11 December, 2013
10 December, 2013
New National Housing Federation report also finds that half of people’s disposable income is currently taken up by rent, and in 10 years’ time this will rise to 57 per cent.
10 December, 2013
Nearly Legal comments on the recent Court of Appeal judgment in Spencer v Taylor concerning the notice required after a fixed-term AST has come to an end.
10 December, 2013
Since December 2012 there have been almost 11,000 alerts to local authorities from the public using the StreetLink app, phoneline and website.
10 December, 2013
Issue 336 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available
6 December, 2013
Local Government Ombudsman finds that London Borough of Ealing was neglecting its statutory duties by housing the homeless families in B&Bs for up to 10 months.
6 December, 2013
5 December, 2013
Chancellor's Autumn Statement 2013 sets out that the government will consult on options for a right to move for local authority tenants who want to move home for reasons related to employment.
5 December, 2013
Chancellor's Autumn Statement 2013 sets out that the government will also provide £100m to establish a fund to increase Right to Buy sales by improving applicants’ access to mortgage finance.
5 December, 2013
Department for Communities and Local Government publishes homelessness statistics for July - September 2013.
4 December, 2013
Ahead of the proposed study, the Office of Fair Trading is seeking views from interested people and businesses about priority areas of concern that may be preventing this market from working well for consumers.
3 December, 2013
Ministry of Justice consultation on fees charged for using civil courts also proposes introducing a standard fee of £270 for cases which are not about money, for example to repossess property, and increasing fees for cases that involve money claims.
2 December, 2013
Issue 335 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
2 December, 2013
Government says it shares reviewer's conclusion that single public services ombudsman for England should be created and that it intends to 'develop and test ideas for how such a 1-stop-shop service might operate'.
2 December, 2013
New statutory instrument creates new category of council tax discount for properties with an annex.
29 November, 2013
Homes and Communities Agency today published 'Consumer Regulation Review 2012/13' in which it also considers case studies and lessons learned from the regime that came into effect in April 2012.
28 November, 2013
Welsh Government says that the shared equity loan scheme will be available to homebuyers wishing to purchase new-build properties worth up to £300,000.
28 November, 2013
In yesterday's parliamentary debate on 'Romanian and Bulgarian Accession', the Home Secretary announced that the guidance will 'ensure that local authorities set a residency requirement, or a minimum period of residence in a community'.
28 November, 2013
New regulations issued in relation to the abolition of Agricultural Wages Committees and Agricultural Dwelling-House Advisory Committees for areas in England, and the repeal of provisions of the Agricultural Wages Act 1948.
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