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9 February, 2023

Number of landlord possession actions in England and Wales continues to increase but remains below pre-pandemic level

New MoJ statistics show that claims, orders and warrants volumes have increased by 42 per cent, 135 per cent and 103 per cent respectively, while landlord repossessions in the county courts have risen by 98 per cent

9 February, 2023

Housing Ombudsman makes finding of severe maladministration after landlord’s delay dealing with asbestos and a leaking ceiling left resident’s house in ‘unacceptable state of repair’

Ombudsman orders Believe Housing Association to pay £1,500 compensation to resident for the delayed repairs and to undertake a formal review of how it manages reports of asbestos

8 February, 2023

Rachel Maclean appointed as new Minister of State in the DLUHC

MP for Redditch and former Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice becomes new Housing Minister following yesterday's Cabinet reshuffle

8 February, 2023

Ombudsman criticises West Berkshire Council for not doing enough to support a woman fleeing violence

Council ordered to pay compensation of £500 after failing to accept homelessness application from woman who had moved to area on advice of police

8 February, 2023

Northern Ireland Judiciary issues new pre-action protocol for eviction proceedings based on non-payment of rent in social housing sector

Protocol describes the behaviour the County Court will normally expect of landlords and tenants prior to the commencement of a possession claim

3 February, 2023

Government confirms it is providing up to £53 million to local authorities in England to improve housing support for drug and alcohol recovery

28 local authorities will receive a share of funding to test the impact of providing additional housing support such as specialist caseworkers to support accessing and maintaining safe and suitable housing

2 February, 2023

Up to 2 per cent of social homes have serious damp and mould problems rated as at least a category 2 hazard under health and safety rating system

Regulator of Social Housing says that, going forward, it will take appropriate regulatory action against providers that are not compliant with its standards, and introduce more active consumer regulation of social housing from April 2024

2 February, 2023

Circumstances in which a person with a universal credit award is disregarded when calculating council tax single person discount in Scotland

New statutory instrument also amends second adult discount rules for apprentices

1 February, 2023

Government publishes new statutory guidance on providing homelessness services to victims of violence

DLUHC guidance includes how to define violence, how to assess those at risk, and requirements under the Serious Violence Duty

31 January, 2023

Number of children in temporary accommodation in Scotland increased by 10 per cent over the year to September 2022

New six-monthly statistics also show that the number of open homelessness cases increased to almost 30,000, which was 11 per cent higher than a year earlier and the highest since data collection began in 2002

31 January, 2023

Housing Ombudsman highlights ‘key weaknesses’ in landlord’s approach to damp and mould and complaint handling, following two cases of severe maladministration

Both cases formed part of October 2022 special investigation report which called for changes to Clarion's 'slow and ineffective' processes

27 January, 2023

Ensuring continued eligibility of confirmed victims of human trafficking or slavery for housing and homelessness assistance and housing authority accommodation in Wales

New statutory instrument

26 January, 2023

Housing Ombudsman makes multiple findings of maladministration in relation to housing association’s handling of leak which led to flooding

Landlord ordered to pay £1,000 in compensation and to take steps to review its complaint handling and provision of information to the Ombudsman

25 January, 2023

All-Party Parliamentary Groups launch joint inquiry into housing solutions for homeless households

Views sought on how commercial properties left empty by shift away from office-based working could be converted into decent, affordable housing

24 January, 2023

Housing Ombudsman makes finding of severe maladministration for Leeds City Council’s failures to repair water damage that left resident living with damp for more than two years

Investigation also finds maladministration for landlord’s ‘inadequate’ responses to resident’s complaints, that led to 'missed opportunities' to recognise what had gone wrong and to learn from mistakes

19 January, 2023

Housing Ombudsman launches investigation into L&Q Housing and Haringey Council after persistent poor performance over damp and mould complaints

Action taken as a result of the more than 40 open cases involving the two landlords currently being handled by the Ombudsman and the high uphold rate in settled cases

19 January, 2023

Scottish Government sets out plans to cap private sector rent increases at 3 per cent for up to six months from 1 April 2023

Proposed amendments to protections introduced under the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) Act will also continue restrictions on the enforcement of evictions except in specified circumstances

19 January, 2023

Expiry of temporary powers to cap rent increases in the social rented sector in Scotland

New statutory instrument also suspends rent cap on student accommodation

19 January, 2023

Scottish Government launches consultation on changing measure for uprating of mobile home pitch fees

Views sought on changing uprating measure from RPI to CPI, or to CPI with housing costs, in light of recent increases in the cost of living

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