6 October, 2014
3 October, 2014
Legislation to be introduced in the Scottish Government’s forthcoming legislation programme that will mean councils will no longer have the ability to collect poll tax arrears, but will be compensated for outstanding amounts in line with current collection rates.
3 October, 2014
Scheme to be expanded to everyone in receipt of pension credit guarantee credit, including those also in receipt of pension credit guarantee credit with savings credit.
3 October, 2014
Schemes run by The Property Ombudsman, Ombudsman Services Property and the Property Redress Scheme offer independent investigation into complaints about hidden fees or poor service.
3 October, 2014
Exercise seeks views, ahead of 13 November deadline, on proposed changes for 2015/2016
2 October, 2014
Issue 1 of Housing Law Week, a weekly email update bulletin for housing professionals and housing lawyers edited by Jan Luba QC.
30 September, 2014
30 September, 2014
Applicants invited to bid for up to £200m of recoverable loans to support building of fixed term affordable homes between 2015 and 2017.
29 September, 2014
New statutory instrument brings into force provisions including, from 20 October 2014, in relation to the recovering of possession of dwelling houses on anti-social behaviour grounds.
26 September, 2014
Under the scheme housing associations and other providers can bid for low-cost loans to build new homes which they must make available for rent at below-market rates for a minimum of seven years after which the tenant will have first refusal to buy the property or they may choose to move out and buy a different property, or rent another property either privately or with the housing association.
26 September, 2014
Press release from DCLG also reports that almost 80 per cent of sales have gone to first time buyers, with nearly 70 per cent being for new build homes.
25 September, 2014
New statutory instrument specifies the procedure to be followed in an internal review by a local housing authority or housing action trust of its decision to seek possession under the new absolute ground for anti-social behaviour.
25 September, 2014
New Ministry of Justice statistics include that total of legal help matters started and civil representation certificates granted was 32 in employment cases, 2,584 in debt cases, 3,877 in community care cases and 55,943 in housing cases.
25 September, 2014
New levels of discount and launch of Right to Buy Agent service mean that 'there might never be a better time for eligible council and housing association tenants to make this life-changing decision for them and their family', says Housing Minister.
25 September, 2014
New DCLG statistics also show that, on 30 June 2014, there were 59,710 households in temporary accommodation, 6 per cent higher than at the same date in 2013.
24 September, 2014
New Welsh Government statistics also show that number of decisions made on homeless applications was down by 14 per cent for April-June 2014 compared with previous year.
18 September, 2014
New legislation that gives Wales powers to implement mandatory licensing for the private rented sector, create a strategy for homelessness and allow councils to charge 50 per cent more than the standard rate of council tax on long-term empty homes.
15 September, 2014
Consultation seeks views on measures designed to 'ensure that the planning system applies fairly and equally to both the settled community and travellers; strengthen protection of our sensitive areas and the green belt; and deal with the negative effects of unauthorised occupation of land'.
12 September, 2014
New statutory instrument introduces requirement that local authority temporary accommodation is 'wind and watertight and suitable for occupation by children'.
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