25 January, 2012
25 January, 2012
New Joseph Rowntree Foundation report assesses schemes run by three local authorities to trial an equity release product designed to provide small amounts without any adverse impact on benefits.
24 January, 2012
Iain Duncan Smith said that, according to Shelter, a family where children share a bedroom would be defined as homeless, which is simply not true, says Shelter's chief executive Campbell Robb.
23 January, 2012
Report published by Homeless Link shows that only 16 per cent of rough sleepers who attended the Hub were seen sleeping rough again, compared to 34 per cent of those who did not attend the Hub.
23 January, 2012
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs consultation seeks views on an alternative, non-regulatory approach to tackling bad debt from unpaid water charges than landlords sharing information about tenants to water companies.
23 January, 2012
Issue 249 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
19 January, 2012
18 January, 2012
[2012] EWHC 19 (Admin)
18 January, 2012
Grant provides financial assistance for housing adaptations to help older and disabled people continue living in their homes for longer.
17 January, 2012
Ministers call on councils to make use of New Deal for Older People to enable choice and control over where people live, so they are not pressured to sell their home or move into residential care.
17 January, 2012
New regulations bring into force provisions of the Localism Act, including in relation to allocation of social housing and social housing tenancy strategies.
16 January, 2012
Issue 248 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
13 January, 2012
New National Standards for Enforcement Agents published by Ministry of Justice shows that voluntary code has been tightened so that people are protected from rogue bailiffs who use unsound, unsafe or unfair methods.
13 January, 2012
Wales Audit Office reports shows improvements in quality of housing for many tenants, but Welsh Housing Quality Standard will not be met for some time.
13 January, 2012
New regulations bring into force provisions, including amending various parts of Houses in Multiple Occupation licensing regime in Part 5 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006.
12 January, 2012
With so many people requiring affordable housing, tenancy fraud is unfair on the large numbers of people on waiting lists, says Federation.
12 January, 2012
Department for Communities and Local Government consultation puts forward proposals that would help landlords reduce prevalence of tenancy fraud within social housing.
12 January, 2012
New fortnightly sessions are first that Central London Samaritans have based in one hostel but the service is open to all St Mungo's residents.
11 January, 2012
Housing Minister Grant Shapps sets out proposals to help reduce tenancy fraud and free up homes for housing waiting lists.
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