30 July, 2013
30 July, 2013
[2013] EWCA Civ 912
29 July, 2013
[2013] EWHC 2304 (QB)
26 July, 2013
CIH Scotland guidance looks at how it can be made easier for tenants to pay rent, and how landlords can adapt rent collection arrangements.
25 July, 2013
DCLG has published a summary of responses to the consultation, published in June 2012, on its proposals to allow social landlords to charge higher rents to high earners - it also states that the government intends to take steps to allow higher rents to be charged to tenant households with incomes of over £60,000 per year.
23 July, 2013
[2013] EWCA Civ 902
23 July, 2013
23 July, 2013
In force from 10 July 2013, the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) (Wales) Order 2013 replicates the provisions that came into force in England on 30 April 2011.
22 July, 2013
DCLG has published a summary of responses to the consultation, published in March 2012, on its proposals to make it easier for council tenants to take over responsibility for managing housing services, or to explore options for transfer from their local authority - it also states that the government intends to lay regulations before parliament this autumn.
22 July, 2013
DCLG seeks views on whether the draft manual sets out the proposed stock transfer process and criteria for assessing applications clearly, and how the current text could be improved - it is aimed primarily at local authority landlords (especially those considering stock transfer) and their tenants, and the deadline for responses is 2 September 2013.
22 July, 2013
Issue 317 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
19 July, 2013
[2013] EWHC B10 (Ch)
19 July, 2013
Councils will be able to bid for share of up to £3 million to tackle irresponsible landlords in their area.
18 July, 2013
New Select Committee report proposes bringing regulation for letting agents up to the level of that for estate agents, giving the Office of Fair Trading the power to ban agents who act improperly, and putting in place new rules to ensure the safe treatment of landlords’ and tenants’ money.
17 July, 2013
June update, as published in the Legal Action Magazine, now available from the Garden Court Chambers website.
17 July, 2013
The First Minister of the Welsh Assembly says that the Bill - to help ensure everyone in Wales has a decent place to live by tackling homelessness and empty homes, improving standards in the private rented sector, and increasing the supply of housing - will be introduced in 2013/2014.
17 July, 2013
Response to yesterday's figures showing that, from 31 December 2012, all Scottish local authorities met the 2012 homelessness commitment to assist all homeless households (including the 65 per cent of applications coming from single people).
16 July, 2013
New Scottish Government figures also show that there were 3,177 applicants with children in temporary accommodation - seven per cent less than the previous year.
16 July, 2013
In force from 31 August 2013, new regulations set out that Croation workers will be eligible for an allocation of housing accommodation or for homelessness assistance in Northern Ireland if they are working in the UK subject to the relevant worker authorisation scheme.
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