17 December, 2020 Open access
17 December, 2020
MHCLG survey also includes data on under-occupation that shows that the proportion of under-occupied households has increased for owner-occupiers and declined for renters over the last 20 years
16 December, 2020
Proposed reforms include replacement of separate tribunals with single unified first-tier tribunal, broken down into chambers catering for similar claims
16 December, 2020 Open access
Letter to Committee Chair sets out process by which courts will determine whether one of permitted exemptions to stay applies
15 December, 2020
Scottish Government working group highlights six areas which, acted on together, could significantly reduce domestic abuse-related homelessness
14 December, 2020
New statistics also reveal that one in seven of the deaths were suicides
14 December, 2020
11 December, 2020
New statutory instrument amends errors and provides more clarity on the terms used in the Order to support local authorities in their duty to provide temporary accommodation
11 December, 2020 Open access
11 December, 2020
However, Minister says that local authorities will have until April 2022 to establish a scheme, and existing hosts will have until April 2023 to apply for a license
10 December, 2020
Minister says that unintended problem has come to light for certain assured shorthold tenants with 'starter tenancies', 'market rent tenancies' or tenancies for supported accommodation
10 December, 2020 Open access
New statutory instrument
8 December, 2020
Chartered Institute of Housing calls for courts to be given more flexibility to grant extended Protection Orders beyond proposed three-month maximum
7 December, 2020 Open access
Tenant Hardship Loan Fund designed to help people who have had their finances or employment impacted by COVID-19 and who don't have other means of housing support
4 December, 2020
However, new report finds there is more to do if approach is to become viable and accessible to all those who need it
3 December, 2020
New funding is in addition to the £505 million paid to councils in May 2020
3 December, 2020 Open access
However, Housing Minister advises that evictions may still proceed in cases of serious anti-social or criminal behaviour, including in cases of domestic abuse
3 December, 2020
Letter to chief executives advises that the guidance should be considered pending updates to the Allocation Guidance and Homelessness Code of Guidance
1 December, 2020 Open access
Homelessness is 'neither inevitable nor an insolvable problem', says Everyone Home Collective
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