Archive for January 2010
Condensed Condensation
Herelle v South London Family Housing Association Limited, Lambeth County Court, 26 November 2009
Ms Herelle was the assured tenant of SLFHA (now part of Horizon Housing). Her tenancy of the one bed flat began in September 2001. There had been problems with the property since early in the tenancy including mould growth, an unpleasant odour [...]
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Condensed Condensation
Herelle v South London Family Housing Association Limited, Lambeth County Court, 26 November 2009
Ms Herelle was the assured tenant of SLFHA (now part of Horizon Housing). Her tenancy of the one bed flat began in September 2001. There had been problems with the property since early in the tenancy including mould growth, an unpleasant odour [...]
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Tenancy Deposit Protection on Sale and Leaseback
A recent case promises to be the first to the Court of Appeal on the issue of tenancy deposit protection.
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HMO Planning Changes and a Consultation
The Department of Communities and Local Government has published new proposals on dealing with HMOs.
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Transfers and rent arrears
The question of the interaction between housing debt and prioritisation for an allocation under Part VI, Housing Act 1996, appears to have been in issue in R(Osei) v Newham LBC Lettings Agency, decided on 27.01.10. I say “appears to” because, as of yet, no transcript is available – summaries appear on Lawtel and Lexis – [...]
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New Announcements on HMOs
The Department for Communities and Local Government has today published its response to comments made on a previous consultation on the planning status of HMOs and has also launched a new consultation in relation to additional and selective licensing p…
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Case Comment: Ofcom v The Information Commissioner [2010] UKSC 3
On 27 January the Court (Lords Hope, Saville, Mance, Collins and Lady Hale) handed down judgment in Ofcom v The Information Commissioner ([2010] UKSC 3), the case concerning disclosure of information about mobile phone masts in the UK which has been s…
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Tenancy Deposit Protection- A Binding Decision
Tomorrow (Monday 25 January 2010) PainSmith has a case appearing in the High Court which should provide the first binding decision on Tenancy Deposit Protection under the Housing Act 2004.
In Draycott v Hannells Lettings Ltd there are two issues for th…
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Heffernan v The Rent Service (Again)
The High Court has considered the issue of the calculation of reference rents for the purposes of housing benefit.
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Draft Scottish Housing Bill
On 13 January a draft of the Housing (Scotland) Bill was published. It is intended to become law in 2010. Much of the bill is about housing associations and a new regulator for social housing but there are some matters which impinge on the private se…
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