10 October, 2014
9 October, 2014
New statutory instrument makes amendments with the effect that a refuge in Wales must be treated as one dwelling for the purpose of council tax provision, even if the property comprises more than one self-contained unit.
9 October, 2014
First part of implementation package for Act includes that 1 August 2016 will be the date that provisions which will end the right to buy in Scotland will come into effect.
9 October, 2014
New Court of Appeal judgment that estopped a lender from enforcing a debt by recovering possession of a second property where it had already obtained judgment for the debt and possession of another property.
8 October, 2014
Statistics in new report include that, at 31 March 2014, 67 per cent of social housing dwellings (149,755 dwellings) were compliant with the standards (including acceptable fails) compared to 60 per cent a year earlier.
8 October, 2014
Issue 2 of Housing Law Week, a weekly email update bulletin for housing professionals and housing lawyers edited by Jan Luba QC.
8 October, 2014
6 October, 2014
View sought, by 28 December, on proposals to modernise the reasons a landlord can use to get back possession of their property; enable tenants to stay in their home at the end of their lease unless one of the new reasons above occur; and introduce longer notice periods for landlords and tenants.
3 October, 2014
Legislation to be introduced in the Scottish Government’s forthcoming legislation programme that will mean councils will no longer have the ability to collect poll tax arrears, but will be compensated for outstanding amounts in line with current collection rates.
3 October, 2014
Scheme to be expanded to everyone in receipt of pension credit guarantee credit, including those also in receipt of pension credit guarantee credit with savings credit.
3 October, 2014
Schemes run by The Property Ombudsman, Ombudsman Services Property and the Property Redress Scheme offer independent investigation into complaints about hidden fees or poor service.
3 October, 2014
Exercise seeks views, ahead of 13 November deadline, on proposed changes for 2015/2016
2 October, 2014
Issue 1 of Housing Law Week, a weekly email update bulletin for housing professionals and housing lawyers edited by Jan Luba QC.
30 September, 2014
Margeret Burgess comments on new statistics showing that number of people applying for homelessness assistance and assessed as homeless fell by seven per cent and three per cent respectively in April–June 2014 compared to same period last year, and there was a 10 per cent decrease in households with children in temporary accommodation at 30 June 2014.
30 September, 2014
Applicants invited to bid for up to £200m of recoverable loans to support building of fixed term affordable homes between 2015 and 2017.
29 September, 2014
New statutory instrument brings into force provisions including, from 20 October 2014, in relation to the recovering of possession of dwelling houses on anti-social behaviour grounds.
26 September, 2014
Under the scheme housing associations and other providers can bid for low-cost loans to build new homes which they must make available for rent at below-market rates for a minimum of seven years after which the tenant will have first refusal to buy the property or they may choose to move out and buy a different property, or rent another property either privately or with the housing association.
26 September, 2014
Press release from DCLG also reports that almost 80 per cent of sales have gone to first time buyers, with nearly 70 per cent being for new build homes.
25 September, 2014
New statutory instrument specifies the procedure to be followed in an internal review by a local housing authority or housing action trust of its decision to seek possession under the new absolute ground for anti-social behaviour.
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