26 March, 2013
26 March, 2013
Welcoming the proposals, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said it is right that action is taken to make sure local people are prioritised for social housing, and to reduce the number of people who are living in the UK illegally.
25 March, 2013
Speech on immigration also sets out requirement on landlords to check migration status of tenants.
25 March, 2013
'Every homelessness statistic is a life devastated. We need the government to listen and learn, reverse its cuts to housing benefit and lead a substantial effort to build more genuinely affordable homes to rent', say Duncan Shrubsole, Director of Policy.
25 March, 2013
New DCLG figures also show 9 per cent increase in number of households in temporary accommodation.
22 March, 2013
New statutory instrument prescribes the maximum discount as £100,000 in respect of dwelling-houses situated within the areas of London authorities.
22 March, 2013
22 March, 2013
New LAG housing law post by Arden Chambers considers section 144 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act and the possibility of its extension to commercial premises.
21 March, 2013
[2013] EWCA Civ 231
21 March, 2013
Discussion of measures including extended right to buy, mortgage assistance and encouragement to build new homes.
20 March, 2013
Government to allow social landlords to charge market rents to those with incomes of more than £60,000 (Paragraph 1.113)
20 March, 2013
Government gives give more social tenants the opportunity of home ownership by reducing the qualifying period for Right to Buy from five years to three years and raising the maximum discount cash cap in London to £100,000 (Paragraph 1.105)
20 March, 2013
Government announces package of measures designed to increase the supply of low-deposit mortgages for credit-worthy households.
15 March, 2013
[2013] EWHC 518 (QB)
15 March, 2013
New survey considers impact of rising rents on family life.
13 March, 2013
Figures supplied by Housing Minister in response to written parliamentary question on the 'bedroom tax' and its effect on homelessness.
13 March, 2013
DCLG reported by Guardian to be working on package, to be unveiled before next week's budget, to assist those struggling to buy a home from first time buyers.
11 March, 2013
Issue 303 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
7 March, 2013
[2013] EWCA Civ 157
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