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 [...]
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DWP publishes consultation paper on housing benefit
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 [...]
NLA gets Tory promise for direct payment of LHA to landlords
When speaking to Simon Gordon of the National Landlords Association (NLA) recently at the Landlord & Buy to Let Awards dinner, he was telling me about their lobbying work, and how they attend all of the party conferences. Well it seems as if all this has paid off as the conservative party have now announced [...]
FSA to regulate sale and rent back sector
Homeowners in distress who have sold their property to a ’sale and rent back’ company in the belief that they will be able to live their for the rest of their lives, only be to kicked out a year later, will be pleased to learn that this sector is now to be regulated by the [...]
Landlord licensing and agent regulation – impact assessments now published
Those interested in the governments consultation paper issued in response to the Rugg Report, will also be interested in the impact assessments which have now been published by the Department for Communities ands Local Government .
Impact assessment for regulation of Landlords
This is available to download from here. This shows that there are two options [...]
Landlord Licensing – tell the government your views!
The Government recently published their response to the Rugg Review, which was reported by me here. In particular the report proposed mandatory licensing for landlords and regulation for all letting agents. The report is also a consultation.
As before with important consultations, I have prepared an online answerform to allow people to give their [...]
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Labour MP plugs legislation hole to help tenants
As previously mentioned on this blog, tenants often get a raw deal when, unbeknown to them, their landlord has defaulted on his mortgage, putting them at risk of eviction. Tenants can be evicted with only a few days (or even less) notice, even if they are completely up to date with their rent.
Ministers have previously [...]
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