13 January, 2014
13 January, 2014
New statutory instrument brings into force the remainder of the Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013 in two stages and also makes transitional and saving provisions under the Act.
13 January, 2014
New statutory instrument sets out detail of new procedure for making site rules, and new requirements with which site rules must comply, under provisions inserted into the Mobile Homes Act 1983 by the Mobile Homes Act 2013.
10 January, 2014
New report from Dying Matters, the National Council for Palliative Care and the National Bereavement Alliance also highlights concerns re impact of bedroom tax on those who have been bereaved.
10 January, 2014
Problems experienced by G4S and Serco, have resulted in poor performance, delays and additional costs for the Home Office.
9 January, 2014
Government agrees to drop Clause 13 of Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill as the tenure-neutral IPNA (injunction to prevent nuisance and annoyance) - being introduced in Clause 1 - 'can do everything a tenancy injunction can do'.
8 January, 2014
7 January, 2014
Joint Committee on Human Rights says measure included in the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill would have a 'potentially serious and disproportionate impact on family members'.
7 January, 2014
New DCLG paper explains how schemes can apply to be an approved scheme.
7 January, 2014
Issue 338 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
3 January, 2014
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles also announces that the £75,000 cap, and the £100,000 cap in London, will be increased annually in line with the CPI rate of inflation.
3 January, 2014
Shelter says its new research suggests that household budgets are 'at breaking point' and that 'millions will start the New Year worried about keeping their homes'.
3 January, 2014
Housing Minister Kris Hopkins announces the local authorities that will share the additional £4m 'cash boost'.
2 January, 2014
Supplementary guidance issued by DCLG to 'encourage authorities to make use of the existing flexibilities within the allocation legislation to ensure that social homes go to people who need and deserve them the most, such as hard working families and members of the Armed Forces'.
20 December, 2013
Citizens Advice report that cases of arrears are up across every region of England, with the Midlands and parts of the North showing the 'starkest deterioration'.
19 December, 2013
DCLG consultation paper seeks views on proposals to extend the existing fee charging model to local authority landlords from April 2014 and on an alternative funding model post-2016.
19 December, 2013
Welsh Government publishes homelessness statistics for July - September 2013.
19 December, 2013
New Shelter report finds that the London Borough of Newham has the highest risk of repossession in England, with 1 in every 35 homes at risk.
19 December, 2013
Main points in DCLG's annual figures include a 8.6 per cent decrease in households on local authority waiting lists and a 7 per cent increase in the average council rent over the previous year.
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