26 February, 2013
25 February, 2013
New analysis finds that, due to shortage of one bedroom flats in social rented sector, 'bedroom tax' will force claimants to seek private rented accommodation with higher rent leading to higher payment of housing benefit.
25 February, 2013
January update, as published in the Legal Action Magazine, now available from the Garden Court Chambers website.
25 February, 2013
Issue 301 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
22 February, 2013
New figures show that 219 councils are intending to accept the government’s grant offer and freeze their Council Tax for 2013 to 2014.
21 February, 2013
Department for Communities and Local Government publishes figures that show local authority revenue income and expenditure on social housing in England.
20 February, 2013
18 February, 2013
Guardian reports on freedom of information requests by Labour to 325 councils that shows that 125 had resorted to placing destitute families in hotel rooms for six weeks or more since April 2010.
18 February, 2013
Issue 300 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
15 February, 2013
Resulting recommendations include better compliance with legislation and a general redress mechanism.
14 February, 2013
New research published by Shelter also shows that two million couples in Britain have moved in together too soon because they can’t afford to live separately.
14 February, 2013
New Council of Mortgage Lenders figures also show that the stock of properties in possession held by lenders at the end of 2012 was also at its lowest for over five years.
13 February, 2013
New Resolution Foundation report shows that it may take another decade before Britain’s low to middle income families can expect to see their living standards return to pre-recession levels.
13 February, 2013
New regulations enable local authorities to charge a council tax increase for certain long-term unoccupied dwellings and charge a council tax increase of up to 100 per cent for certain dwellings which have been unoccupied for one year or more.
12 February, 2013
Commons Welsh Affairs Committee publishes report that shows that public bodies need to do more to support Armed Forces veterans in Wales, particularly in key areas of housing and health where there are problems with provision.
11 February, 2013
Issue 299 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
7 February, 2013
New statutory instruments published in relation to Council Tax in Wales.
7 February, 2013
Leading organisations issue responses to new Department for Communities and Local Government figures.
7 February, 2013
New analysis shows that the average family’s weekly shop would cost £453 if food had risen in line with house prices over the last 40 years.
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