Work of the Residental Property Division

The work of the Residental Property Division encompasses applications, appeals and references relating to disputes over property. The residential property disputes that the Residental Property Division handles include:

  • rent increases for ‘fair’ or ‘market’ rates
  • leasehold disputes
  • leasehold enfranchisement
  • disputes about park homes
  • improvement notices and prohibition orders where your notice is under the Housing Act 2004
  • disputes about licences for houses in multiple occupation
  • the right to buy your council home being refused because it’s deemed suitable for elderly people