10 September, 2012
10 September, 2012
Homeless Link announces that from today, homeless charities across England will be able to apply for grants of up £200k to invest in new ways of preventing and tackling rough sleeping.
7 September, 2012
Charity responds to government statistics showing a nine per cent increase in the number of homeless households.
7 September, 2012
Charity 'deeply concerned' with measures to water down the requirement for councils and developers to deliver new social and genuinely affordable housing to rent.
7 September, 2012
Department for Communities and Local Government publishes figures that show a 9 per cent increase in number of people accepted as owed a main homelessness duty compared to same quarter of 2011.
6 September, 2012
Housing charity urges Mark Prisk to 'give our housing crisis the attention it deserves'.
5 September, 2012
5 September, 2012
Package of 15 bills include Adult Health & Social Care Integration Bill, Bankruptcy Bill and Land and Buildings Transaction Tax Bill
5 September, 2012
MP for Hertford and Stortford replaces Grant Shapps at the Department for Communities and Local Government.
4 September, 2012
New survey published by Shelter shows that 23 per cent - equivalent to 11 million people – said they had been charged unfair fees when renting their home through a letting agent with most common fees being for administration, credit checks and renewing a contract.
4 September, 2012
Scottish Committee of AJTC publishes report that recommends the introduction of a number of new appeal jurisdictions or the tightening of existing procedures across key policy areas, including community care and housing.
3 September, 2012
Department for Communities and Local Government confirms that councils across the country will receive £160m over the next two years in Homelessness Prevention Grants.
3 September, 2012
New statutory instruments in relation to right to buy issued in Wales.
3 September, 2012
Department for Communities and Local Government publishes guidance aimed at informing property owners about the new offence and the procedures for regaining possession of their properties from squatters.
31 August, 2012
Scottish Government publishes housing statistics that show a 13 per cent decrease in affordable housing completions.
31 August, 2012
Department for Communities and Local Government publishes guidance that highlights the range of actions councils can take to clamp down on landlords.
31 August, 2012
Squatting in homes and all other residential building is to be criminalised for the first time in England and Wales from Saturday 1 September.
29 August, 2012
Department for Communities and Local Government publishes information for councils and landowners on how to remove illegal and unauthorised encampments, such as traveller sites, protest camps and squatter sites from both public and private land.
29 August, 2012
Scottish Government publishes survey that shows that owner occupation is predominant tenure for 64 per cent of households, however, the private rented sector has shown small but consistent signs of growth, from 5 per cent in 1999 to 11 per cent in 2011.
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