11 March, 2015
10 March, 2015
New report from Crisis highlights that homeless people are disproportionally sanctioned by virtue of belonging to groups over-represented in the sanctions statistics (young, male), and are more likely to experience barriers to complying with the conditionality regime.
10 March, 2015
New briefing outlines the legal framework contained in Part 6 of the 1996 Housing Act (as amended) within which local authorities allocate their housing stock.
9 March, 2015
Funding will both keep refuges open, and improve standards in existing refuges, says DCLG.
9 March, 2015
'Councils will now have to work to ensure social tenants are no longer forced to choose between their home or the chance of a new job which could transform their lives', says Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.
5 March, 2015
New statutory instrument brings into force provision including in relation to requirement on local housing authorities to carry out assessments of the accommodation needs of gypsies and travellers living in, or from time to time visiting, their area.
4 March, 2015
3 March, 2015
Housing body calls on next government to allow universal credit claimants to choose whether to have housing element paid direct to landlord and asks for additional resources to help manage the change.
2 March, 2015
Open Market Shared Equity Scheme to provides assistance to eligible buyers in the form of an interest free loan.
27 February, 2015
Currently Deputy Legal Director, Head of Planning Law Reform at DCLG, Denise Fowler will take up her appointment on 11 March 2015.
27 February, 2015
Warning from National Housing Federation, who estimate that over 100,000 extra homes for older people will be needed in the housing association sector alone in the next 15 years.
27 February, 2015
According to a poll commissioned by Generation Rent, renters are 75 per cent more likely to experience serious anxiety and depression than homeowners.
26 February, 2015
Findings include that, of the 22.6m households in England, 63 per cent were owner occupiers, 19 per cent were renting privately and 17 per cent were renting social housing.
26 February, 2015
Scottish Government says that it has fully funded the eighth successive freeze by providing an extra £70m each year which is included in the local government finance settlement of over £10.85bn for 2015-2016.
26 February, 2015
The precise details of the extended scheme will depend on a number of factors, including the outcome of the next UK government’s Spending Review, which will set the Welsh budget for 2016-17 and beyond.
26 February, 2015
New statistics from DCLG also show that 27 per cent of the rough sleepers are in London which has seen an increase of 37 per cent over the year compared to 7 per cent in the rest of England.
24 February, 2015
DCLG says that, from April 2015, discounts will go up to £77,900 outside of London and £103,900 in the capital and also highlights that 33,000 people have exercised Right to Buy since 2012.
24 February, 2015
Institute also calls on Chancellor to look at ways of making sure homes sold under right to buy are replaced on a genuine ‘one for one’ basis – including allowing councils to keep more of the cash from each sale and reduce discounts locally.
20 February, 2015
Hansen Palomares Solicitors report on High Court consent order in judicial review proceedings that has required Southwark 'to cease with immediate effect the policies and practices' which had led to a homeless family being told to look for accommodation in the private market before the council would investigate whether they were homeless.
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