15 October, 2015
15 October, 2015
New analysis from the Chartered Institute of Housing shows that local authorities could be left with no money to replace the homes they are forced to sell to fund the policy.
15 October, 2015
New report - A Living Rent for Scotland’s private tenants - makes a number of recommendations including capping rent increases, moving towards indefinite tenancies as default, and ensuring that all tenants are entitled to a hardship defence in relation to evictions.
14 October, 2015
Bill proceeds to committee stage after Labour amendment defeated by 322 votes to 282.
13 October, 2015
New Bill includes provision for greater powers for local authorities to identify and tackle rogue landlords, implementing the Right to Buy for housing association tenants on a voluntary basis, and requiring local authorities to sell their most expensive vacant properties and replace them with new affordable housing.
13 October, 2015
In a written statement to the House of Commons, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Greg Clark said that, under the agreement with the National Housing Federation, all homes sold to tenants will be replaced on a one for one basis.
13 October, 2015
13 October, 2015
The Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee is seeking views on the Bill which aims to replace the current system of private tenancies in Scotland, and to provide tenants with protection against excessive rent increases and provide rent predictability.
12 October, 2015
Response to government consultation also warns that new policy could prove to be complex and expensive for social landlords to administer.
12 October, 2015
New Equality and Humans Rights Commission parliamentary briefing expresses concerns about a number of measures in the Bill including the fast tracking of evictions of illegal migrants which, it says, could breach human rights protections if families with children are made destitute as a result of becoming homeless in this way.
12 October, 2015
New statutory instrument introduces the phased commencement of section 25(1)(a) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 which enables third party applications to be made to the Private Rented Housing Panel.
12 October, 2015
Findings from freedom of information requests include that, in last year, only 40 per cent of young people in England were given an assessment to find out whether they were eligible for emergency housing whilst, in Wales, 60 per cent were assessed.
9 October, 2015
Consultation - launched today by the Department for Communities and Local Government - proposes a system of ‘tapers’ that would tie rent levels more closely to income, and asks for views on the potential administration costs.
8 October, 2015
New report from the Local Government Ombudsman finds that the London Borough of Hounslow should have taken about 15 weeks to determine the homelessness status of a woman with mental health needs, but instead it took about 62 weeks.
8 October, 2015
New Bill aims to ensure tenants will have more security, stability and predictability when privately renting a home in Scotland.
8 October, 2015
'Some people said this would be impossible and that housing associations would never stand for it. Today we have secured a deal with housing associations to give their tenants the Right to Buy their home', says David Cameron
7 October, 2015
In his speech to the Tory party conference, the Prime Minister David Cameron announces that current rules requiring property developers to build affordable homes that are available for rent will be replaced with new rules that require they should be available to buy.
7 October, 2015
New report explains the government's proposal to extend the Right to Buy to assured tenants of housing associations.
7 October, 2015
New report sets out provisions in Bill - which is due to have second reading in the Commons on 13 October - including in relation to creating new office of illegal working and building on existing measures to restrict irregular migrants’ access to residential tenancies.
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