10 June, 2011
10 June, 2011
Department for Communities and Local Government publishes document appraising reforms to delivery of social housing, including giving flexibility to social landlords to determine types of tenancies, and a new policy on rents.
10 June, 2011
Government publishes homelessness statistics which also show 23 per cent increase in number of people approaching local council for housing help.
8 June, 2011
New report provides an updated picture of services for homeless people and tracks changes compared to previous years.
6 June, 2011
Telegraph reports that ministers will target those who can afford to buy or rent a house but instead choose to live in a council house.
6 June, 2011
Young people account for 1 in 4 of all homelessness enquiries, says Citizens Advice.
6 June, 2011
6 June, 2011
Issue 220 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
2 June, 2011
Council of Mortgage Lenders publishes mortgage and housing market forecasts which predict arrears and possessions are set to rise and remain at high levels.
1 June, 2011
New report published by IPPR says that the FSA should recommend ‘loan to value’ and ‘loan to income’ caps in its current Mortgage Market Review.
1 June, 2011
April update, as published in the Legal Action Magazine, now available from the Garden Court Chambers website.
31 May, 2011
Vulnerable families will face shortfall of £676 as a result of the 'under occupancy' penalty, leaving them at risk of falling into debt, says National Housing Federation.
31 May, 2011
Issue 219 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
27 May, 2011
National Housing Federation opposes measure in the Localism Bill that would stop tenants taking a complaint straight to the Housing Ombudsman.
26 May, 2011
Department for Communities and Local Government responds to National Audit Office report examining the scheme.
24 May, 2011
Research by National Landlords Association also finds that changes to housing benefit likely to increase arrears.
24 May, 2011
Issue 218 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
23 May, 2011
[2011] EWCA Civ 604
23 May, 2011
[2011] EWCA Civ 602
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