2 September, 2013
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.
30 August, 2013
New report finds 73 per cent of these families are now unable to afford the mortgage on a local three bedroom home.
27 August, 2013
Government is consulting on whether the level of discount should be 10, 25, 50 (its preferred option) or 100 per cent.
27 August, 2013
Issue 322 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
22 August, 2013
New DCLG figures show that a total of 2,149 properties were sold between April and June this year, nearly five times the 443 sold during the same period in 2012.
22 August, 2013
21 August, 2013
Homes and Communities Agency's 'Statistical Data Return' for 2012/2013 also shows number of homes managed by private registered providers has increased by 3.7 per cent.
20 August, 2013
Housing Minister writes to Residential Landlords Association following the recent Court of Appeal judgment in Superstrike Ltd v Rodrigues.
20 August, 2013
Issue 321 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
19 August, 2013
CIH Scotland report highlights a number of models, in the social sector in Scotland, that are aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of older people.
19 August, 2013
Scottish Housing Regulator has published a new leaflet to help social tenants, and tenant groups, understand how they can raise concerns about the services their council or housing association landlord is providing.
16 August, 2013
New House of Commons library report provides a broad overview of the law governing the rights of EU migrants to access social housing in England and considers whether there is any evidence to suggest that EU migrants are able to 'jump the queue'.
15 August, 2013
Inside Housing reports that Streetlink and Broadway are having discussions with waste management company to encourage refuse collectors to check that no one is sleeping in bins before clearing them away following the deaths of at least three homeless people in recent years.
15 August, 2013
Proposed new measures include fixed term tenancies for those aged under 60; three years local residence before being able to join housing register; and restricting family members' rights of succession to spouses or civil partners.
15 August, 2013
Whilst new DCLG statistics show that the most common action taken to prevent homelessness by local authorities was the use of landlord incentive schemes to secure private rented sector accommodation, figures also show a 5 per cent decrease in those assisted in this way since 2011/2012.
13 August, 2013
Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Amendments to the Mobile Homes Act 1983) (Wales) Order 2013 replicates the amendments made to the Mobile Homes Act 1983 in relation to England by the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Amendments to the Mobile Homes Act 1983) Order 2011.
13 August, 2013
Shelter's video 'report' on news that 'Bank of Mum and Dad', which lends £2bn a year to help children with housing costs, has 'run out of funds and looks likely to close'.
12 August, 2013
New report from Shelter Cymru and Citizens Advice Cymru examines the issue of retaliatory eviction – where a private landlord issues possession proceedings against tenants who ask them to address disrepair or other issues – and makes the case for introducing protection in law for tenants in Wales.
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