9 September, 2020
8 September, 2020
Response to consultation includes commitment to allow social tenants to increase their share of their property in 1 per cent increments
4 September, 2020 Open access
New statutory instrument reduces notice period for notices served on or after 3 October 2020
4 September, 2020
2019/2020 annual report also highlights that landlords were ordered to pay compensation to residents totalling more than £400,000 across the year
2 September, 2020 Open access
New statutory instrument extends and amends current temporary modifications to unsuitable temporary accommodation regulations introduced in response to coronavirus
1 September, 2020
First Minister says that Scotland must take the opportunity to 'build back fairer and stronger' after the COVID-19 pandemic
1 September, 2020 Open access
1 September, 2020
Fundamental changes will help improve the accessibility, speed and scope of redress for the benefit of residents, says Ombudsman
1 September, 2020
New Act makes changes to facilitate the reversal of the Office of National Statistics decision to reclassify registered housing associations as private entities
28 August, 2020 Open access
New statutory instrument also extends application of Schedule 29 of Coronavirus Act 2020 in England to 31 March 2021
28 August, 2020 Open access
With ban on evictions in England and Wales ending on 20 September 2020, opportunity to help renters most in need 'must not be missed', says Shelter Chief Executive
27 August, 2020
Highlighting complaints from other working homeless people, Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman says that 'pre-conceived ideas of homelessness no longer ring true'
27 August, 2020
New official statistics also highlight that there were 7,280 children in temporary accommodation at 31 March 2020, an increase of 7 per cent on the previous year
26 August, 2020 Open access
Deputy Minister says that an explicit 'exit' plan is needed to support people beyond the COVID-19 pandemic
21 August, 2020 Open access
Government also says that landlords will be required to provide most tenants with 6 months' notice until at least the end of March 2021, and that when the courts resume eviction hearings they will carefully prioritise the most 'egregious' cases
20 August, 2020
Dame Louise Casey had been asked in May 2020 to 'spearhead' a new specialist taskforce to lead the next phase of the government’s support for rough sleepers during the COVID-19 pandemic
20 August, 2020
New statistics from the Valuation Office Agency show that more than 42,000 challenges were resolved during the year
20 August, 2020
MHCLG reports that increase was driven by a 28 per cent rise in single households, potentially as a result of the COVID-19 ‘Everyone in’ scheme
19 August, 2020 Open access
Emergency legislation extended to prepare for possible coronavirus second wave and in light of economic support being phased out in autumn 2020
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