29 July, 2011
26 July, 2011
Issue 227 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
22 July, 2011
Social housing regulator, previously known as the Tenant Services Authority, highlights its role in 'ongoing engagement to support good governance and viability in the sector'.
21 July, 2011
However, St Mungos still worried that housing benefit reforms may tip people into homelessness and rough sleeping.
20 July, 2011
Achievements highlighted in report include freezing council tax in all England's councils and launching the New Homes Bonus to reward local authorities that build more homes.
19 July, 2011
Crisis publishes research undertaken by York University which examines the impact of extending the shared accommodation rate to cover people aged up to 35.
18 July, 2011
14 July, 2011
Ministry of Justice launches consultation which also includes plans to work with enforcement authorities to ensure squatters are prosecuted for any other offences they commit.
14 July, 2011
Shelter highlights analysis of English Housing Survey which shows that the number children living in overcrowded conditions has increased by 18 per cent.
13 July, 2011
TUC report calls for a new approach to housing policy and says that although more people want to own their own homes, home ownership does not always bring prosperity.
12 July, 2011
Government publishes paper which sets out plans to encourage innovation and give people more choice and control over the services they use.
12 July, 2011
London Assembly’s Planning and Housing Committee publishes report which shows raising income through higher rents to build new affordable homes and setting rents at levels people can afford will be particularly difficult in London.
11 July, 2011
Federation 'disappointed' that proposed directions are longer and more detailed than those issued under the last government following passage of the Housing and Regeneration 2008 Act.
11 July, 2011
New regulations that bring into force specified provisions of the Equality Act 2010, including entitling disabled people to make disability-related alterations or additions to some common parts of residential property in Scotland.
11 July, 2011
National Housing Federation, Shelter and the Tenant Participation Advisory Service have written joint letter highlighting concerns over clause in the Localism Bill that will prevent tenants from complaining directly to housing ombudsman.
11 July, 2011
The Department for Communities and Local Government publishes English Housing Survey 2009/2010 Household Report.
11 July, 2011
Issue 225 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
8 July, 2011
Government publishes consultation paper which seeks views on proposed draft directions to the social housing regulator under section 197 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.
8 July, 2011
Inclusion Health will identify what must be done to include the needs of homeless people in commissioning of health services and prevent homeless people being discharged from hospital on to the streets.
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