17 December, 2015
17 December, 2015
Press release from the Department for Communities and Local Government also announces £40m from the Department of Health to refurbish hostels and provide low cost shared accommodation for young people at risk of homelessness, and a £5m fund to the 25 local authorities facing the greatest pressures in moving people out of temporary accommodation and into a settled home.
17 December, 2015
New DCLG homelessness statistics for third quarter of 2015/2016 also show 4 per cent rise in household acceptances.
17 December, 2015
Housing Minister Lesley Griffiths also announces an additional £21.7m to help housing associations increase the availability of affordable housing in Wales.
16 December, 2015
Research by Homeless Link shows that 44 per cent of young people in homelessness services could be affected by proposal to remove automatic entitlement to housing benefit for 18-21 year olds.
16 December, 2015
New analysis by Shelter reports that this is a rise of almost 46 per cent since 2009/2010.
16 December, 2015
16 December, 2015
[2015] EWCA Civ 1294
15 December, 2015
Local Government Ombudsman says that second critical report within two years highlights the importance of learning lessons from complaints.
14 December, 2015
In final report, published today, Commission sets out alternatives and says that any replacement must be 'fairer, more progressive and locally empowering'.
14 December, 2015
New report finds that rogue landlords are making billions of pounds from 700,000 private rented homes in England with a category 1 hazard which can include rat infestations, unsafe electrics and cold and damp.
11 December, 2015
Statistics produced by the Department for Communities and Local Government do not meet standards of trustworthiness, quality and value, says UK Statistics Authority.
11 December, 2015
Charity calls for reform of how benefit sanctions work for the most vulnerable as new research reveals how the regime is leaving people homeless, hungry and destitute and making it even harder for them to find work.
10 December, 2015
Guardian reports on government amendment to Housing and Planning Bill 2015/2016
10 December, 2015
New paper discusses the challenges around providing housing for older people in the midst of both a growing population and a still recovering housing market.
9 December, 2015
New research funded by the Legal Education Foundation highlights that people living in rented accommodation are twice as likely to experience some kinds of non-housing-related legal problems as those living in other types of housing.
9 December, 2015
New Treasury figures for period from October 2013 to September 2015 also show that 79 per cent were purchases by first time buyers and that the total value of mortgages supported by the scheme is £9.7bn.
8 December, 2015
New report from Crisis and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation expresses concerns that homeless people are having to spend more time in temporary accommodation and that some local authorities may be using Housing Options to deny people their statutory rights.
7 December, 2015
Prime Minister announces that from April 2016 anyone earning below £80,000 in England and £90,000 in London will be eligible for shared ownership scheme.
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