19 November, 2014
19 November, 2014
Report highlights cuts in spending on care and housing as cuts to funding from government lead to over a quarter of single tier and county councils making unplanned reductions in service spend to deliver their 2013-2014 budgets.
18 November, 2014
Briefing gives a brief history of housing mobility schemes and policy developments in this area.
18 November, 2014
Briefing sets out new obligations for private sector landlords and letting agents, specifically how and when to carry out checks, reporting to the Home Office and avoiding discrimination and considers concerns from landlord associations.
13 November, 2014
New Ministry of Justice statistics report that this is the second consecutive quarterly decline when compared to the same period the previous year, although landlord repossessions by county court bailiffs, at 11,100 for the quarter, are at their highest in the series of statistics which covers the period from 2000.
13 November, 2014
Welsh government's Houses into Homes scheme, which provides interest free loans to owners of properties which have been empty for more than six months in order to bring the properties back into use for sale or rent, shows a 99 per cent increase on 2012/2013.
12 November, 2014
12 November, 2014
In new report, think tank proposes that housing associations be allowed to opt out of historical government grant in exchange for freedom from current rules governing allocation, rents and selling off more valuable homes.
12 November, 2014
[2014] UKSC 63
12 November, 2014
10 November, 2014
New briefing explains the law in relation to retaliatory eviction, and evidence around the extent to which it occurs, and also considers what the Tenancies (Reform) Bill’s measures might be and early reactions to it.
10 November, 2014
[2014] EWHC 3670 (Admin)
7 November, 2014
Announced by Social Development Minister Mervyn Storey, the review will examine the effectiveness of current regulation and consider what improvements can be made to help make the private rented sector a more attractive and viable housing option.
6 November, 2014
6 November, 2014
Charity highlights results of poll of 2,011 people aged between 18 and 25 on the eve of it's 'sleepout' event to raise awareness of the extent of youth homelessness.
5 November, 2014
New regulations that set out the requirements for the prescribed identity checks which must be complied with by landlords when entering into a residential tenancy agreement.
5 November, 2014
New regulations that set out circumstances in which a residential tenancy agreement will and will not be treated as being entered into for the purposes of the civil penalty scheme.
5 November, 2014
[2014] UKSC 57
5 November, 2014
Investigation carried out by Shelter finds that homeless families are being exposed to drug and alcohol abuse, fighting, swearing and racist language, and parents report that their children’s mental or emotional health has been affected, including reports of depression and panic attacks.
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