3 March, 2014
3 March, 2014
New survey from Citizens Advice Cymru and Shelter Cymru also highlights that 28 per cent of working adults do not have sufficient savings or insurance protection products to enable them to continue to make housing payments for more than 1 month if they were to lose their source of income.
3 March, 2014
Three-year investigation reveals serious failings in private renting for formerly homeless people.
26 February, 2014
Guardian reports on joint investigation following 128 households over 19 months which highlights problems with private rented accommodation provided to homeless families as alternative to local authority housing.
26 February, 2014
Guardian reports on decision refusing permission for judicial review on basis that Hammersmith and Fulham had wide powers to disqualify people in priority need from the housing list.
26 February, 2014
Findings include that 3 per cent of households overcrowded, although proportion of overcrowding in social rented sector fell from 7 per cent to 6 per cent.
25 February, 2014
25 February, 2014
Housing Minister confirms £2m for Crisis to continue scheme helping single homeless people into private rented sector housing.
25 February, 2014
All new private landlords who let residential property required to register from today, with existing landlords given twelve months to comply.
21 February, 2014
Funding for continuation of the freeze to be paid through the £10.6 billion MSPs have approved to deliver local services across Scotland in 2014/2015.
21 February, 2014
Government's changes to housing benefit cannot be done safely without first sorting out our woeful stock of affordable housing, says Citizens Advice Chief Executive, Gillian Guy.
19 February, 2014
Government announces that it has put aside £4m to compensate local authorities for the unpaid council tax.
19 February, 2014
New briefing looks at potential opportunities and challenges associated with using fixed term tenancies and approaches of some organisations that have already adopted them.
18 February, 2014
New findings also show reduction in number of landlords using legal services and fall in number reporting anti-social behaviour.
17 February, 2014
Issue 344 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
14 February, 2014
New regulations issued in Scotland in relation to the Scottish Government's commitment to exempt articulating students from council tax in the intervening period between courses.
14 February, 2014
'Whilst we are making progress in tackling these heinous crimes, there is clearly much more to be done', says Carl Sargeant, Minister for Housing and Regeneration.
13 February, 2014
Figures published today also show 29 per cent fall in mortgage possession cases.
13 February, 2014
Findings of new Homeless Link analysis include that, in London where scheme has been running longest, 75 per cent of new rough sleepers were only seen once in 2012/2013 compared to 62 per cent in 2010/2011.
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