HLPA

The Housing Law Practitioners Association was set up to provide a forum for practitioners working in the housing field to share knowledge and information. Membership is open to all those who use housing law for the benefit of the homeless, tenants, and other occupiers of housing. Current members include solicitors, barristers, advice workers, independent environmental health officers and other housing specialists.

Events

HLPA has regular events for members, and special events for all. The very latest in housing law practice, delivered by those involved. Notes and handouts available to all members on the website soon after each meeting. For the next meeting:

Latest update

Open letter to the Secretaries of State for Housing and Justice – 10/10/2022

HLPA has written an open letter to Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP and Rt Hon Branden Lewis MP. We call on the government to honour its three year promise to abolish so called ‘no fault’ evictions and we also call for the instatement of an evictions moratorium.  In addition we point to the need for other significant medium and long term measures to protect renters and borrowers in the current cost-of-living crisis, a crisis which lands in the midst of a host of other longer term housing and other social crises.

Doing nothing at this moment of crisis, and the breaking of the 3-year-old commitment on ‘no fault evictions’ would be a total abnegation of leadership and responsibility.

 

Please read our letter here

Events

Next HLPA Meeting 17th January 2018

Homelessness Update-Vulnerability after Panayiotou The speakers will be Tessa Buchanan, Garden Court Chambers and Toby Vanhegan, Arden Chambers. Please note that the meeting will take place from 6.30 to 8.30pm and will be at the new venue. The location for this...

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Next HLPA Meeting 15 November 2017

Housing Law Update The speakers will be John Gallagher, Shelter and Marina Sergides, Garden Court Chambers. Please note that the meeting will take place from 6.30 to 8.30pm and will be at the new venue. The location for this meeting is: BPP University Law School,...

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News and Updates

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Meetings

Members’ meetings every two months – with speakers at the forefront of housing law giving updates on recent developments and practice.

Papers and notes for past meetings are available for members to download.

Resources

Resources for members – guides, FAQs, precedents and more.

Junior HLPA

A group for housing law practitioners with less than 5 years PQE, trainees and paralegals.

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Professional and media enquiries

Media and professional enquiries should be made to the HLPA co chairs, Simon Mullings and Marina Sergides

Company details

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Company No: 04320545
Registered Office:
Housing Law Practitioners’ Association
c/o Shelter Legal Services
88 Old Street
London
EC1V 9HU