23 August, 2011
22 August, 2011
Issue 231 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
22 August, 2011
New Affinity Sutton research by Cambridge University academics warns that market pegged rents will be unaffordable in large parts of UK for families with three or more children due to £26,000 benefit cap.
18 August, 2011
Crisis has serious concerns that the Bill will 'undermine' the housing security of vulnerable households, reports epolitix.com.
18 August, 2011
Department for Communities and Local Government publishes statistics which show that total number of cases of homelessness prevention and relief has increased by 14 per cent when compared to 2009/2010.
17 August, 2011
Research published by Consumer Credit Counselling Service shows that 2.9 million renters are in rent arrears or struggling to pay their rent.
15 August, 2011
11 August, 2011
New Council of Mortgage Lenders figures also show number of repossessions in first half of year down by 7 per cent on last year.
11 August, 2011
Grant Shapps tells BBC that councils should be able to evict those who travelled to take part in riots.
10 August, 2011
New regulations bring into force sections 308 and 309 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.
10 August, 2011
New regulations amend the Housing (Service Charge Loans) Regulations 1992 which provide for housing authorities to make loans to their tenants in respect of service charges for repairs or improvements.
10 August, 2011
New regulations give a housing authority, as landlord of a flat under a long lease, the power to purchase an equitable interest in the flat in order to assist tenant to meet costs of service charge payments in respect of repairs and improvement contributions.
8 August, 2011
Issue 229 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
3 August, 2011
Housing Minister proposes new mandatory power for possession, enabling previous convictions for anti-social behaviour to be considered to make repossession quicker.
2 August, 2011
Scottish government's housing charter aims to encourage all social landlords to deliver an efficient, high quality, customer-focused housing service.
1 August, 2011
RBS v Wilson judgment has led to lenders needing to serve a calling up notice and wait two months before starting court proceedings for repossession.
1 August, 2011
Homeless Transition Fund will award grants of up to £250,000 to protect and enhance essential services for single homeless people.
1 August, 2011
CIH 'delighted' that Housing Minister has listened to housing professionals’ concerns and increased minimum tenure of flexible tenancies.
1 August, 2011
Issue 228 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
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