11 December, 2012
11 December, 2012
Research published by St Mungo's also shows that 41 per cent of people would be extremely or very concerned about being able to pay their rent or mortgage over the next three months if the main breadwinner in their household lost their job tomorrow.
11 December, 2012
Institute for Public Policy Research publishes report that explores the social impacts of the undersupply of housing, in areas such as life aspirations, starting a family, professional ambitions, relationships with parents and partners, security and control, and community belonging.
11 December, 2012
New partnership between Homeless Link and Broadway, allows concerned members of the public to connect rough sleepers with local advice and services they may not be aware of.
11 December, 2012
Issue 292 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
10 December, 2012
New statutory rule provides that certain persons from abroad are ineligible for an allocation of housing accommodation or for housing assistance.
7 December, 2012
7 December, 2012
Department for Communities and Local Government publishes figures that show a 11 per cent increase in number of people accepted as owed a main homelessness duty compared to same quarter of 2011.
6 December, 2012
Leading organisations issue responses to publication of government's Autumn Statement.
5 December, 2012
Government publishes Autumn Statement with measures including increasing the size of the Employer Ownership Pilot, taking it to £340 million overall; launching consultation on TUPE regulations; and publishing response to consultation on income threshold for social housing.
5 December, 2012
Research published by Shelter shows that visible forms of homelessness are continuing to rise sharply with the number of people sleeping rough in England rising by 23 per cent over the past year.
4 December, 2012
Government calls in London councils over concerns that homelessness numbers are soaring, after research reveals the scale of plans to send families to live in temporary housing outside the capital, reports guardian.co.uk.
4 December, 2012
New figures published by Broadway also show that 901 were new rough sleepers who had not been in contact with agencies before – an increase of 31 per cent when compared with the same period in 2011, reports Homeless Link.
3 December, 2012
New Homeless Link study shows that, at a time of rising homelessness among under-25s, welfare reforms are restricting the ability of communities to house all those who need help and potentially adding to a rise in homelessness.
3 December, 2012
Issue 291 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
30 November, 2012
[2012] EWCA Civ 1557
30 November, 2012
New statutory instruments published in relation to Council Tax.
30 November, 2012
New regulations provide that local housing authorities in England must frame their allocation scheme so as to give additional preference to people who fall within a statutory reasonable preference category and are in urgent housing need.
30 November, 2012
New regulations make provision in relation to the duty of local authorities to assess whether some persons found to be homeless or threatened with homelessness need housing support services.
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