3 February, 2014
30 January, 2014
Local Government Ombudsman finds that council at fault for failing to give woman reasons for decision to close homelessness application, and for failing to tell her that she had the right to appeal in the county court on a point of law.
30 January, 2014
Local Government Ombudsman finds that Isle of Wight Council caused family 'serious injustice' in moving them to accommodation which meant that they were overcrowded and away from social ties.
30 January, 2014
New figures also show 49 per cent increase in young people having problems with terms and conditions of employment and a 10 per cent increase in problems with pay and entitlements.
29 January, 2014
Findings of new research also include that 44 per cent of homeless young people say that financial situation is a barrier to moving on from supported accommodation.
28 January, 2014
Issue 341 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
28 January, 2014
28 January, 2014
Announcement that 69 changes being made following review of legislation as part of government's 'Red Tape Challenge'.
27 January, 2014
New statutory instrument amends the Lands Tribunal for Scotland Rules 1971 so as to add new fees in respect of applications, referrals and other procedure under the Long Leases (Scotland) Act 2012 and the Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012.
27 January, 2014
Garden Court Chambers reports on case where local authority argued that defendant couldn't succeed to tenancy because hadn't been open about same sex relationship with partner before his death, but Judge held that local authority had failed to show the required delicacy and sensitivity that such a case required.
27 January, 2014
Criteria include expectation that housing providers build more one and two bedroom properties in areas where tenants are underoccupying to assist with bedroom tax implementation.
23 January, 2014
New statutory rule gives effect to landlord registration scheme including functions and responsibilities of scheme registrar and information which landlord must provide to registrar in order to register and continue to be registered.
21 January, 2014
Local Government Ombudsman urges councils to consider importance of complying with the Water Resale Order by clearly explaining to tenants how it calculates their water rates when it demands payment.
20 January, 2014
Issue 340 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
16 January, 2014
Resolution, adopted earlier today, says strategy should focus on housing, cross-border homelessness, quality of services for the homeless, prevention and homeless young people.
16 January, 2014
New IPPR reports calls on local authorities to make better use of powers, such as the use of selective licensing, improvement notices, hazard awareness orders and demolition orders.
15 January, 2014
New Communities and Local Government Committee report commends Ombudsman for 'concerted effort to improve and become more accountable, efficient and transparent' but also recommends improvements including external review of new processes and case-handling targets.
15 January, 2014
New research finds that one in five has borrowed money to pay rent or mortgage and two per cent have taken out payday loan.
14 January, 2014
December update, as published in the Legal Action Magazine, now available from the Garden Court Chambers website.
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