There have been a lot of announcements recently from the government about housing law reform, and what they intend to do in the private rented sector. Whether any of these proposals will actually come to pass is not certain. However I (along with many others) am concerned about the approach taken by this government, both [...]
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Government makes new announcements on the Private Rented Sector
There has been a positive flurry of tweets and emails crossing my computer screen today, preceding and then following, the announcement from the Communities and Local Government (CLG) Dept. about their plans for the Private Rented Sector.
You can read the news item here, and the report itself can be downloaded from here.
This follows on from [...]
Can agents ever sign possession claims?
We all know, or those of us who do possession proceedings know, that only the landlord (the claimant) or his solicitor can sign the court paperwork for issuing a county court claim for possession. Claim forms being signed by letting agents is one of the top reasons why cases get chucked out by the court.
This [...]
DWP publishes consultation paper on housing benefit
As mentioned in my last post, the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has now published a report and consultation on housing benefit. The paper sets out the departments thinking on Local Housing Allowance (e.g. direct payment to landlords) and makes interesting reading.
The report starts with a bit of self congratulatory backslapping, for example reporting [...]
Where next for the Private Rented Sector?
At the recent CLT Conference I attended, there was an excellent talk by Professor Martin Partington OBE (former Law Commissioner) on possible future developments in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). I set out below a very condensed version of his notes (with his permission).
He started by saying that the PRS is now a key feature [...]
Fool’s Gold
Having been impressed by seeing Gillian Tett on Bremner Bird and Fortune a while back, and being curious as to the cause of the recent global financial crisis, I recently bought her book, Fool’s Gold.
Despite the book being mainly about the financial markets, a subject which would normally have my eyes glazing over within a [...]
The Rugg Report – the governments response
The government published a consultation paper yesterday in response to the recent Rugg Report and the other various reports that have been published over the past few years.
Supporters of the Law Commissions long project and reports, will be pleased to see that this is acknowledged and referred to in the response which confirms that many [...]
The Landlord Law Blog from Tessa Shepperson
