15 September, 2014
12 September, 2014
New statutory instrument introduces requirement that local authority temporary accommodation is 'wind and watertight and suitable for occupation by children'.
11 September, 2014
Communities Minister says ministers will support Private Member’s Bill - designed to stop landlords who, rather than meet their legal duty to keep their properties at a reasonable standard and remove health and safety hazards, instead evict tenants simply for asking for essential repairs to be made - on the condition that the Bill only targets bad landlords and cannot be used by tenants to frustrate legitimate evictions.
11 September, 2014
In addition to collecting evidence, research will also examine how local authorities are tackling problems caused by high concentrations of HMOs in their area.
11 September, 2014
Chartered Institute of Housing highlights conflict between the Localism Act, that was supposed to make it easier for local authorities to help extremely vulnerable people find a home, and welfare reform, that is making it harder.
10 September, 2014
Proposals include new regulations, strengthened guidance and ensuring social landlords set aside properties for use by those exercising Right to Move
10 September, 2014
10 September, 2014
New research from the Association of Residential Letting Agents, reported in the Independent, also finds that one in seven tenants say their problems were never resolved and one in five tenants had reservations about their landlord or letting agent on day one of their tenancy.
9 September, 2014
New CPAG Scotland bulletin provides an overview of welfare rights cases collected from frontline workers across Scotland, and explores the impact on housing and homelessness policy.
9 September, 2014
Briefing explains duty on landlords to protect tenants’ deposits and summarises how tenancy deposit schemes operate.
9 September, 2014
New analysis of government data by the University of St Andrews, on behalf of Shelter, found that 1 in 8 households in the UK are surviving on low incomes while paying unaffordable housing costs, putting them under huge financial pressure.
8 September, 2014
BBC reports on Barnardo's research showing that, in 2013/2014, 51 per cent of authorities placed care leavers in B&Bs for 28 days or more, while just under half (46 per cent) placed care leavers in B&Bs repeatedly.
8 September, 2014
DCLG press release highlights fine of up to £5,000 for agents who do not belong to one of three schemes from 1 October 2014
5 September, 2014
New regulations that require persons who engage in letting agency work or property management work to belong to a redress scheme that has been approved by the Secretary of State or that has been designated as a government administered redress scheme.
4 September, 2014
Court finds that no one was 'living' in property, occupied in protest at Camden Council's sale of council houses, as squatters were there on a rota basis.
3 September, 2014
New guidance advises that, from 1 December, landlords in relevant areas face fine of £3,000 if they rent out properties to those who do no have 'the right to rent'.
3 September, 2014
New report from Age UK, 'Housing in Later Life', calls on the Government to ensure that all new homes are built to the lifetime homes standard so they can be easily adapted as people age.
3 September, 2014
Homes and Communities Agency release statistics from an annual online survey completed by all English private registered providers.
3 September, 2014
New DCLG statistics for period 8 October 2013 to 30 June 2014 also show that 79 per cent were purchases by first time buyers.
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