7 July, 2011
7 July, 2011
Housing Minister pledges that government's packages of reforms, including greater flexibility for councils to manage their own waiting lists, will reduce social housing waiting lists.
7 July, 2011
May and June updates, as published in the Legal Action Magazine, now available from the Garden Court Chambers website.
6 July, 2011
Housing Minister announces new £20m Homelessness Transition Fund for the voluntary sector to help people off the streets.
6 July, 2011
Local Government Ombudsman warns councils that they face criticism for maladministration if they fail to meet responsibilities to homeless people.
5 July, 2011
New report published by Department for Communitites and Local Government provides findings from a housing module of the British Social Attitudes survey.
4 July, 2011
4 July, 2011
Survey published by Shelter shows that 16 per cent of people have had issues with their landlord in the last ten years.
30 June, 2011
Government publishes bi-annual count of gypsy and traveller caravans that records number of caravans on both authorised and unauthorised sites across England.
29 June, 2011
New statutory rule brings sections 3 to 6, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15 and 17 to 24 of the Housing (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 into operation on 30 June 2011 and brings sections 12, 13 and 16 of the Act into operation on 1 September 2011.
29 June, 2011
Grant Shapps, Minister for Housing and Local Government, leads debate on housing in Parliament.
29 June, 2011
Regulator will only investigate social landlords if it has reason to believe the provider is ‘seriously failing’ TSA standards or regulatory requirements.
28 June, 2011
Richard Banks, chief executive of UK Asset Resolution says a policy of 'tough love' would be fairer to people facing long-term difficulty in keeping up payments, reports guardian.co.uk
28 June, 2011
Issue 223 of Garden Court Chambers' Housing Law Bulletin is now available.
27 June, 2011
Report published by St Mungo's shows that less than 9 per cent of people think government is doing enough to protect homeless people.
24 June, 2011
All organisations that receive public investment should become more transparent and open to taxpayers who put the pennies in the purse, says Housing Minister.
23 June, 2011
New regulations that amend the amount of annual rent above which a tenancy cannot be an assured tenancy under Schedule 1 of the Housing Act 1988. The amount is increased from £25,000 to £100,000 with effect from 1 December 2011.
23 June, 2011
Retreat follows government plans to reduce LHA to a maximum of £400 a week, pricing many tenants out of private market, says National Landlord's Association.
21 June, 2011
Employment and certain debt and housing matters to be taken 'out of scope' of legal aid.
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