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29 July, 2014

Local Government Association calls for volunteers to be given a council tax discount

10 per cent reductions should be offered to 'community heroes' who improve life in their areas by giving up their time to do things like help run local libraries, museums and leisure centres, says LGA.

29 July, 2014

28 July, 2014

Mobile Homes (Selling and Gifting) (Wales) Regulations 2014

New regulations that make detailed provision in relation to the selling and gifting of mobile homes and the assignment of agreements under provisions in Part 4 of the Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013.

25 July, 2014

McDonald v McDonald & Anor

[2014] EWCA Civ 1049

24 July, 2014

Homelessness prevention and relief statistics for 2013-2014

New DCLG statistics include that a total of 227,800 cases of homelessness prevention or relief are estimated to have taken place outside the statutory homelessness framework in England and that, of these cases, 209,300 (92 per cent) were preventions and 18,500 (8 per cent) were cases of relief.

21 July, 2014

Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Mobile Homes Act 2013 and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2014

New statutory instrument transfers into the unified tribunal structure further jurisdiction conferred on a residential property tribunal in England by the Mobile Homes Act 2013 and makes consequential amendments relating to the transfer.

21 July, 2014

First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) (Amendment) Order 2014

New statutory instrument amends the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) Order 2010 to reflect the conferral of further jurisdiction relating to mobile homes and new jurisdiction relating to caravan sites.

21 July, 2014

Housing (Right to Buy) (Maximum Percentage Discount) (England) Order 2014

New statutory instrument prescribes the maximum percentage discount on the price of a dwelling for people exercising right to buy as 70 per cent.

18 July, 2014

Mobile Homes (Pitch Fees) (Prescribed Form) (Wales) Regulations 2014

New regulations that prescribe the form of the document that must accompany a pitch fee review notice which proposes an increase in the pitch fee.

18 July, 2014

Mobile Homes (Written Statement) (Wales) Regulations 2014

New regulations which specify what information should be contained in the written statement which site owners must give to proposed occupiers prior to an agreement that they may occupy their mobile home as their only or main residence, and in addition sets out the main provisions required within the agreement.

18 July, 2014

Housing (Right to Buy) (Limit on Discount) (England) (Amendment) Order 2014

New regulations which correct a mistake in the Housing (Right to Buy) (Limit on Discount) (England) Order 2014 which had revoked the Housing (Right to Buy) (Limit on Discount) (England) Order 2012 in its entirety instead of just Article 3.

18 July, 2014

First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) (Amendment) Order 2014

New regulations that allow for First-tier Tribunals to hear appeals relating to mobile homes and licensing of caravan sites, and for the Tax and Chancery Chamber of the Upper Tribunal to determine references from or appeals against decisions of the regulatory authorities that replaced the Financial Services Authority.

18 July, 2014

Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Mobile Homes Act 2013 and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2014

New regulations that transfer certain jurisdiction on mobile homes from magistrate's courts to residential property tribunals, and amend the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) Fees Order 2013 to prescribe fees payable for applications to the Property Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal.

17 July, 2014

Housing Renewal Grants (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2014

Amends the Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996 to provide that the new maternity allowance for women who participate in the work of their self-employed spouse or civil partner without pay should be taken into account when assessing income for Disabled Facilities Capital Grants.

14 July, 2014

Government announces £100 million funding for tenant groups wanting to exercise ‘Right to Transfer’

Fund will also be available for councils wishing to transfer their stock, with proposals that provide good value for money and have the support of residents, says Housing Minister.

10 July, 2014

Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2014

New statutory instrument introduces new form of notice (the 'RTB1') to be used by a tenant claiming to exercise the right to buy his or her dwelling-house in accordance with section 122 of the Housing Act 1985.

10 July, 2014

Welsh Assembly approves Housing (Wales) Bill

Bringing the Bill before the Chamber, Carl Sergeant, Minister for Housing and Regeneration, said, 'The issues that we are addressing through the Bill—the private rented sector and homelessness, for example—are not problems unique to Wales, but, unlike England, we are doing something about them ...'

9 July, 2014

Homeless people ‘twice as likely to be ill’

New research from Homeless Link shows that proportion of homeless people in England reporting some form of physical and mental health problem is at least double that of general population, and that many are not getting the right help.

8 July, 2014

Complaints process for social tenants published on government’s website

Tenants have a right to know how to complain if they get a poor service from their social landlord, says Housing Minister Kris Hopkins.