4 April, 2013
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
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.
27 March, 2013
Action essential to ensure the Department for Communities and Local Government understands the substantial financial risks to local authorities.
27 March, 2013
Issue 304 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
26 March, 2013
New schemes - to be administered by Capita, Letting Protection Service, My Deposits and The Dispute Service - to come into force on 1 April 2013.
26 March, 2013
Welcoming the proposals, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said it is right that action is taken to make sure local people are prioritised for social housing, and to reduce the number of people who are living in the UK illegally.
25 March, 2013
Speech on immigration also sets out requirement on landlords to check migration status of tenants.
25 March, 2013
'Every homelessness statistic is a life devastated. We need the government to listen and learn, reverse its cuts to housing benefit and lead a substantial effort to build more genuinely affordable homes to rent', say Duncan Shrubsole, Director of Policy.
25 March, 2013
New DCLG figures also show 9 per cent increase in number of households in temporary accommodation.
22 March, 2013
New statutory instrument prescribes the maximum discount as £100,000 in respect of dwelling-houses situated within the areas of London authorities.
22 March, 2013
New LAG housing law post by Arden Chambers considers section 144 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act and the possibility of its extension to commercial premises.
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