20 November, 2013
20 November, 2013
New Centre for Social Justice report, 'Maxed out', also finds that average debt repayments within the poorest 10 per cent of UK households amount to nearly half their gross monthly income.
20 November, 2013
Charity also predicts an 'alarming rise' in calls from people struggling to keep their homes this Christmas.
20 November, 2013
[2013] EWCA Civ 1467
19 November, 2013
Local Government Ombudsman report highlights Birmingham City Council's poor records management, lack of appropriate background checks and lack of action to take possession when they had the chance.
19 November, 2013
New DCLG publication sets out a draft of the conditions that will need to be met by a company or organisation setting up a redress scheme, with the expectation that regulations governing the scheme will come into force in December 2013, subject to parliamentary approval.
19 November, 2013
18 November, 2013
Issue 333 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
15 November, 2013
New MoJ statistics for third quarter of 2013/2014 also show mortgage possession claims have fallen by 60 per cent since they peaked in 2008.
14 November, 2013
New statutory instrument brings into force provisions of the Long Leases (Scotland) Act 2012, including those which convert the right of lease to the right of ownership on the 'appointed day', and fix the 'appointed day' as 28 November 2015.
14 November, 2013
New statutory instrument enables local authority tenants to form tenant group for the purpose of putting forward proposals in a written notice to local authority landlord to dispose of houses described in written notice to a housing association.
14 November, 2013
[2013] EWCA Civ 1433
14 November, 2013
[2013] EWHC 3476 (Admin)
13 November, 2013
New statutory instrument specifies 22 May 2014 as day for referendums where billing authority obliged to hold more than one, or latest day on which referendum can be held if only obliged to hold one.
13 November, 2013
October update, as published in the Legal Action Magazine, now available from the Garden Court Chambers website.
13 November, 2013
New statutory instrument brought the Act into force in Wales on 5 November 2013 - the provisions of the Act include new criminal offences of unauthorised sub-letting of social housing.
13 November, 2013
Issue 332 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
12 November, 2013
New DCLG guidance for local authorities and tenant groups who are looking to transfer their housing stock to a private registered provider, replaces the 2005 edition of the Manual and its 2006 supplement, and applies (in whole or part) to all housing transfer applications.
12 November, 2013
New DCLG publication provides statutory guidance for tenant groups who wish to explore their right to transfer their social housing stock away from the control of the council and to a private registered provider
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