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26 April, 2022

Housing Ombudsman makes finding of severe maladministration in relation to landlord’s repeated complaint handling failures

Clarion Housing Group ordered to pay compensation of £1,100 on top of the £1,200 it had previously offered

26 April, 2022

APPG launches call for evidence on standards of temporary accommodation in England

New cross-party parliamentary group will look at ways to improve the health, lives and experiences of families and single adults living in temporary accommodation across England

22 April, 2022

Ground rent charges to be ‘banned’ on most new residential leases in England and Wales from June 2022

Existing leaseholders who choose to extend their leases through the non-statutory route will also have their ground rent restricted to a peppercorn rent on the newly extended term

20 April, 2022

Delays to occupational therapist visits mean that disabled people are ‘waiting years’ for home adaptations

Bureau of Investigative Journalism research also finds that the amount of discretionary top-up funding for adaptations 'varies wildly' between councils

14 April, 2022

Housing Ombudsman launches call for evidence on noise complaints

Views sought as part of investigation into how social landlords manage reports of noise nuisance and what drives complaints about how reports are handled

13 April, 2022

APPG for Ending Homelessness launches inquiry into government’s progress in meeting commitment to end rough sleeping by 2024

Views sought on further actions needed to ensure that rough sleeping in England is 'rare, brief and non-recurrent'

13 April, 2022

Unsafe conditions, overcrowding, harassment and discrimination are ‘still a huge issue in the private rented sector’, say MPs

New Public Accounts Committee report calls on DLUHC to publish promised White Paper on reform of the sector in a 'timely and effective fashion'

11 April, 2022 Open access

Amendment of council tax rules in England for those opening up their homes under the Homes for Ukraine scheme

New regulations in force from today

11 April, 2022 Open access

Offsetting reductions in council tax support in England as a result of sponsoring people under the Homes for Ukraine scheme

New directions issued by Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

11 April, 2022

Expanded data sharing exercise between government and local authorities is enabling greater recovery rate of council tax debt

DWP says latest pilot is 'strengthening the application of attachment-of-earning orders' where deemed appropriate for debtors

7 April, 2022

Government launches four week consultation on repeal of the Vagrancy Act as part of its plans to ‘end rough sleeping for good’

Housing Minister says that 'no-one should be criminalised simply for having nowhere to live'

7 April, 2022

European Court of Human Rights asked to consider whether discrimination under the ‘right to rent’ policy is justified

Leigh Day solictors confirm that it is continuing a legal challenge against the policy following the Supreme Court’s refusal to grant permission to appeal an earlier ruling

7 April, 2022

Supported housing oversight pilots highlight progress local authorities can make with increased resourcing and capacity, but also how current regulatory system and legislation prohibit effective oversight

Evaluation of 11-month pilot in five local authority areas shows broadly positive findings and recommends rollout of short to medium term funding while longer-term reforms to regulatory and legislative measures are agreed and implemented

5 April, 2022

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors consults on inclusion of social housing tenants of long leasehold flats in revised service charge residential management code

Draft code also includes measures designed to ensure greater transparency in relation to service charges and associated expenditure

4 April, 2022 Open access

Homes for Ukraine guidance issued to local authorities across England, Scotland and Wales

Publication of guidance follows launch of scheme on 14 March 2022 to support those fleeing the war in Ukraine

4 April, 2022 Open access

DLUHC sets out steps it is taking to prevent the Homes for Ukraine scheme from affecting a sponsor’s council tax status in England

Department confirms that it is laying new legislation to ensure that all discounts and exemptions will be protected

1 April, 2022

Number of people who died while homeless last year showed an 80 per cent increase on the number for 2019

New research records more than 1,200 homelessness deaths across the UK in 2021, with only seven due to Covid-19

1 April, 2022

Almost 40 per cent of social housing tenancies in Wales were in rent arrears at the end of March 2021

New official statistics highlight 17 per cent increase in tenancies in arrears compared to 2019, with more than 7,000 having been in arrears for at least 13 weeks

1 April, 2022 Open access

Amendment of council tax discount and council tax reduction rules in Scotland for those opening up their homes under the Homes for Ukraine scheme

New regulations in force from today

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