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7 January, 2014

Proposed ground of possession for riot-related antisocial behaviour criticised by MPs and peers

Joint Committee on Human Rights says measure included in the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill would have a 'potentially serious and disproportionate impact on family members'.

7 January, 2014

Redress schemes for private rented sector lettings agency and property management work

New DCLG paper explains how schemes can apply to be an approved scheme.

7 January, 2014

Housing Law Update

Issue 338 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.

3 January, 2014

Maximum right to buy discount for a house to be increased to 70 per cent

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles also announces that the £75,000 cap, and the £100,000 cap in London, will be increased annually in line with the CPI rate of inflation.

3 January, 2014

70 per cent of renters or mortgagors with children are struggling or falling behind with payments

Shelter says its new research suggests that household budgets are 'at breaking point' and that 'millions will start the New Year worried about keeping their homes'.

3 January, 2014

23 councils receive extra funding to tackle rogue landlords

Housing Minister Kris Hopkins announces the local authorities that will share the additional £4m 'cash boost'.

2 January, 2014

‘Providing social housing for local people’

Supplementary guidance issued by DCLG to 'encourage authorities to make use of the existing flexibilities within the allocation legislation to ensure that social homes go to people who need and deserve them the most, such as hard working families and members of the Armed Forces'.

24 December, 2013

Spencer v Taylor

[2013] EWCA Civ 1600

20 December, 2013

13 per cent rise in Citizens Advice Bureau clients with social housing rent arrears since last year

Citizens Advice report that cases of arrears are up across every region of England, with the Midlands and parts of the North showing the 'starkest deterioration'.

19 December, 2013

Future funding of the Housing Ombudsman

DCLG consultation paper seeks views on proposals to extend the existing fee charging model to local authority landlords from April 2014 and on an alternative funding model post-2016.

19 December, 2013

Households accepted as homeless in Wales have fallen by 21 per cent since last year

Welsh Government publishes homelessness statistics for July - September 2013.

19 December, 2013

Eviction and repossession hotspots in 2013

New Shelter report finds that the London Borough of Newham has the highest risk of repossession in England, with 1 in every 35 homes at risk.

19 December, 2013

Local authority housing statistics for England: 2012 to 2013

Main points in DCLG's annual figures include a 8.6 per cent decrease in households on local authority waiting lists and a 7 per cent increase in the average council rent over the previous year.

19 December, 2013

New CIH Scotland briefing on Housing (Scotland) Bill

Describes the key provisions and provides a commentary on some of the main implications.

18 December, 2013

Recent developments in housing law

November update, as published in the Legal Action Magazine, now available from the Garden Court Chambers website.

18 December, 2013

Conditions for approval of redress schemes for letting and property management agents set out

Redress Schemes for Lettings Agency Work and Property Management Work (Approval and Designation of Schemes) (England) Order 2013 came into force on 13 December 2013.

16 December, 2013

Housing Law Update

Issue 337 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.

16 December, 2013

Call for evidence on extent of homelessness among veterans

Homeless Link asks providers of services to single homeless people to complete online survey as part of new study by University of York.

16 December, 2013