17 March, 2014
17 March, 2014
Association says that it is costing councils more than £200m a year to give discount to people living in properties rated band E and above where there is only one council taxpayer.
14 March, 2014
Consultation to focus on eligibility regulations as they relate to allocation of housing and homelessness, and who is eligible for housing and the homelessness duty.
14 March, 2014
New legislation designed to assist - among others - those physically disabled, seriously ill or mentally incapacitated leaseholders currently unable to benefit from the exercise of their rights, for example to take part in collective enfranchisement or to extend their leases.
14 March, 2014
Amongst other measures, new Act provides for new grounds for possession in relation to anti-social behaviour.
13 March, 2014
Last year, StepChange Debt Charity helped 45,561 people in arrears on council tax, up from 25,500 in 2012, an increase of 77 percent.
13 March, 2014
13 March, 2014
New report from CIH Scotland explores the impact of the bedroom tax on void relet times and other aspects of stock management.
12 March, 2014
New statutory instrument makes amendments to prescribed forms in consequence of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and inserts references in those forms to universal credit.
12 March, 2014
Garden Court Chambers report on today's judgment in Southend-on-Sea Borough Council v Armour, including link to transcript.
12 March, 2014
New YouGov poll, commissioned by Shelter, finds that 2 per cent of private tenants said they had been evicted or threatened with eviction after complaining about problem that wasn't their responsibility.
11 March, 2014
Guardian reports on freedom of information requests revealing that 24 local authorities had employed or were considering the use of 'voice risk analysis'.
11 March, 2014
Doncaster council criticised for deciding that girl, who had moved from North Yorkshire to get away from abusive father, was not their responsibility.
10 March, 2014
New Welsh statutory instrument makes amendments to prescribed forms in consequence of Welfare Reform Act 2012 and inserts references in those forms to universal credit.
10 March, 2014
Issue 347 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
10 March, 2014
New research, commissioned by Chartered Institute for Housing and Wheatley Group, finds that welfare reform, lack of housing supply and increasing gap between income and housing costs having major impact on changing frontline housing roles.
7 March, 2014
New Commons Library briefing providing background on the 'Rents for social housing from 2015 to 2016' policy, and information on progress to date.
6 March, 2014
New homelessness statistics show 52,910 acceptances in 2013, compared to 53,450 in 2012, and also show 5 per cent fall in number of acceptances for October-December 2013 compared to same quarter in 2012.
5 March, 2014
New statutory instrument makes amendments that include provision for certain Afghan nationals employed by UK Government in Afghanistan who have been granted limited leave to remain in the UK to be eligible for allocation of social housing and homelessness assistance if they are habitually resident.
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