3 January, 2012
3 January, 2012
Government to launch consultation which will also detail plans to force council tenants earning more than £100,000 a year pay market rates, reports bbc.co.uk.
3 January, 2012
Issue 246 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
23 December, 2011
New regulations that make provision about the content of council tax bills and the information which must be supplied with them.
22 December, 2011
Government publishes consultation which also proposes that the cash caps under Right to Buy will be increased to £50,000 across England.
21 December, 2011
Department for Communities and Local Government publishes tables which give information about the characteristics of households receiving general needs social lettings.
21 December, 2011
21 December, 2011
New research by Crisis shows that drug and alcohol abuse account for just over a third of all deaths, and homeless people are over nine times more likely to commit suicide than the general population.
21 December, 2011
Government announces new funding for councils with possible uses including funding provision of more short term emergency accommodation to prevent single homeless people sleeping rough.
20 December, 2011
Leading organisations issue responses to publication of mortgage review.
20 December, 2011
New regulations that amend the power to make orders and regulations in the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, with the effect that orders to be made are included in the list of orders and regulations subject to affirmative procedure.
20 December, 2011
Homeless link announces organisations to receive grants to help ensure that anyone who ends up on the streets gets help so they don't spend a second night out.
19 December, 2011
Issue 245 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
16 December, 2011
Council of Mortgage Lenders publishes it's forecasts for 2012 which predicts an increase in number of borrowers behind on their mortgage payments.
15 December, 2011
Tenant Services Authority publishes consultation document which sets out proposals for changes to accounting requirements for private registered providers of social housing.
15 December, 2011
Minister appeals to public to help rough sleepers by calling one of the 24-hour hotlines to bring urgent assistance to rough sleepers.
14 December, 2011
Tenant Services Authority publishes regulatory framework which covers standards that registered providers of social housing are expected to follow.
14 December, 2011
New research published by Shelter shows that with 1 in every 111 homes at risk of eviction, those living in London, Manchester, Slough and Peterborough are most at risk.
14 December, 2011
Citizens Advice and Friends of the Earth call on private landlords to take responsibility for cutting tenants’ fuel bills and make their homes more energy efficient.
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