2 August, 2012
1 August, 2012
BBC reports that support offered must include advice on housing benefit and giving tenants opportunity to agree repayments after eviction order granted.
31 July, 2012
Consultation seeks views on the proposal to seek further powers for Welsh Ministers to amend legislation to allow local authorities the discretion to charge additional council tax on long-term empty domestic properties in Wales.
31 July, 2012
New report published by SSentif shows that 50,290 families and individuals were declared in need of emergency accommodation in 2011/2012, up from 40,020 in 2009/2010, reports bbc.co.uk.
30 July, 2012
Issue 274 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
27 July, 2012
Consultation continues in relation to transfer of Rent Assessment Committees, Rent Tribunals and Leasehold Valuation Tribunals, amongst others.
27 July, 2012
25 July, 2012
[2012] UKSC 39
24 July, 2012
[2012] EWHC 1839 (Admin)
24 July, 2012
Department for Communities and Local Government launches dedicated call centre and website to provide advice and information about changes to Right to Buy.
23 July, 2012
Issue 273 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
23 July, 2012
[2012] EWCA Civ 982
20 July, 2012
[2012] EWCA Civ 969
20 July, 2012
Higher courts to determine whether Article 8 of the Human Rights Act, which guarantees the right to home and family life, could apply to the private sector as well as public bodies, reports guardian.co.uk.
19 July, 2012
New regulations ensure that where a local housing authority uses a local connection requirement as a criterion to decide whether a class of persons qualify for an allocation of housing accommodation, they must not apply that criterion to those in the armed forces.
19 July, 2012
Shelter reports that new findings, published by the European Union show that one in six people in the UK are overburdened by housing costs.
18 July, 2012
Department for Communities and Local Government publishes information to make authorities aware of the position regarding Service personnel when applying for council tax second homes discount.
17 July, 2012
Housing Minister welcomes news that Adactus, Hyde and Sanctuary housing associations are to publish details of their spending.
16 July, 2012
Issue 272 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
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