× Search rightsnet
Search options

Where

Benefit

Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction

From

to

Housing

13 February, 2015

Early intervention needed to tackle repossession, says NI Social Development Minister

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

42,000 landlord repossessions in 2014 represent the highest figure since records began in 2000

New government statistics also highlight an increase in the numbers of orders, warrants and repossessions in 2014 compared to 2013.

12 February, 2015

Citizens Advice hails ‘vital step’ towards ending retaliatory evictions

Charity welcomes amendments approved to the Deregulation Bill by the House of Lords yesterday.

11 February, 2015

Social housing regulator finds that Circle Anglia Limited has breached Home Standard

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

Babies living in homeless families can be extremely vulnerable

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

Graham-York v York & Ors

[2015] EWCA Civ 72

9 February, 2015

Renting Homes (Wales) Bill introduced into the Welsh National Assembly

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.

6 February, 2015

Government announces plans to introduce required energy efficiency rating for privately rented homes

Due to come into force from April 2018, the proposals mean that landlords will be required by law to get their properties to an energy efficiency rating of at least Band 'E'.

5 February, 2015

New measures announced to given stronger protection against rogue landlords

Government publishes amendments to the Deregulation Bill which will extend the existing restrictions on a landlord’s powers to evict, where they don’t protect a deposit or have a licence they are required to hold, to situations where a health and safety hazard has been identified by environmental health officers.

5 February, 2015

4 February, 2015

Homelessness much worse than official figues show, says Crisis and Joseph Rowntree Foundation

New report, 'Homelessness Monitor- England 2015', also highlights increase in homelessness due to welfare reforms and that loss of a private rented home now accounts for 30 per cent of all statutory homelessness cases.

3 February, 2015

Permission given to appeal to Supreme Court in Nzolameso v City of Westminster

Hodge Jones and Allen reports on permission given to mother of five challenging decision by Westminster to rehouse her and her family in Milton Keynes.

2 February, 2015

Proposals to remove housing law from legal aid in Scotland will hit most vulnerable, says Shelter

Graeme Brown, Director of Shelter Scotland, says they have grave concerns about the proposals and that 'housing law impacts disproportionately on the most vulnerable in society and this proposal would remove protection currently offered to them.'

2 February, 2015

Consultation on proposals to streamline the resale of shared ownership properties

Views sought by 28 February 2015 on proposals from the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Homes and Communities Agency to change the operation of the pre-emption right in shared ownership standard leases and other proposals to streamline the resale of shared ownership properties.

30 January, 2015

Changes to social housing regulatory framework announced

Decision statement, issued by the Home and Communities Agency, sets out the changes which will come into effect on 1 April 2015.

30 January, 2015

Private rents rose by nearly two per cent in 2014

Citizens Advice highlight that this is against a backdrop of an increasing number of problems ranging from illegal eviction to harassment, to lost deposits and struggles to secure the most basic repairs.

29 January, 2015

29 January, 2015

Private Rented Sector (Decent Homes Standard) Bill debated in House of Commons

Bill, which aims to require private landlords to ensure that any property they let meets the requirements of the Decent Homes Standard, is read for the first time and due to be read a second time on Friday 6 March.

29 January, 2015