8 January, 2013
7 January, 2013
New £1.2m Tenant Training and Support Programme launched to give residents the skills they need to ensure they get the service they deserve and that landlords offer the best possible value for money.
7 January, 2013
Issue 294 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
4 January, 2013
Shelter research shows that the number of people struggling to pay their rent or mortgage each month has increased by 44 per cent over the past year, to 7.8 million people.
2 January, 2013
BBC reports that landlords now have to declare criminal convictions and meet health and safety standards or face fine of up to £20,000.
2 January, 2013
New legislation entitles anyone finding themselves homeless through no fault of their own to settled accommodation.
24 December, 2012
24 December, 2012
1.06m households in England - almost 5% of the population - affected says Shelter.
21 December, 2012
However, decision also creates a period of uncertainty for local authorities, housing providers and tenants, says CIH.
20 December, 2012
New Homelessness Monitor report examines the impact of the economic downturn and policy developments on homelessness in each of the countries of the UK.
20 December, 2012
Department for Communities and Local Government publishes statistics on local authority housing stock; households on local authority housing waiting lists; local authority lettings; decent homes delivery; programme of work on Housing Revenue Account stock and local authority evictions.
20 December, 2012
Figures obtained by BBC Wales show more than 19,000 people claimed help from councils for homelessness, a rise for the second year running, reports bbc.co.uk.
20 December, 2012
Issue 293 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available
18 December, 2012
[2012] EWCA Civ 1657
18 December, 2012
New statutory instruments published in relation to Council Tax.
14 December, 2012
New Shelter research shows that in the 12 months to September 2012, 198,470 households were threatened with losing their home with the top 15 eviction hotspots being London boroughs.
14 December, 2012
Chartered Institute of Housing explains how new measures will affect the way that unresolved complaints about social landlords are handled and the way in which they are escalated to the Ombudsman.
12 December, 2012
Joseph Rowntree Foundation publishes report that examines how affordability affects the choices of tenants and leaseholders who are paying some or all their own costs in private and not-for-profit housing with care.
12 December, 2012
Shelter reports on Census data published by the Office of National Statistics that shows that homeownership has fallen for the first time since records began 60 years ago.
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