10 August, 2015
7 August, 2015
Only seven landlords have been penalised in the nine months since the trial commenced in the West Midlands according to figures obtained by the Economist.
7 August, 2015
New academic review published by the Commission on Local Tax Reform, established jointly by the Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities.
4 August, 2015
Increase in volume is 'testament to our accessibility but brings its own challenges', says Ombudsman in 2014/2015 annual report.
3 August, 2015
Government issues consultation on proposals, including a blacklist of rogue landlords and letting agents, tougher penalties for the worst offenders, extending rent repayment orders, introducing fixed penalty notices, and tackling the problem of abandonment where a tenant disappears leaving the landlord uncertain over their right to possess.
3 August, 2015
New measures, to 'make Britain an even harder place for illegal migrants to operate', will also require landlords to conduct 'Right to Rent' checks on their tenants’ immigration status before offering a tenancy agreement.
31 July, 2015
30 July, 2015
New report from Crisis also finds that there is a high level of inconsistency in the level of support provided depending on which council a person goes to for help.
30 July, 2015
New report from the London Boroughs' Fraud Investigators' Group finds that detected cases of right to buy fraud have more than doubled to 300 in 2014/2015 and analysis suggests that at least 3 per cent of right to buy applications in London are fraudulent.
29 July, 2015
Views sought, by 28 August 2015, on impact of issues including government proposals to extend Right to Buy, reduce rents and cut housing benefit for young people.
23 July, 2015
New research from Inclusion and the National Housing Federation suggests that, by investing £285m nationwide to get the most disadvantaged housing association tenants into work, the government could save at least £355m from the public purse, and help 42,000 residents into work whilst simultaneously creating 7,000 new jobs.
23 July, 2015
Written statement to the House of Lords by Lord Faulks, Minister of State for Civil Justice, also introduces fees for tribunals in the property chamber.
22 July, 2015
New statutory instrument confers functions on the Property Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal to approve the exercise of statutory powers of entry conferred on listing officers and valuation officers of the Valuation Office Agency where the occupier of the property has refused consent, and on the Social Entitlement Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal in relation to appeals regarding childcare payments.
22 July, 2015
Information on scheme, which starts on 1 December 2015, awarding first time buyers amount equivalent to 25 per cent of their savings of up to £200 a month, with maximum award of £3,000.
21 July, 2015
Today's letter sets out the steps the Regulator expects housing providers to take following the Budget 'to give an assurance that they are adapting to the changed operating environment'.
21 July, 2015
Amendment echoes concerns expressed by the National Housing Federation that forcing housing associations to sell property, even if they are fully compensated financially, sets a dangerous precedent for government intervention in independent charities.
17 July, 2015
New regulations that raise the tax relief limit for renting a room from £4,250 to £7,500 with effect from April 2016
17 July, 2015
English Housing Survey 2013/2014 also finds that the size of the social rented sector has declined significantly - from 32 per cent of all households in 1981 to 17 per cent of all households in 2013/2014.
16 July, 2015
Report concludes that the most cost effective way forward is to keep an annual format with no pause in 2015/2016, and the best way of making additional savings from the English Housing Survey from 2016/2017 onwards would be to alter the scale or scope of the survey and to streamline the reporting process.
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