15 August, 2013
15 August, 2013
Proposed new measures include fixed term tenancies for those aged under 60; three years local residence before being able to join housing register; and restricting family members' rights of succession to spouses or civil partners.
15 August, 2013
Whilst new DCLG statistics show that the most common action taken to prevent homelessness by local authorities was the use of landlord incentive schemes to secure private rented sector accommodation, figures also show a 5 per cent decrease in those assisted in this way since 2011/2012.
13 August, 2013
Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Amendments to the Mobile Homes Act 1983) (Wales) Order 2013 replicates the amendments made to the Mobile Homes Act 1983 in relation to England by the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Amendments to the Mobile Homes Act 1983) Order 2011.
13 August, 2013
Shelter's video 'report' on news that 'Bank of Mum and Dad', which lends £2bn a year to help children with housing costs, has 'run out of funds and looks likely to close'.
12 August, 2013
New report from Shelter Cymru and Citizens Advice Cymru examines the issue of retaliatory eviction – where a private landlord issues possession proceedings against tenants who ask them to address disrepair or other issues – and makes the case for introducing protection in law for tenants in Wales.
12 August, 2013
9 August, 2013
New DCLG publication sets out the 'robust powers' that local authorities and landowners now have to deal with unauthorised caravan encampments.
9 August, 2013
Council of Mortgage Lenders data shows 7,700 properties taken into possession by mortgage lenders in second quarter of the year.
8 August, 2013
Results of survey by Shelter Cymru and Citizens Advice Cymru reveal that 'alarming numbers of Welsh adults are struggling to cope financially'.
8 August, 2013
New MoJ statistics for first quarter of 2013/2014 also show landlord possession claims increased by 8 per cent over same period.
7 August, 2013
OFT has also written to almost 120 providers in the sector advising them to check that their business practices and contractual terms comply with their legal obligations.
5 August, 2013
Issue 319 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
2 August, 2013
New statutory instrument provides that the sets of implied terms relating to transit and permanent pitches on local authority gypsy and traveller sites, inserted by the Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment of Schedule 1 and Consequential Amendments) (England) Order 2011 in relation to England, are applied in relation to Wales.
2 August, 2013
Survey of 126 services also shows that 4,863 people sought shelter from the cold during the last winter, a quarter of whom had not approached services for help before.
1 August, 2013
Money, to be used to reduce the number of homeless families unlawfully stuck in B&B accommodation, includes funding for a health and financial support service and a long-term private rental scheme.
31 July, 2013
New statutory instrument contains detailed provision for operation of the procedure which bailiffs must follow when taking control of goods and selling them to recover a sum of money.
31 July, 2013
Press release explains provisions of Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013 that were laid before parliament yesterday.
31 July, 2013
New Age UK report also finds that nearly 2.8m, or 13 per cent, of those aged 50+ are finding it hard to manage financially.
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