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17 December, 2015

Welsh Government confirms that current social rent policy will be maintained in 2016/2017

Housing Minister Lesley Griffiths also announces an additional £21.7m to help housing associations increase the availability of affordable housing in Wales.

16 December, 2015

Cuts to housing benefit for young people could push homelessness services out of reach

Research by Homeless Link shows that 44 per cent of young people in homelessness services could be affected by proposal to remove automatic entitlement to housing benefit for 18-21 year olds.

16 December, 2015

205,100 households on brink of homelessness have been helped by local councils in the last year

New analysis by Shelter reports that this is a rise of almost 46 per cent since 2009/2010.

16 December, 2015

16 December, 2015

Tibber v Buckley & Anor

[2015] EWCA Civ 1294

15 December, 2015

Second critical report from Ombudsman on Doncaster’s support for young homeless people

Local Government Ombudsman says that second critical report within two years highlights the importance of learning lessons from complaints.

14 December, 2015

Current system of council tax in Scotland ‘must end’, says Commission on Local Tax Reform

In final report, published today, Commission sets out alternatives and says that any replacement must be 'fairer, more progressive and locally empowering'.

14 December, 2015

Government must use Housing Bill ‘to take fight to unscrupulous landlords’, says Citizens Advice

New report finds that rogue landlords are making billions of pounds from 700,000 private rented homes in England with a category 1 hazard which can include rat infestations, unsafe electrics and cold and damp.

11 December, 2015

Government must take ‘urgent action’ to improve homelessness statistics

Statistics produced by the Department for Communities and Local Government do not meet standards of trustworthiness, quality and value, says UK Statistics Authority.

11 December, 2015

Benefit sanctions are forcing people to sleep rough and go hungry, says Crisis

Charity calls for reform of how benefit sanctions work for the most vulnerable as new research reveals how the regime is leaving people homeless, hungry and destitute and making it even harder for them to find work.

10 December, 2015

Council tenancies to be limited to five years

Guardian reports on government amendment to Housing and Planning Bill 2015/2016

10 December, 2015

House of Commons briefing on housing an ageing population

New paper discusses the challenges around providing housing for older people in the midst of both a growing population and a still recovering housing market.

9 December, 2015

Understanding the legal problems of renters

New research funded by the Legal Education Foundation highlights that people living in rented accommodation are twice as likely to experience some kinds of non-housing-related legal problems as those living in other types of housing.

9 December, 2015

65,920 mortgages completed through Help to Buy since scheme began in 2013

New Treasury figures for period from October 2013 to September 2015 also show that 79 per cent were purchases by first time buyers and that the total value of mortgages supported by the scheme is £9.7bn.

8 December, 2015

Scotland’s success in tackling homelessness ‘under threat’

New report from Crisis and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation expresses concerns that homeless people are having to spend more time in temporary accommodation and that some local authorities may be using Housing Options to deny people their statutory rights.

7 December, 2015

Eligibility for shared ownership to be expanded to further 175,000 people

Prime Minister announces that from April 2016 anyone earning below £80,000 in England and £90,000 in London will be eligible for shared ownership scheme.

4 December, 2015

Moorjani v Durban Estates Ltd

[2015] EWCA Civ 1252)

4 December, 2015

Tackling extreme housing exclusion

New report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds that deepening welfare cuts in the UK mean that those groups entitled to little or no statutory support face extreme housing exclusion – homelessness, severe overcrowding, very poor or insecure housing - and uses lessons from eleven countries to identify solutions to the problem.

3 December, 2015

Over 352,000 rental sector tenants in England have faced eviction over last year

New analysis from Shelter also shows that figures suggest that, in one in three cases, tenants do end up losing their home.