17 April, 2014
17 April, 2014
New regulations that make amendments to certain Welsh language forms which are prescribed in the Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) Regulations 1997 to insert references to universal credit.
17 April, 2014
New Official Statistics for 2011 also highlight that overcrowding was most common among rented households, almost four times the proportion among owner occupied households.
15 April, 2014
16,000 enquiries and complaints about sales and letting agents received in 2013, up by 26 per cent on previous year.
15 April, 2014
From October, all letting and property agents will be required to join three approved 'redress schemes' - the Property Ombudsman, Ombudsman Services Property and the Property Redress Scheme.
14 April, 2014
Finding of UK Housing Review 2014, published today, in which CIH urges government to consider new ways to raise standards as number in private rented accommodation overtakes number in social rented housing.
14 April, 2014
11 April, 2014
David Bookbinder, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at CIH Scotland, welcomes the Scottish government's commitment to cover the cost of the bedroom tax in 2014/15 but says, 'the missing bit of the jigsaw is clear advice to both tenants and landlords about what action needs to be taken now that the new financial year is here'.
8 April, 2014
'Special issue' of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin now available.
7 April, 2014
'Net is closing in on those who con taxpayers out of money and deny hard-working families the opportunity to live in a council home', says Housing Minister.
3 April, 2014
New regulations issued in Northern Ireland that, in relation to secure tenants, revoke existing provision which prescribes the form of the Notice of Seeking Possession, and prescribes a new form of Notice.
3 April, 2014
New regulations, made under sections 7 and 8 of the Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013, to make provision for powers to require information for housing fraud investigation purposes.
3 April, 2014
New regulations make provision for investigations into social housing fraud offences, such as making fraudulent applications for social housing or unlawfully subletting social housing; enable local authorities to require the provision of information in relation to those offences; and create offences and enable penalties to be imposed in connection with these requests for data.
3 April, 2014
New report from the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations criticises the recently reformed JSA sanctions regime for being unfair in its decision-making process and for being disproportionately harsh in the sanctions imposed.
3 April, 2014
'We have spent more to collect less', amongst findings published by the Chartered Institute of Housing in new 'Landlord Learning Document'.
2 April, 2014
New regulations in Northern Ireland that allow for increases in rents of statutory and protected tenancies in those properties that meet the housing fitness standard.
1 April, 2014
Issue 350 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
1 April, 2014
New regulations that bring into force sections 13 and 14 of the 2013 Act that relate to offences under the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960.
31 March, 2014
New regulations issued that ensure that certain functions relating to the administration and enforcement of council tax can continue to be contracted out by a billing authority in Wales following council tax benefit having been replaced by council tax reduction schemes from April 2013.
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