25 April, 2014
24 April, 2014
Scottish government to amend the notice period for Right to Buy from three to two years after the date the Housing (Scotland) Bill receives Royal Assent.
24 April, 2014
Act creates two-tier system of First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal for jurisdictions including private rented housing committee, homeowner housing committee and valuation appeal committee.
24 April, 2014
New report finds that 32 per cent of homeless people ready to move on from hostels and supported accommodation but are unable to.
24 April, 2014
New report from Public Accounts Committee also says that Home Office change to private contracts for delivery of accommodation was poorly planned, badly managed and is unlikely to yield the savings intended.
17 April, 2014
Consultation sought views on proposals to issue new statutory guidance for local authorities to assist them to use the flexibilities in the Localism Act 2011 to meet the needs of local residents and local communities; and to encourage them to be open and transparent about who is applying for and being allocated social housing in their local area.
17 April, 2014
17 April, 2014
New Official Statistics for 2011 also highlight that overcrowding was most common among rented households, almost four times the proportion among owner occupied households.
15 April, 2014
16,000 enquiries and complaints about sales and letting agents received in 2013, up by 26 per cent on previous year.
15 April, 2014
From October, all letting and property agents will be required to join three approved 'redress schemes' - the Property Ombudsman, Ombudsman Services Property and the Property Redress Scheme.
14 April, 2014
Finding of UK Housing Review 2014, published today, in which CIH urges government to consider new ways to raise standards as number in private rented accommodation overtakes number in social rented housing.
14 April, 2014
New survey also finds that a third of families would not be able to meet next rent or mortgage payment if they lost their job this month.
11 April, 2014
David Bookbinder, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at CIH Scotland, welcomes the Scottish government's commitment to cover the cost of the bedroom tax in 2014/15 but says, 'the missing bit of the jigsaw is clear advice to both tenants and landlords about what action needs to be taken now that the new financial year is here'.
8 April, 2014
'Special issue' of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin now available.
7 April, 2014
'Net is closing in on those who con taxpayers out of money and deny hard-working families the opportunity to live in a council home', says Housing Minister.
3 April, 2014
New regulations issued in Northern Ireland that, in relation to secure tenants, revoke existing provision which prescribes the form of the Notice of Seeking Possession, and prescribes a new form of Notice.
3 April, 2014
New regulations, made under sections 7 and 8 of the Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013, to make provision for powers to require information for housing fraud investigation purposes.
3 April, 2014
New regulations make provision for investigations into social housing fraud offences, such as making fraudulent applications for social housing or unlawfully subletting social housing; enable local authorities to require the provision of information in relation to those offences; and create offences and enable penalties to be imposed in connection with these requests for data.
3 April, 2014
New report from the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations criticises the recently reformed JSA sanctions regime for being unfair in its decision-making process and for being disproportionately harsh in the sanctions imposed.
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