29 June, 2022
29 June, 2022
Consultation seeks evidence on matters including whether the rise in short-term letting is having an adverse effect on the housing market and whether greater regulation of the sector is required
28 June, 2022
However, calling on the government to make 'Everyone In' the norm, Crisis says that new figures are still almost a third higher than ten years ago
24 June, 2022
New statutory instrument
23 June, 2022
With MSPs voting for the motion by 89 votes to 29, Scottish Government says that it will work towards 'clawing back' the payments using the council tax system
23 June, 2022
Guidance sets out detailed advice on procedures for enforcement of Act including recovery of overpaid rent and issuing financial penalties to landlords
23 June, 2022
22 June, 2022
Regulations include amendments in relation to the conversion of existing tenancies and licences into occupation contracts, tenancies that are excluded from the Act’s provisions, and arrangements for rent variations for housing association tenancies
21 June, 2022
21 June, 2022
Landlord ordered to pay resident £500 compensation, and revises its anti-social behaviour policy and staff training
21 June, 2022
New research published by the DLUHC finds that few councils have sufficient, comprehensive knowledge of their local private rented stock, and that lack of political or corporate commitment to improving housing conditions can make enforcement difficult
21 June, 2022
New DLUHC research finds that while local authorities have a duty to review private sector housing and have powers to tackle substandard housing, very few appear to engage with the property guardianship sector
20 June, 2022
DLUHC inserts 'placeholder' in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill to allow for a substantive clause to be brought forward by amendment later in the Bill's passage
17 June, 2022
Response to 2018 consultation on creation of specialist housing court concludes that reforms are a more effective way of addressing issues experienced by court and tribunal users than introduction of new court
16 June, 2022
12-point action plan to create 'private rented sector that is fit for the 21st century' also includes extension of Decent Homes Standard to private sector for the first time
16 June, 2022
LF v the United Kingdom ECHR 203 (2022)
16 June, 2022
Brem v Murray & Anor [2022] EWHC 1479 (QB)
15 June, 2022
Ordering compensation of £1,000 to be paid, Ombudsman finds that length of time taken at all stages of the complaint was 'completely unacceptable and without apology, explanation or empathy'
10 June, 2022
Views sought on extension of existing duty on landlords to make adjustments to private dwellings, with condition that landlord can insist that tenant pays for adjustments
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