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18 May, 2012

18 May, 2012

18 May, 2012

Almost half of homeless people say they have a brain injury

The Disabilities Trust publishes study that shows that 90 per cent of homeless people who experienced a traumatic brain injury reported that their first injury was sustained prior to becoming homeless.

17 May, 2012

17 May, 2012

Leading housing groups warn that the government is failing to tackle housing crisis

National Housing Federation, Shelter and The Chartered Institute of Housing warn that government is failing to deliver on five out of ten key housing indicators including, affordability of private sector, homelessness and help with housing costs.

17 May, 2012

Majority of London councils try to move residents outside borough

65 per cent of London boroughs who replied to a BBC information request said they had tried to relocate people to a different borough in the last year, reports bbc.co.uk.

16 May, 2012

Significance of family to homeless young people

Centrepoint publishes report that considers how young people understand the role of family and why some familial relationships break down.

15 May, 2012

Rural Housing at a Time of Economic Change

New research published by Commission for Rural Communities develops a new understanding for rural areas of the changing levels of rents, migration and the impact of new government policies on affordable housing and housing benefit.

14 May, 2012

Housing Law Update

Issue 263 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.

11 May, 2012

New government fund to tackle ‘beds in sheds’

Housing Minister allocates new £1.8m fund to help stop landlords renting out cramped properties with poor sanitisation.

10 May, 2012

London Borough of Harrow v Ayiku

[2012] EWHC 1200 (Admin)

10 May, 2012

Revised council tax levels set by local authorities in England

Department for Communities and Local Government publishes revisions to information published on 21 March on council tax levels for the financial year 2012/2013.

10 May, 2012

Number of repossessions unchanged from same quarter last year

Council of Mortgage Lenders report also shows a fall in number of mortgages in arrears.

9 May, 2012

Magnohard Ltd v Cadogan & Anor

[2012] EWCA Civ 594

8 May, 2012

Affordable capital? Housing in London

New IPPR report makes recommendations aimed at reducing the worst effects of London's 'housing squeeze' including, increasing the supply of housing by releasing more public land for development.

8 May, 2012

Recent developments in housing law

March update, as published in the Legal Action Magazine, now available from the Garden Court Chambers website.

8 May, 2012

Housing Law Update

Issue 262 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.

1 May, 2012

Shelter publishes new policy briefings on the future of housing advice

New papers look at the impact on advice of the 'growth of digitisation' and of 'payment by results'.

30 April, 2012

Lalli v Spirita Housing Ltd

[2012] EWCA Civ 497