22 July, 2013
22 July, 2013
DCLG seeks views on whether the draft manual sets out the proposed stock transfer process and criteria for assessing applications clearly, and how the current text could be improved - it is aimed primarily at local authority landlords (especially those considering stock transfer) and their tenants, and the deadline for responses is 2 September 2013.
22 July, 2013
Issue 317 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
19 July, 2013
Councils will be able to bid for share of up to £3 million to tackle irresponsible landlords in their area.
18 July, 2013
New Select Committee report proposes bringing regulation for letting agents up to the level of that for estate agents, giving the Office of Fair Trading the power to ban agents who act improperly, and putting in place new rules to ensure the safe treatment of landlords’ and tenants’ money.
17 July, 2013
June update, as published in the Legal Action Magazine, now available from the Garden Court Chambers website.
17 July, 2013
17 July, 2013
Response to yesterday's figures showing that, from 31 December 2012, all Scottish local authorities met the 2012 homelessness commitment to assist all homeless households (including the 65 per cent of applications coming from single people).
16 July, 2013
New Scottish Government figures also show that there were 3,177 applicants with children in temporary accommodation - seven per cent less than the previous year.
16 July, 2013
In force from 31 August 2013, new regulations set out that Croation workers will be eligible for an allocation of housing accommodation or for homelessness assistance in Northern Ireland if they are working in the UK subject to the relevant worker authorisation scheme.
15 July, 2013
Report, published today, sets out assessment of where less affluent families can reasonably afford to live.
15 July, 2013
Issue 316 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
12 July, 2013
Local Government Ombudsman’s investigation finds that the council's failure went beyond the individual complainant's case, and meant it is denying people the legal right to seek an internal review or appeal in court.
11 July, 2013
A Chartered Institute of Housing and Circle Housing Group survey finds two-thirds of landlords are unable to help more than 20 per cent of affected tenants to downsize.
10 July, 2013
Guardian investigation finds vulnerable households are falling 'off the radar' of public services.
8 July, 2013
COSLA survey of all local authorities in Scotland also finds significant increase in requests for discretionary housing payments.
8 July, 2013
Issue 315 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
5 July, 2013
In force from 1 August 2013, new regulations specify the educational establishments whose student accommodation is excluded from the definition of a HMO (and thus from the scope of the licensing regime) - this revokes the Houses in Multiple Occupation (Specified Educational Establishments) (England) Regulations 2012
5 July, 2013
New research from the Strategic Society Centre, which also publishes a discussion paper considering the policy implications of its research for public policy on pensions, housing, public spending and social mobility.
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