made provision for home information packs (HIPs) in connection with the sale of residential properties which were phased out in 2007.

= Find out more =

=== Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki ===

* Home information pack HIP.
* House in multiple occupation.
* Housing Act 1996.
* Local authority.
* Localism Act.
* Planning Act 2008.
* Planning legislation.
* Social housing.
* Statutory instruments.
* Town and Country Planning Act.

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