Are you a tenant who is in the dark when it comes to what you should expect when renting? Is your landlord being unreasonable and you want to know your rights? Well, then this is the book for you.

Written by Tessa Shepperson, a specialist in tenancy law, this book has been written totally from a tenant's point of view. In a practical and easy-to-understand manner, this guide tells you all your rights (and responsibilities), including how to:

• »  Protect your deposit
• »  Cope with harassment from your landlord
• »  Prevent eviction
• »  Make deductions from the rent
• »  Receive housing benefit
• »  Deal with claims in court 

This book is for both private and public sector tenants and it includes the recent legislation on houses in multiple occupation and tenancy deposit schemes.

It's also useful for landlords as the book is a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the legal aspects of renting property. There have been important changes to letting laws recently (and there are more to come) so it's important that landlords keep up with these changes.

For use in England and Wales.

About the Author

Tessa Shepperson is a solicitor in private practice. She qualified in 1990 and set up her own legal practice, TJ Shepperson, in 1994. Tessa specialises in residential landlord-and-tenant work and is now concentrating on legal work for private residential landlords.

Topics include:

• The English legal system
• What is a tenancy?
• The different types of tenancy
• Court claims
• The right to housing
• The right to information about the tenancy
• The right to information about your landlord
• The right to be treated fairly 
• Property repairs and safety
• Tenancy agreements 
• Rent matters
• The right to receive housing benefit
• The right to make deductions from the rent (set-off)
• The right to live in the property undisturbed
• Harassment
• Eviction
• The right to buy
• Subletting
• Damage deposits