11 April, 2014
11 April, 2014
[2014] EWHC 1039 (Admin)
11 April, 2014
David Bookbinder, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at CIH Scotland, welcomes the Scottish government's commitment to cover the cost of the bedroom tax in 2014/15 but says, 'the missing bit of the jigsaw is clear advice to both tenants and landlords about what action needs to be taken now that the new financial year is here'.
8 April, 2014
'Special issue' of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin now available.
7 April, 2014
'Net is closing in on those who con taxpayers out of money and deny hard-working families the opportunity to live in a council home', says Housing Minister.
3 April, 2014
New regulations issued in Northern Ireland that, in relation to secure tenants, revoke existing provision which prescribes the form of the Notice of Seeking Possession, and prescribes a new form of Notice.
3 April, 2014
3 April, 2014
New regulations make provision for investigations into social housing fraud offences, such as making fraudulent applications for social housing or unlawfully subletting social housing; enable local authorities to require the provision of information in relation to those offences; and create offences and enable penalties to be imposed in connection with these requests for data.
3 April, 2014
New report from the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations criticises the recently reformed JSA sanctions regime for being unfair in its decision-making process and for being disproportionately harsh in the sanctions imposed.
3 April, 2014
'We have spent more to collect less', amongst findings published by the Chartered Institute of Housing in new 'Landlord Learning Document'.
2 April, 2014
New regulations in Northern Ireland that allow for increases in rents of statutory and protected tenancies in those properties that meet the housing fitness standard.
1 April, 2014
Issue 350 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
1 April, 2014
New regulations that bring into force sections 13 and 14 of the 2013 Act that relate to offences under the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960.
31 March, 2014
[2014] CSOH 60
31 March, 2014
New regulations issued that ensure that certain functions relating to the administration and enforcement of council tax can continue to be contracted out by a billing authority in Wales following council tax benefit having been replaced by council tax reduction schemes from April 2013.
27 March, 2014
[2014] EWCA Civ 359
26 March, 2014
New statutory instrument makes provision in relation to income and capital of people paying for accommodation provided under National Assistance Act 1948 and in relation to payment for care services.
26 March, 2014
Post by Alan Richards argues that government’s announcement that it is bringing in national minimum space standards is a 'Trojan horse intended to abolish local authority powers to set space standards for bedrooms and homes'.
26 March, 2014
New figures include that average B and D council tax set by local authorities in England for 2014-2015 will be £1,468 - an increase of £12 or 0.9 per cent on the 2013-2014 figure of £1,456.
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