18 April, 2013
18 April, 2013
BBC reports Ministers as saying that housing industry has withdrawn support after similar scheme, Help to Buy, announced.
17 April, 2013
Support and training service will 'showcase the very best services across the country and ensure that homelessness remains the last possible option', says Mark Prisk.
17 April, 2013
Announcement by Jo Swinson following amendment to Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill giving Secretary of State power to require letting and managing agents of privately rented and residential leasehold homes to belong to a redress scheme.
15 April, 2013
Issue 306 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
11 April, 2013
New statutory instruments prescribe conditions that must be fulfilled by groups including care workers and severely mentally impaired persons in order to be eligible for a discount.
11 April, 2013
10 April, 2013
Response to Scottish Government's consultation on alternative to currrent system of court actions in housing cases.
8 April, 2013
Issue 305 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
4 April, 2013
Funds to go to 62 councils for investment in anti fraud measures such as specialist investigation teams and advanced data-matching.
3 April, 2013
March update, as published in the Legal Action Magazine, now available from the Garden Court Chambers website.
28 March, 2013
Shelter’s YouGov poll of 4,000 people also found that more than one in four (27%) had cut back on gas and electricity bills to help meet their rent or mortgage costs.
28 March, 2013
Funding will help support people through disability and provide the help they need to live independently for as long as possible, says Housing Minister.
28 March, 2013
New regulations bring into force, in relation to England, sections 180 to 182 of the 2011 Act that relate to housing complaints and the transfer of functions to the housing ombudsman.
28 March, 2013
New regulations prescribe requirements which must be fulfilled by care workers and various persons of other descriptions in order for them to be disregarded for the purposes of council tax discounts.
28 March, 2013
Team has provided councils with expert consultancy guidance on how they should meet their statutory homelessness duties - a service described as ‘valuable’ by council bodies - since 2007.
28 March, 2013
New legislation follows the Communities and Local Government Select Committee having found “widespread malpractice” in the sector and concluded that the existing legislative framework is “inadequate.”
28 March, 2013
New regulations in Wales in relation to the contracting out of the administration of the collection of council tax
27 March, 2013
New regulations amend the means test used for assessing entitlement to a grant to take account of welfare reform changes.
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