18 March, 2015
16 March, 2015
Change reflects a 'seismic shift' in political attitudes, says Shelter
16 March, 2015
Open letter from Crisis, Shelter, St Mungo's Broadway, Centrepoint, Homeless Link and Housing Justice, says that review should include consideration of options for improving assistance provided to single homeless people who are not currently classified as priority need.
16 March, 2015
Consulation launched on exemptions from new rules, to be introduced from 1 April 2017, that would give local authorities discretionary powers to charge up to 100 per cent extra in council tax on long-term empty homes and second homes.
13 March, 2015
Justice Minister welcomes new rules that will apply to a range of offences that include failure to comply with an improvement notice to ensure properties are safe and habitable.
13 March, 2015
Written statement to Parliament from Under Secretary of State for the Department for Communities and Local Government.
13 March, 2015
13 March, 2015
New guidance for local authorities from the Department for Communities and Local Government giving information on the new procedures required for dealing with applications for new site licences or the transfer of existing licences introduced by the Mobile Homes Act 2013.
13 March, 2015
New guide from the Department for Communities and Local Government provides information for private rented sector tenants on how to rent a safe home.
13 March, 2015
Under the plan, young people in England would make monthly payments equivalent to rent to build up a share in their home without requiring a deposit.
13 March, 2015
Fund, which opened for bids yesterday, will be used for two types of project: the Homeless Change project will provide upgraded hostel accommodation to improve physical and mental health outcomes for rough sleepers and to help reduce A&E attendances, and the Platform for Life project will create new low-rent shared accommodation for young people who want to work, but are struggling to hold down a job or attend college because of a lack of stable housing.
13 March, 2015
New publication from the Chartered Institute of Housing gives information and guidance to housing organisations on adult safeguarding which becomes a statutory duty for local authorities from April 2015 under the Care Act 2014.
13 March, 2015
New survey carried out by Shelter finds that, due to the high cost of housing, 57 per cent of prospective parents put off having children for up to five years, 16 per cent of people knew someone who moved in with a partner quicker that they would have liked to because they couldn't afford to live alone, and one in ten people wanted to leave their partner but couldn't afford another place to live.
12 March, 2015
New statutory instrument revoke existing regulations and prescribe forms for the purposes of various provisions of Part I of the Housing Act 1988 relating to assured tenancies and assured agricultural occupancies.
12 March, 2015
Charity reports on Liberal Democrat proposal to review of single homeless provision and Labour pledge to establish a review to develop long-term strategy to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping, both announced at Crisis Conference 2015.
11 March, 2015
New statutory instrument provides that 1 April 2015 will be the day from which Land and Buildings Transaction Tax replaced UK Stamp Duty in Scotland.
11 March, 2015
Measures announced today by Housing Minister Brandon Lewis will take effect from October 2015.
11 March, 2015
Shelter policy blog also reports that, since the commitment by government in December 2011 to ensure every home sold is replaced, 26,184 social rented homes been sold through Right to Buy across England and only 2,712 replacement homes have either been started or bought.
11 March, 2015
New report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation also finds that, while the most affluent areas have seen social care spending rise by 8 per cent, the most deprived areas have seen it cut by 14 per cent.
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