Housing news and case law

28 April, 2020 Open access

Government issues guidance for social landlords on supporting vulnerable people to move home during the coronavirus outbreak

New guidance makes clear that essential moves should continue during the crisis, where they can be done in line with social distancing

28 April, 2020

High Court considers whether a freehold owner has right to enter leaseholder’s property to carry out works of improvement and whether First-tier Tribunal decisions are binding on County Court

[2020] EWHC 960 (QB)

27 April, 2020

High Court considers whether group of leasehold tenants were prevented from acquiring the freehold of their building by failing to comply with procedural notice requirements

[2020] EWHC 920 (Ch)

23 April, 2020

Court of Session considers council tax valuation of affordable housing units subject to ‘golden share’ provisions

[2020] CSIH 16

21 April, 2020

Court of Appeal rules that ‘Right to Rent’ Scheme is not unlawful

[2020] EWCA Civ 542

20 April, 2020 Open access

Select Committee launches inquiry into the impact of coronavirus on homeless people and those in the private rented sector

Inquiry will examine how effective government support has been so far, and consider what long term strategies need to be put in place to support both groups once current measures expire

16 April, 2020 Open access

Department for Communities confirms intention to amend notice to quit requirements in Northern Ireland as result of the coronavirus outbreak

Communities Minister says that new legislation will ensure that landlords are required to give tenants 12 weeks' notice to quit before seeking a court order to begin proceedings to evict

16 April, 2020

Lack of affordable homes is a major barrier to Homelessness Reduction Act achieving its aims, says Shelter

Local housing allowance rates should be raised to the 50th percentile during the COVID-19 pandemic and kept in line with at least the 30th percentile in perpetuity, charity recommends

15 April, 2020

Court of Session considers whether a landlord seeking possession of a property that was subject to a Repairing Standards Enforcement Order could form a lawful intention to demolish it

[2020] CSIH 11

15 April, 2020

High Court considers whether to set aside an order giving permission to issue a writ of possession where the application for that order was based on defects of notice under civil procedure rules

[2020] EWHC 838 (QB)

14 April, 2020

High Court considers whether a tenant of a leasehold house must be the tenant of the whole house for the purposes of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967

[2020] EWHC 792 (Ch)

9 April, 2020

High Court rules that council did not breach Care Act, Housing Act and ECHR duties when it took more than 18 months to rehouse a newly severely disabled council tenant

[2020] EWHC 860 (Admin)

9 April, 2020

Court of Appeal considers interaction between a determination of whether a person is vulnerable under the Housing Act 1996 and compliance with the public sector equality duty

[2020] EWCA Civ 497

7 April, 2020 Open access

Extension of notice periods for tenants in Scotland during coronavirus outbreak

New measures set out in Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 that received Royal Assent yesterday

7 April, 2020 Open access

Northern Ireland Executive announces delay to Housing Executive rent increase from 1 April to 1 October 2020

In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the last thing people need is to face a rent increase this week, says Communities Minister

3 April, 2020 Open access

Homelessness charities urge government to remove last remaining barriers preventing councils from housing all rough sleepers during coronavirus crisis

Letter to Prime Minister reports examples of councils denying help to people on basis of not having a local connection or having no recourse to public funds

2 April, 2020

Court of Appeal considers jurisdiction of county court on a section 204 decision and lawfulness of a contracted out decision under section 202

[2020] EWCA Civ 489

2 April, 2020 Open access

Renters in Scotland afforded greater protections as new coronavirus legislation extends notice periods to up to six months

Measure included in the Coronavirus (Scotland) Bill that was passed unanimously in the Scottish Parliament yesterday

2 April, 2020

High Court rules that local authority’s reasons for refusing a Disabled Facilities Grant to provide a means of independent access to the applicant’s home were unlawful

[2020] EWHC 779 (Admin)

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