22 November, 2012
22 November, 2012
New research highlights significant numbers of working households struggling with priority debts such as council tax, energy bills and rent.
22 November, 2012
Scotland's 2012 homelessness commitment will be met and in force from 31 December following Parliamentary approval for changes in the law.
19 November, 2012
New regulations revoke the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (Assistance to Registered Social Landlords and Other Persons) (Grants) Amendment Regulations 2012, which are due to come into force on 19th November 2012.
19 November, 2012
Guardian.co.uk reports on Pro-Housing Alliance study that considers the health impacts of welfare reform on tenants living in the private rented sector.
19 November, 2012
Issue 289 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
15 November, 2012
15 November, 2012
Department for Communities and Local Government publishes statistics which include sales under Right to Buy, Preserved Right to Buy, Right to Acquire, Social HomeBuy, other shared equity sales to tenants, and sales of existing stock to private sector.
14 November, 2012
New report published by National Housing Federation also shows that over a third of families with children living in B&Bs had been there longer than the government’s six-week limit.
13 November, 2012
New three and a half year scheme will see the Welsh Government and house builders act as guarantors so that buyers can secure high loan to value mortgages that would not otherwise be available to them.
12 November, 2012
Issue 288 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
12 November, 2012
New intitiative in light of 1.4m private rented dwellings that do not meet basic standards of being a 'decent' home.
9 November, 2012
New power under homelessness legislation allows local housing authorities in England to end the main homelessness duty with offers of accommodation in the private rented sector without requiring the applicant's agreement.
9 November, 2012
Guidance explains changes that the Localism Act 2011 makes to homelessness legislation, and also provides guidance on the Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (England) Order 2012.
9 November, 2012
New regulations in relation to the written statement that site owners must give to proposed occupiers of a mobile home in accordance with the Mobile Homes Act 1983.
8 November, 2012
Council of Mortgage Lenders publishes figures that show a total of 8,200 properties were taken into possession in the third quarter, down from 8,500 in the second quarter and 9,600 at the same time last year.
8 November, 2012
Department for Social Development publishes information on new Tenancy Deposit Scheme.
7 November, 2012
Scottish Government figures show that Tenancy Deposit Schemes have taken over 35,000 deposits with a value in excess of £23m.
6 November, 2012
Government publishes bi-annual count of gypsy and traveller caravans that records number of caravans on both authorised and unauthorised sites across England.
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