Housing news and case law

28 April, 2022

Measures to enhance conditions and protections for tenants living in the private sector to be introduced in Northern Ireland as Private Tenancies Bill receives Royal Assent

Changes will improve safety, security and standards in the private rented sector and will assist tenants who struggle to afford their rent, says Communities Minister

28 April, 2022

More than 5,000 households in England were threatened with homelessness due to service of a Section 21 no-fault eviction notice in the three months to December 2021

DLUHC says that rapid rise in number of prevention duties owed as a result of service of Section 21 notices may partially reflect removal of restrictions on private rented sector evictions from May 2021 but is still above pre-Covid-19 levels

28 April, 2022 Open access

Eligibility for housing and homelessness assistance in Wales for people who leave Ukraine as a result of the Russian invasion

New statutory instrument

28 April, 2022

Court of Session rules that the obligation to secure suitable interim accommodation for persons found to be homeless under the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 is absolute and cannot be avoided for reasons such as pressure on resources

X v Glasgow City Council [2022] CSOH 35

27 April, 2022

Almost 230,000 private renters in England have been served with a formal no-fault eviction notice since the government committed to scrapping them three years ago

Shelter calls on government to use Queen's Speech next month to honour its pledge to deliver a Renters’ Reform Bill that includes banning Section 21 no-fault evictions

26 April, 2022

Housing Ombudsman makes finding of severe maladministration in relation to landlord’s repeated complaint handling failures

Clarion Housing Group ordered to pay compensation of £1,100 on top of the £1,200 it had previously offered

26 April, 2022

APPG launches call for evidence on standards of temporary accommodation in England

New cross-party parliamentary group will look at ways to improve the health, lives and experiences of families and single adults living in temporary accommodation across England

22 April, 2022

Ground rent charges to be ‘banned’ on most new residential leases in England and Wales from June 2022

Existing leaseholders who choose to extend their leases through the non-statutory route will also have their ground rent restricted to a peppercorn rent on the newly extended term

20 April, 2022

Delays to occupational therapist visits mean that disabled people are ‘waiting years’ for home adaptations

Bureau of Investigative Journalism research also finds that the amount of discretionary top-up funding for adaptations 'varies wildly' between councils

14 April, 2022

Court of Appeal considers assumptions that can be made when calculating disregard from valuation of freehold on account of tenant improvements under section 9(1A)(d) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967

Cadogan Holdings Ltd v Alberti [2022] EWCA Civ 499

14 April, 2022

Housing Ombudsman launches call for evidence on noise complaints

Views sought as part of investigation into how social landlords manage reports of noise nuisance and what drives complaints about how reports are handled

13 April, 2022

APPG for Ending Homelessness launches inquiry into government’s progress in meeting commitment to end rough sleeping by 2024

Views sought on further actions needed to ensure that rough sleeping in England is 'rare, brief and non-recurrent'

13 April, 2022

Unsafe conditions, overcrowding, harassment and discrimination are ‘still a huge issue in the private rented sector’, say MPs

New Public Accounts Committee report calls on DLUHC to publish promised White Paper on reform of the sector in a 'timely and effective fashion'

11 April, 2022 Open access

Amendment of council tax rules in England for those opening up their homes under the Homes for Ukraine scheme

New regulations in force from today

11 April, 2022 Open access

Offsetting reductions in council tax support in England as a result of sponsoring people under the Homes for Ukraine scheme

New directions issued by Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

11 April, 2022

Expanded data sharing exercise between government and local authorities is enabling greater recovery rate of council tax debt

DWP says latest pilot is 'strengthening the application of attachment-of-earning orders' where deemed appropriate for debtors

7 April, 2022

Government launches four week consultation on repeal of the Vagrancy Act as part of its plans to ‘end rough sleeping for good’

Housing Minister says that 'no-one should be criminalised simply for having nowhere to live'

7 April, 2022

European Court of Human Rights asked to consider whether discrimination under the ‘right to rent’ policy is justified

Leigh Day solictors confirm that it is continuing a legal challenge against the policy following the Supreme Court’s refusal to grant permission to appeal an earlier ruling

7 April, 2022

Supported housing oversight pilots highlight progress local authorities can make with increased resourcing and capacity, but also how current regulatory system and legislation prohibit effective oversight

Evaluation of 11-month pilot in five local authority areas shows broadly positive findings and recommends rollout of short to medium term funding while longer-term reforms to regulatory and legislative measures are agreed and implemented

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