8 November, 2013
8 November, 2013
In its report 'The work of the UKBA', the Home Affairs Committee says measure in Immigration Bill could produce 'a bonanza for unscrupulous landlords' who already operate outside the law and raise the possibility that private landlords will discriminate against all immigrants regardless of their status.
7 November, 2013
[2013] EWCA Civ 1373
6 November, 2013
DCLG announces that 30 projects have been awarded grants to help prevent rough sleeping.
6 November, 2013
The Act includes provision for the licensing of 'protected' mobile home sites and the protection of occupiers against eviction.
5 November, 2013
New Shelter briefing calls on the government to urgently consider exempting homeless households in temporary accommodation from the benefit cap in order make it easier for councils to procure local self-contained accommodation in which to accommodate homeless families until they secure a more settled home.
4 November, 2013
31 October, 2013
DCLG consultation proposes moving from annual increases in weekly rents of RPI + 0.5 per cent (+ up to £2), to increases of CPI + 1 per cent, and that the limits on social rent levels would be lifted where tenants earn at least £60,000 pa.
31 October, 2013
[2013] EWCA Civ 1308
30 October, 2013
Housing Law Practitioners Association response to DCLG consultation on new guidance to local authorities on allocation of social housing.
30 October, 2013
Association says that Immigration Minister agreed to introduce amendment after meeting in which it argued that, as originally drafted, Bill would have imposed double penalty on landlords and effectively legalised squatting.
29 October, 2013
Strategy, launched today, will ensure that all government action across every department 'is working with one single, united purpose to improve the lives of these vulnerable young people', says Children and Families Minister
28 October, 2013
Issue 330 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
28 October, 2013
Government has published a draft statutory instrument setting out its proposed provision for the conditions that redress schemes must meet before the Secretary of State may approve the scheme or designate it as a government administered redress scheme - a subsequent statutory instrument will impose the requirement to belong to a scheme.
28 October, 2013
Second reading of Private Member's Bill that proposes a mandatory national register of private landlords, to liberalise selective licensing schemes, the introduction of greater regulation of private sector letting and management agents, and that all private sector tenancy agreements must be in writing.
23 October, 2013
New research from the charity also finds that first-time buyers would be unable to afford the mortgage costs under the government's Help to Buy scheme in over 80 per cent of England.
22 October, 2013
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21 October, 2013
Issue 329 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
17 October, 2013
DCLG guidance sets out the 'basics' that all private sector assured shorthold tenants in England should consider before entering into a tenancy and during their time in a rented home.
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