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…
Housing news and views from regular guest blogger Ben Reeve Lewis – this week he thinks the world has gone mad …
Looking at social housing law – a quick history and a bit about tenancy types
I have recently come across an interesting report, published by the Smith Institute called ‘The end of the affair – implications of declining home ownership’, written by Andrew Heywood. The report considers what seems to be a permanent trend – the decline in home ownership in this country. Together with the worrying fact that this…
[Ben is turning over a new leaf today - gone is the sneering cynic, now all he wants to do is spread sweetness and light. Trouble is he can't find any in the private sector news ... ] After last week’s newsround I got into a forum chat and fessed up about how unhappy I…
Our reviewer Giles Peaker (of Anthony Gold solicitors) should be pretty knowledgeable now on housing allocation and homelessness law, as he previously reviewed Andrew Arden’s book on the same subject. What did he make of this one? Housing Allocation and Homelessness: Law and Practice This is the second edition of this book, written by Jan…
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Selling off social housing again
Discussing the governments plans to sell of social housing a big discounts by revising the right to buy