11 June, 2015
11 June, 2015
Figures include that billing authorities collected 97.2 per cent of council tax billed, an increase of 0.1 of a percentage point and the highest collection rate since the introduction of council tax.
10 June, 2015
New report from the Commission on Housing and Wellbeing also finds that more than 60,000 households are classed as living in overcrowded homes, and more than 150,000 households are currently waiting for social housing.
10 June, 2015
In new judgment, Supreme Court considers whether landlord of chalets in leisure park had correctly interpreted provision in leases relating to service charge increases.
10 June, 2015
New note explains the Government's proposal to extend the Right to Buy to assured tenants of housing associations which requires primary legislation and will be included in a forthcoming Housing Bill.
10 June, 2015
Study by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation looks at examples of best practice in council tax support, and of how schemes can be designed to protect both the revenue of local authorities and the incomes of their least well-off residents, and concludes that it would be difficult to integrate council tax support with universal credit due to the level of variation at local level.
9 June, 2015
5 June, 2015
Three year scheme to to allow low income owner-occupiers to carry out essential repairs and energy efficiency improvements to their homes.
3 June, 2015
Private Member's Bill, to make provision for the introduction of a new set of council tax valuation bands to apply to all dwellings bought or sold after 1 April 2000, introduced to House of Lords yesterday.
3 June, 2015
Following a consultation Housing Minister Lesley Griffiths is taking immediate action to reduce the discount this summer and has started the development of legislation to end Right to Buy, for consideration by the government in the next Assembly term.
3 June, 2015
Investigation by BBC Radio 4 finds that, of England's 151 local authorities, 15 told a Department for Education annual census, that no more than two thirds of young care leavers were living in accommodation which met official criteria on what was 'suitable'.
28 May, 2015
New note gives an overview of EEA migrants' eligibility to apply for social housing in England and considers the question of whether these people have preferential access to social housing and can 'jump the housing queue.'
27 May, 2015
New Housing Bill introduced in Queen's Speech also requires local authorities to dispose of high-value vacant council houses, to help fund the Right to Buy extension discounts and the building of more affordable homes in the area.
27 May, 2015
Positive outcomes highlighted in independent report include increased productivity, reduced absenteeism and reduced staff turnover.
26 May, 2015
Guidance updated to take into account changes made to the eligibility criteria in May 2015 which reduce the requirement of five years public sector tenancy to three years.
26 May, 2015
New legislation, coming into force today, brings London into line with the rest of the country by removing requirement to apply for planning permission.
26 May, 2015
New statutory instrument makes provision in in respect of the way in which residential accommodation, and residential accommodation with nursing, is provided in England, Wales and Northern Ireland by a local authority in fulfilment of their duties under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 or the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003.
26 May, 2015
New Housing Bill, to be introduced in Queen's Speech tomorrow, will give a further 1.3m people the right to buy their home, says Greg Clark.
22 May, 2015
New House of Commons Library briefing paper explains and compares the legal duties on local authorities (and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive) to assist people presenting as homeless in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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