22 October, 2014
22 October, 2014
[2014] EWCA Civ 1383
17 October, 2014
Responding to the Lyons review which says, without a change of course, the country will be short of up to two million homes by 2020, Jacqui McCluskey, Director of Policy and Communications at Homeless Link, said the review 'provides a clear roadmap for tackling a major cause of homelessness, the chronic shortage of an affordable place to call home'.
16 October, 2014
New regulations that make provision for which persons from abroad will be eligible or ineligible for an allocation of housing accommodation under Part 6 of the Housing Act 1996 and for housing assistance under Part 7 of the Act.
16 October, 2014
New statistics from DCLG also show that the average discount, as a percentage of market value, of Right to Buy local authority dwellings sold was 47 per cent in 2013/2014 compared to 27 per cent in 2011/2012.
16 October, 2014
New report from Riverside highlights that tenants in the lowest income group have taken on more debts to cover sudden and unforeseen changes in benefit entitlement and the deepening impact of the bedroom tax.
16 October, 2014
15 October, 2014
New research from Shelter also shows that over 60,000 families threatened with eviction in the past year for complaining about bad conditions in their homes.
15 October, 2014
From 22 October 2014, the shared equity scheme will only apply to homes worth up to £250,000, rather than the current maximum of £400,000.
15 October, 2014
[2014] EWHC 500 (QB)
14 October, 2014
New report from Action for Children calls on all political parties to prioritise the emotional and mental health of children in care and care leavers, keep children safe when they return to their family after care, and to not give up on young people when their lives are at their most challenging.
14 October, 2014
New report looking at access to private rented housing for the under 35s also recommends an increase in the rent-a-room allowance, clarification of the circumstances when local authorities are able to charge council tax on bedsit accommodation, requiring landlords to make prospective tenants aware of all the likely costs associated with renting a property including the council tax band as well as estimated utility costs, and giving local authorities greater powers to secure community contributions from developers of large scale private rented sector developments as appropriate to local needs.
10 October, 2014
[2014] EWCA Civ 1297
10 October, 2014
New statistical release from the Welsh government shows that compliance with the quality standard is at 83 per cent for registered social landlords but only 44 per cent for local authority dwellings.
9 October, 2014
New statutory instrument makes amendments with the effect that a refuge in Wales must be treated as one dwelling for the purpose of council tax provision, even if the property comprises more than one self-contained unit.
9 October, 2014
First part of implementation package for Act includes that 1 August 2016 will be the date that provisions which will end the right to buy in Scotland will come into effect.
9 October, 2014
New Court of Appeal judgment that estopped a lender from enforcing a debt by recovering possession of a second property where it had already obtained judgment for the debt and possession of another property.
8 October, 2014
Statistics in new report include that, at 31 March 2014, 67 per cent of social housing dwellings (149,755 dwellings) were compliant with the standards (including acceptable fails) compared to 60 per cent a year earlier.
8 October, 2014
Issue 2 of Housing Law Week, a weekly email update bulletin for housing professionals and housing lawyers edited by Jan Luba QC.
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