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14 May, 2012

Housing Law Update

Issue 263 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.

11 May, 2012

New government fund to tackle ‘beds in sheds’

Housing Minister allocates new £1.8m fund to help stop landlords renting out cramped properties with poor sanitisation.

10 May, 2012

Revised council tax levels set by local authorities in England

Department for Communities and Local Government publishes revisions to information published on 21 March on council tax levels for the financial year 2012/2013.

10 May, 2012

Number of repossessions unchanged from same quarter last year

Council of Mortgage Lenders report also shows a fall in number of mortgages in arrears.

8 May, 2012

Affordable capital? Housing in London

New IPPR report makes recommendations aimed at reducing the worst effects of London's 'housing squeeze' including, increasing the supply of housing by releasing more public land for development.

8 May, 2012

Recent developments in housing law

March update, as published in the Legal Action Magazine, now available from the Garden Court Chambers website.

8 May, 2012

Housing Law Update

Issue 262 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.

1 May, 2012

Shelter publishes new policy briefings on the future of housing advice

New papers look at the impact on advice of the 'growth of digitisation' and of 'payment by results'.

30 April, 2012

Housing Law Update

Issue 261 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.

26 April, 2012

Scottish Secure Tenancies (Proceedings for Possession) (Pre- Action Requirements) Order 2012

New regulations that make further provision about the pre-action requirements on social landlords that must be complied with before serving a notice on a tenant under section 14(2) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001.

26 April, 2012

Scottish Secure Tenancies (Repossession Orders) (Maximum Period) Order 2012

New regulations that prescribe the maximum period a landlord has to recover possession of a house following the issue of a court order under section 16(2) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 for rent arrears.

25 April, 2012

Shelter urges government to consider damage inflicted by cuts to housing benefit

Dangerous cocktail of benefit cuts and spiralling rents is making finding a decent home increasingly unaffordable for families across the country, says charity's Chief Executive.

24 April, 2012

Government to make locality a ‘principal linkage’ to stop councils ‘exporting their poor’

Housing Minister responds to news that Newham Council in London has asked a Stoke on Trent housing association to house 500 families on housing benefit.

23 April, 2012

Housing Law Update

Issue 260 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.

19 April, 2012

New research highlights health needs of young homeless people

Depaul UK and Astrazeneca's launch report that shows that young homeless people experience significantly poorer health than their peers, are more likely to use emergency health services and face barriers in accessing care.

18 April, 2012

NHS needs to improve its support for homeless people with mental health problems

NHS Confederation mental health network and St Mungo's launch joint report that details questions that mental health trusts, health and wellbeing boards and clinical commissioning groups should be considering to ensure support for the homeless is as good as it can be.

18 April, 2012

Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Jurisdiction of Residential Property Tribunals) (Wales) Order 2012

New regulations confer jurisdiction on residential property tribunals in relation to mobile homes in Wales.

17 April, 2012

Better protection for tenants renting from private landlords in Scotland

Scottish Government launches consultation to help deal with 'rogue landlords' and improve the system for private landlords who provide a good service.

16 April, 2012

Better deal for mobile home owners

New Department for Communities and Local Government consultation proposes reforms to park homes sector and addresses complaints made by residents of mobile home sites.