26 February, 2015
26 February, 2015
Scottish Government says that it has fully funded the eighth successive freeze by providing an extra £70m each year which is included in the local government finance settlement of over £10.85bn for 2015-2016.
26 February, 2015
The precise details of the extended scheme will depend on a number of factors, including the outcome of the next UK government’s Spending Review, which will set the Welsh budget for 2016-17 and beyond.
26 February, 2015
New statistics from DCLG also show that 27 per cent of the rough sleepers are in London which has seen an increase of 37 per cent over the year compared to 7 per cent in the rest of England.
24 February, 2015
DCLG says that, from April 2015, discounts will go up to £77,900 outside of London and £103,900 in the capital and also highlights that 33,000 people have exercised Right to Buy since 2012.
24 February, 2015
[2015] EWHC 403 (QB)
24 February, 2015
20 February, 2015
Hansen Palomares Solicitors report on High Court consent order in judicial review proceedings that has required Southwark 'to cease with immediate effect the policies and practices' which had led to a homeless family being told to look for accommodation in the private market before the council would investigate whether they were homeless.
20 February, 2015
Plans include designating nine Housing Zones that will have access to funding set aside to deliver affordable housing quickly, and launching an £84m Social Mobility Fund to enable local authorities to offer cash sums to help council tenants, who are eligible for RIght to Buy, to buy their own home on the open market.
20 February, 2015
New report from Crisis - Sharing in Scotland - finds that local authorities are increasingly using temporary accommodation to house young homeless people which is harmful to them and local authorities have to bear the financial cost, and more needs to be done to enable young people to access shared accommodation in the private rented sector.
18 February, 2015
Healthwatch, the health and social care consumer watchdog, has written to the Department of Health regarding the lack of quality assurance of adult social care services that are currently non-regulated by the Care Quality Commission or are non-local authority contracted, such as supported living accommodation and daycare centres.
16 February, 2015
New briefing note explains the law in relation to retaliatory ('revenge') eviction and considers evidence around the extent to which it occurs, before explaining attempts to amend the law.
13 February, 2015
Commenting on a new report from the Housing Repossession Taskforce, Minister says: 'Managing a crisis when a household reaches the cliff edge of repossession is complicated, expensive and distressing, and is unfortunately all too common in Northern Ireland.'
13 February, 2015
New government statistics also highlight an increase in the numbers of orders, warrants and repossessions in 2014 compared to 2013.
12 February, 2015
Charity welcomes amendments approved to the Deregulation Bill by the House of Lords yesterday.
11 February, 2015
Regulatory notice finds that housing association has failed to meet all applicable statutory requirements that provide for the health and safety of the occupants in their homes and the requirement to have a cost effective repairs service that responds to the needs of tenants.
11 February, 2015
New report from NSPCC finds that homelessness can affect parents’ ability to meet what babies need for a healthy and safe start in life as the stresses associated with housing instability make it more difficult for parents to provide their babies with sensitive, responsive and consistent emotional care.
11 February, 2015
[2015] EWCA Civ 72
9 February, 2015
New legislation designed to improve and simplify the arrangements for renting homes by replacing different and complex pieces of legislation with one main piece of legislation, and replacing the different types of tenancies and licences with two types of contract – one for the private rented sector and one for the social rented sector.
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