13 November, 2013
13 November, 2013
New statutory instrument brought the Act into force in Wales on 5 November 2013 - the provisions of the Act include new criminal offences of unauthorised sub-letting of social housing.
13 November, 2013
Issue 332 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
12 November, 2013
New DCLG guidance for local authorities and tenant groups who are looking to transfer their housing stock to a private registered provider, replaces the 2005 edition of the Manual and its 2006 supplement, and applies (in whole or part) to all housing transfer applications.
12 November, 2013
New DCLG publication provides statutory guidance for tenant groups who wish to explore their right to transfer their social housing stock away from the control of the council and to a private registered provider
8 November, 2013
In its report 'The work of the UKBA', the Home Affairs Committee says measure in Immigration Bill could produce 'a bonanza for unscrupulous landlords' who already operate outside the law and raise the possibility that private landlords will discriminate against all immigrants regardless of their status.
6 November, 2013
6 November, 2013
The Act includes provision for the licensing of 'protected' mobile home sites and the protection of occupiers against eviction.
5 November, 2013
New Shelter briefing calls on the government to urgently consider exempting homeless households in temporary accommodation from the benefit cap in order make it easier for councils to procure local self-contained accommodation in which to accommodate homeless families until they secure a more settled home.
4 November, 2013
Issue 331 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
31 October, 2013
DCLG consultation proposes moving from annual increases in weekly rents of RPI + 0.5 per cent (+ up to £2), to increases of CPI + 1 per cent, and that the limits on social rent levels would be lifted where tenants earn at least £60,000 pa.
30 October, 2013
Housing Law Practitioners Association response to DCLG consultation on new guidance to local authorities on allocation of social housing.
30 October, 2013
Association says that Immigration Minister agreed to introduce amendment after meeting in which it argued that, as originally drafted, Bill would have imposed double penalty on landlords and effectively legalised squatting.
29 October, 2013
Strategy, launched today, will ensure that all government action across every department 'is working with one single, united purpose to improve the lives of these vulnerable young people', says Children and Families Minister
28 October, 2013
Issue 330 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
28 October, 2013
Government has published a draft statutory instrument setting out its proposed provision for the conditions that redress schemes must meet before the Secretary of State may approve the scheme or designate it as a government administered redress scheme - a subsequent statutory instrument will impose the requirement to belong to a scheme.
28 October, 2013
Second reading of Private Member's Bill that proposes a mandatory national register of private landlords, to liberalise selective licensing schemes, the introduction of greater regulation of private sector letting and management agents, and that all private sector tenancy agreements must be in writing.
23 October, 2013
New research from the charity also finds that first-time buyers would be unable to afford the mortgage costs under the government's Help to Buy scheme in over 80 per cent of England.
21 October, 2013
Issue 329 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
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