17 September, 2015
16 September, 2015
New research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation explores how landlords are responding to poverty, what can be learnt from their written strategies and plans, and what happens in practice.
15 September, 2015
Garden Court Chambers Free Movement immigration blog provides link to opinion for the Association of Charitable Foundations.
10 September, 2015
Ahead of the forthcoming spending review, the Chartered Institute of Housing also calls on the government to maintain and strengthen the affordable homes programme, to help councils and housing associations build homes for below market rent for people who can’t afford to buy.
10 September, 2015
New regulations that bring into force section 35 (landlord application to private rented housing panel) of the Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011 with the exception of subsection (3) which will be repealed by section 25(11) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014.
10 September, 2015
New regulations that introduce a new prescribed form for a notice under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 informing a tenant that the landlord intends to seek recovery of possession of a property let on an assured shorthold tenancy, and additionally specifies existing obligations with which landlords must comply if they wish to make use of the section 21 eviction procedure.
9 September, 2015
8 September, 2015
Response to Freedom of Information request, reported by the BBC, also shows that 25 of the 31 councils moved homeless households to other parts of the south east, and eight councils moved people to temporary accommodation in the Midlands and the north of England.
7 September, 2015
New paper considers evidence of London's housing crisis; how much additional housing is needed; and the barriers and potential solutions to the issue arising from a selection of research projects.
4 September, 2015
DCLG guidance changes to requirements due to be introduced from 1 October 2015.
4 September, 2015
Findings from Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants evaluation of new policy include that 42 per cent of landlords are unlikely to rent to those without British passports and over 25 per cent would be less likely to rent to someone with a foreign name or foreign accent.
4 September, 2015
New Citizens Advice research finds that, of the 3.3 million with an interest only mortgage, 934,000 have no plan for how to repay the capital.
3 September, 2015
Local Government Ombudsman finds against South Oxfordshire District Council after two separate complaints that people exercising right to buy had not been told about restrictions relating to future sales of properties.
2 September, 2015
Thousands of private tenants have suffered harassment, threats and assaults, which could have resulted in legal action, according to new research.
2 September, 2015
New scheme will provide eligible buyers wit access to an equity loan towards the purchase price of a new-build home.
2 September, 2015
Scottish government says Bill will meet commitment to give tenants in the private rented sector increased security, providing more predictable rents and protection for tenants against excessive rent increases, and will include the ability to introduce local rent controls for rent pressure areas.
27 August, 2015
New Money Advice Trust reports also highlights that council tax arrears, which account for the majority of bailiff use by local authorities, is one of the fastest growing debt types presented to National Debtline, with 24 per cent of callers in arrears in 2014, up from 14 per cent in 2007.
26 August, 2015
New briefing that explains key policy developments in relation to setting social housing rent levels in England since 2002.
26 August, 2015
New briefing explains the Government's proposal to extend the Right to Buy in England to assured tenants of housing associations, which requires primary legislation and will be included in a forthcoming Housing Bill.
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