Private landlords have for some time had to put up with the rules which provide for payment to go direct to the tenants. Only in two circumstances – where the tenant is deemed ‘vulnerable’ (which has to be specially applied for) or if the tenant is over 8 weeks in arrears of rent will payment…
Ben Reeve Lewis considers his retirement prospects and points out the benefits to the community that come from social housing organisations
Announcing the Frontliner talking shop blog where social housing workers can ask questions of Ben Reeve Lewis and eligibility expert Sue Lukes
Ben Reeve Lewis reviews Housing Law by Diane Astin published by LAG
[Ben Reeve Lewis is seeing toothbrush moustache's everywhere now ..] A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far away…….well, the early 1990s at the bottom of the Old Kent Road, (don’t get too excited) I was shop steward and deputy housing convenor of Lewisham NALGO, representing the homelessness unit. I was loosely aligned to Militant (never…
This is an interesting follow on from my previous post about Local Authorities being held liable for damage done by tenants recommended by them. This Blog Clinic question is from Elena (not her real name) about a tenant placed by an ALMO : My friend is a home owner, the house next door is run…
Ben’s Public Eye #1
Ben Reeve Lewis turns his eye on social housing issues in the first of a new monthly series. This week – bedroom tax, housing benefit, austerity and the apocalypse
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