13 March, 2014
12 March, 2014
New statutory instrument makes amendments to prescribed forms in consequence of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and inserts references in those forms to universal credit.
12 March, 2014
Garden Court Chambers report on today's judgment in Southend-on-Sea Borough Council v Armour, including link to transcript.
12 March, 2014
New YouGov poll, commissioned by Shelter, finds that 2 per cent of private tenants said they had been evicted or threatened with eviction after complaining about problem that wasn't their responsibility.
11 March, 2014
Guardian reports on freedom of information requests revealing that 24 local authorities had employed or were considering the use of 'voice risk analysis'.
11 March, 2014
Doncaster council criticised for deciding that girl, who had moved from North Yorkshire to get away from abusive father, was not their responsibility.
10 March, 2014
10 March, 2014
Issue 347 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
10 March, 2014
New research, commissioned by Chartered Institute for Housing and Wheatley Group, finds that welfare reform, lack of housing supply and increasing gap between income and housing costs having major impact on changing frontline housing roles.
7 March, 2014
New Commons Library briefing providing background on the 'Rents for social housing from 2015 to 2016' policy, and information on progress to date.
6 March, 2014
New homelessness statistics show 52,910 acceptances in 2013, compared to 53,450 in 2012, and also show 5 per cent fall in number of acceptances for October-December 2013 compared to same quarter in 2012.
5 March, 2014
New statutory instrument makes amendments that include provision for certain Afghan nationals employed by UK Government in Afghanistan who have been granted limited leave to remain in the UK to be eligible for allocation of social housing and homelessness assistance if they are habitually resident.
5 March, 2014
New statutory instrument prescribes the detail of how local authorities shall exercise their discretion when deciding whether or not to issue or consent to the transfer of a site licence in respect of a relevant protected site.
5 March, 2014
Study to look at whether the residential property management services market is working well for leaseholders and freeholders,
5 March, 2014
Report, published today, says that a progressive property value tax would reduce median council tax bills by £279 a year.
4 March, 2014
Government publishes summary of responses to the 'Future funding of the Housing Ombudsman' consultation paper that was published on 19 December 2013.
3 March, 2014
New regulations issued that update the explanatory notes which must be provided with demand notices under the Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (England) Regulations 2003.
3 March, 2014
Guide looks at new provisions - including changes to the procedures and penalties for enforcement of site licence conditions on residential parks - introduced from 1 April 2014 by the Mobile Homes Act 2013.
3 March, 2014
From 1 April 2014, councils will have powers to take action requiring poor site conditions or inadequate services to be addressed by site owners, with threat of court action and substantial fines for those who don't comply.
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