22 August, 2014
21 August, 2014
New statistics also show that London Boroughs accounted for 33 per cent of sales, the highest percentage since statistics became available.
18 August, 2014
View sought on modernising the repair and maintenance of fixed equipment and end-of-tenancy compensation in England.
15 August, 2014
Fact that working households who are ‘housing pinched’ and in the bottom half of the income distribution have so little left over, in cash terms, to pay for other things, is a real cause for concern, says Resolution Foundation.
14 August, 2014
Figures in today's publication include that, in the first quarter of 2014, there were 12,540 local authority homelessness acceptances.
14 August, 2014
Local Government Ombudsman recommends that Fylde Borough Council apologise to each resident of a housing complex for failing to ensure that the association who ran the complex consulted them properly on disposing of their homes to a developer.
12 August, 2014
12 August, 2014
New DCLG guidance to social landlords on capping service charges where improvement works are funded by government.
8 August, 2014
New report from the National Housing Federation - based on discussions with the DWP and housing associations in areas where universal credit has been introduced - that provides information to help other housing association in their own preparations for the new benefit, and makes recommendations to the DWP for improvements that need to be made to the system.
7 August, 2014
New regulations that prescribe the procedure for the making, variation and deletion of site rules, prescribe the matters to which site rules may and may not relate, and grant appeal rights in relation to these matters, under section 52 of the Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013.
7 August, 2014
New Ministry of Justice statistics report that this is both the second highest quarter 2 figure since 2009 and the lowest quarterly figure for two years.
7 August, 2014
Analysis of Freedom of Information requests by Shelter also suggests that around one in four households subject to the benefit cap in London are in temporary accommodation.
6 August, 2014
New Home Office guide to new rules that will mean that, from late autumn 2014, landlords in some areas will need to check that tenants have a right to rent in the UK before letting a property to them.
6 August, 2014
Nearly Legal reports that permission to appeal in Aster Communities Ltd v Akerman-Livingstone was granted by the Supreme Court the day after the Court of Appeal's decision.
5 August, 2014
New legislation that makes provision about housing in Scotland, including in relation to the abolition of the right to buy, social housing, the law affecting private housing, the regulation of letting agents and the licensing of sites for mobile homes.
5 August, 2014
New maximum discount caps mean that tenants can now benefit from up to £77,000 off the value of their home outside London, and £102,700 in the capital.
31 July, 2014
New report from the London Assembly Housing Committee examines what happens to those who are not housed by councils, and looks at how homeless support services address the often complex needs of repeat rough sleepers.
30 July, 2014
[2014] EWCA Civ 1081
30 July, 2014
[2014] EWHC 2647 (Admin)
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