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Increase in home loss payments
A person is entitled to a home loss payment when they are permanently displaced from their home in various circumstances specified in section 29…
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Pay to stay rules for all landlords
New rules forcing social tenants earning higher incomes to pay market rent to stay in their homes will be compulsory for all social landlords…
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Managing Void Homes
The CIH has produced another useful document on managing void homes. Thanks CIH How to effectively manage void properties…
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Immigration checks by HAs
Housing associations will not be liable for ensuring their tenants carry out immigration status checks on lodgers, the Home Office has said. In an…
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Problems with shared ownership
Shared ownership is hailed as the answer to the housing crisis for younger people is simple: aside from a social tenancy (which aspiring shared…
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Immigration check advice
Are you reviewing lettings? Practical implications of immigration checks on new lettings Thanks to the CIH for this useful advice: Immigration checks on new lettings…
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Social housing stock – more dispersed?
Housing association stock is becoming more dispersed despite efforts to reduce the number of landlords working in the same area. According to Inside Housing:…
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Possession and disability discrimination
On 11 March 2015 the Supreme Court handed down judgment in Ackerman-Livingstone v Aster Communities Ltd. The Court provided guidance on the approach to…
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Stoke advertises social housing on open market
Stoke council is advertising local social housing on the open market after slashing its housing waiting list. According to Inside Housing: Stoke Council currently…
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Could the right to move become a reality?
Eric Pickles wants to get tenants on the move. In an echo of Norman Tebbit’s misquoted “get on your bike” speech, the communities secretary…
