10 May, 2013
10 May, 2013
New blog from Anthony Gold Solicitors looks at how Immigration Bill provision will work - or if it will work at all - as well as providing tips to landlords on what to do.
10 May, 2013
Measure contained in Immigration Bill could lead to discrimination, 'with landlords opting not to let to anyone with an even vaguely foreign-sounding name', according to charity chief executive.
9 May, 2013
Joint survey with British Gas finds that equivalent of 900,000 tenants had not had an annual gas check organised by their landlord or letting agent.
8 May, 2013
Inside Housing reports that seven homeless charities have entered into a joint venture with the business charity, Business in the Community, aimed at ending youth homelessness.
8 May, 2013
Bill, introduced in today's Queen's Speech, contains provisions that include requiring private landlords to check the immigration status of their tenants.
8 May, 2013
8 May, 2013
Bill, introduced in today's Queen's Speech, contains provisions that include reducing qualifying period for Right to Buy from five to three years and removing power from employment tribunals to make wider recommendations in successful discrimination cases.
7 May, 2013
New report highlights 123 per cent rise in complaints to property ombudsman and urges Scottish Government to 'drive out cowboys'.
7 May, 2013
However, new Chartered Institute of Housing report also says that three sectors must work more closely together if housing is to deliver effective solutions.
3 May, 2013
New statutory instuments in relation to transfer of functions of Rent Assessment Committees, Agricultural Land Tribunals and the Adjudicator to Her Majesty’s Land Registry into new chamber.
3 May, 2013
Guardian reports on steps taken including reclassification of properties, protests and 'no eviction' policies.
3 May, 2013
Association argues that powers to see data held by utility companies, banks etc. would help councils combat social housing fraud, reports Inside Housing.
2 May, 2013
New investment in renewable heat projects will enable social landlords to get innovative renewable heating kit into the homes of their social tenants, says Energy and Climate Change Minister.
2 May, 2013
Landlords in Scotland obliged to provide tenants with pack which is supported by new website offering practical renting guides for tenants and landlords in Scotland’s private rented sector.
2 May, 2013
BBC reports that the Financial Conduct Authority estimates that nearly half of homeowners with interest-only mortgages will not be able to pay off the loan when their mortgage matures, and that the average shortfall is £71,000.
1 May, 2013
New statutory instrument sets out the detail of the procedures for the selling and gifting of mobile homes, under provisions inserted into the Mobile Homes Act 1983 by the Mobile Homes Act 2013.
1 May, 2013
Charity calls for longer tenancy agreements as its new report, ‘Growing up renting’, shows that families with children are bearing the brunt of the insecure tenancies, high rents, and constant moves that are standard in today’s market.
29 April, 2013
Issue 308 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
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