3 September, 2012
3 September, 2012
Department for Communities and Local Government publishes guidance aimed at informing property owners about the new offence and the procedures for regaining possession of their properties from squatters.
31 August, 2012
Scottish Government publishes housing statistics that show a 13 per cent decrease in affordable housing completions.
31 August, 2012
Department for Communities and Local Government publishes guidance that highlights the range of actions councils can take to clamp down on landlords.
31 August, 2012
Squatting in homes and all other residential building is to be criminalised for the first time in England and Wales from Saturday 1 September.
29 August, 2012
[2012] EWHC 2306 (Admin)
29 August, 2012
29 August, 2012
Scottish Government publishes survey that shows that owner occupation is predominant tenure for 64 per cent of households, however, the private rented sector has shown small but consistent signs of growth, from 5 per cent in 1999 to 11 per cent in 2011.
28 August, 2012
Scottish Government confirms that the law will now be clarified so that all tenant charges, other than rent and a refundable deposit, will be deemed illegal.
28 August, 2012
Charity strongly supports the Welsh Government's ambition that everyone has a home they can afford and that homelessness does not exist, and welcomes the recurring comments on what an important and central role advice services play in housing policy.
28 August, 2012
Applications invited for grant funding to deliver programme for social tenants that will encourage more tenant panels to challenge landlords and get involved in local decision making; and empower tenants to engage with their landlord.
28 August, 2012
Issue 278 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
24 August, 2012
Leading housing organisations issue responses to 'Review of the barriers to institutional investment in private rented homes' report.
23 August, 2012
Department for Communities and Local Government publishes report that makes recommendations to speed up the timescale for building the private-rented homes needed to meet existing and growing demand.
21 August, 2012
Leading organisations issue responses to Ending Expensive Social Tenancies: Fairness, higher growth and more homes report.
20 August, 2012
New report from right leaning Policy Exchange says selling off social housing worth more than the average property could create the largest social house building programme since the 1970s.
20 August, 2012
New regulations reduce the information requirements for applications for the renewal of licences for Houses in Multiple Occupation requiring a licence under the Housing Act 2004.
20 August, 2012
Statistical release covers data from an annual online survey completed by all English Private Registered Providers of social housing and shows a 2.4 per cent increase on the total number of homes owned by social housing providers for 2011.
20 August, 2012
Scottish Government consultation has been supported by more than 90 per cent of tenants groups and landlords agreeing that landlords should be able to take into account previous anti-social behaviour when allocating social housing.
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