27 September, 2013
27 September, 2013
Scottish Government to provide help to eligible buyers of up to 20 per cent of the purchase price of a new build home from a participating home builder.
27 September, 2013
Whilst statutory government guidance makes clear that 16 and 17 year olds should not be housed overnight in a B&B 'even on an emergency accommodation basis', councils say there is often little alternative.
26 September, 2013
New House of Commons Library briefing paper sets out the current legal position and the case for and against additional regulation, and outlines recent developments.
24 September, 2013
Issue 326 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
24 September, 2013
Local Government Ombudsman finds that failure to avoid the use of B&B accommodation has caused 'real injustice' to families.
23 September, 2013
20 September, 2013
However David Orr says government is frightened even to start a conversation about capping, despite 10,000 new housing benefit claims made every month by working households as rents continue to rise and wages to fall.
18 September, 2013
Issue 325 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
16 September, 2013
New statutory instrument introduces single fee remissions system to all court and tribunals, with changes to disposable capital rules, and also introduces fee for judicial review oral hearing.
12 September, 2013
Government providing £400,000 for at least 1,200 tenants to attend training courses in how to set up tenant organisations 'to influence landlords and to lead their communities', says DCLG.
12 September, 2013
New report criticises financial viability ratings of social housing providers published by the sector’s Regulator, Julian Ashby.
11 September, 2013
Issue 324 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
6 September, 2013
Scottish Government today announced that jurisdiction is to be transferred from the sheriff courts as part of forthcoming Housing Bill.
5 September, 2013
Department of Health announces that 52 voluntary sector projects have been awarded a share of the funding.
5 September, 2013
New DCLG statutory homelessness figures for April to June 2013 in England.
3 September, 2013
Shelter Scotland reports on court decision that landlord should pay tenants three-times their deposit under Scotland’s Tenancy Deposit Scheme regulations which were introduced last year.
2 September, 2013
Issue 323 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
30 August, 2013
BBC Newsnight freedom of information requests reveal that over 100 councils in England illegally placed 16/17 year olds in bed and breakfast hotels last year.
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