Category: housing

Building Safety Act 2022: changing the rules on the landlord and tenant relationship – Practical Law: Construction Blog

Posted November 17th, 2022 in building law, construction industry, health & safety, housing, landlord & tenant, news, repairs by sally

‘The Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA 2022) creates a whole new world of building safety regulation and litigation. A key legislative objective was to regulate and direct responsibility for the cost of works to remedy building safety issues, so that the risk of such costs could no longer be the subject of agreement between landlord and tenant, but would (in defined circumstances) be apportioned in advance, by law, to the landlord.’

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Practical Law: Construction Blog, 16th November 2022

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Research Briefing: The Supported Housing (Regulated Oversight) Bill 2022-23 – House of Commons Library

Posted November 17th, 2022 in benefits, bills, housing, landlord & tenant, local government, news, parliament by sally

‘Bob Blackman’s Private Members Bill will receive its second reading on 18 November 2022. This paper explains how the bill aims to strengthen regulation of supported exempt housing in England.’

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House of Commons Library , 15th November 2022

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Housing case law update – October 2022 – Local Government Lawyer

Posted November 14th, 2022 in housing, landlord & tenant, local government, news by sally

‘Natalie Hurst and Paul Lloyd analyse recent housing law judgments of interest to local authorities and housing associations.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 14th November 2022

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Thousands of asylum seekers ‘in limbo’ waiting years for Home Office decision – The Independent

Posted November 14th, 2022 in asylum, delay, government departments, housing, immigration, news, refugees, statistics by sally

‘Tens of thousands of migrants are waiting more than a year for a decision on their asylum claim, with hundreds waiting over five years, figures show.’

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The Independent, 14th November 2022

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Army families suing MoD for poor housing told to drop claims or have pay docked – The Guardian

Posted November 14th, 2022 in armed forces, bullying, compensation, costs, families, government departments, housing, news, whistleblowers by sally

‘Army families suing the Ministry of Defence over the squalor of their living quarters are being issued with “bullying” ultimatums to drop the claims or face having their pay docked to cover the legal costs.’

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The Guardian, 13th November 2022

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Landlord was warned of mould that killed toddler in Rochdale flat – The Guardian

Posted November 9th, 2022 in causing death of children or vulnerable adults, children, environmental health, health & safety, housing, inquests, landlord & tenant, news by sally

‘A health visitor wrote to housing officials expressing concern about conditions in a rented flat months before a two-year-old died after his exposure to mould.’

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The Guardian, 8th November 2022

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Rent Repayment Orders – Upper Tribunal on calculating amount, again – Nearly Legal

Posted November 7th, 2022 in appeals, houses in multiple occupation, housing, landlord & tenant, news, rent by sally

‘Hancher v David & Ors (HOUSING – RENT REPAYMENT ORDERS – house in multiple occupation – failure to obtain an HMO licence) (2022) UKUT 277 (LC). This was an appeal from an FTT decision to make an rent repayment order in the amount of 100% of the rent for the relevant period due to a failure to licence an HMO.’

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Nearly Legal, 6th November 2022

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Clicks, pops and nuisance – Nearly Legal

Posted November 7th, 2022 in expert witnesses, housing, leases, news, noise, nuisance by sally

‘Tejani v Fitzroy Place Residential Ltd (2022) EWHC 2760 (TCC). This is another in what appears to be becoming a series (see previous post) of very expensive but failed nuisance claims. I will not go into great detail, but there are two lessons to be drawn.’

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Nearly Legal, 6th November 2022

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Slough woman unable to access upstairs because of council grant delay, Ombudsman finds – Local Government Lawyer

Posted November 7th, 2022 in compensation, delay, disabled persons, housing, local government, news, ombudsmen by sally

‘A disabled woman had to sleep, eat and wash in her downstairs living room because Slough Borough Council took too long to decide whether she can have a stairlift, an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has revealed.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 4th November 2022

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Call for planning permission variations reform after Hillside ruling – OUT-LAW.com

Posted November 4th, 2022 in appeals, housing, local government, news, planning, Supreme Court, Wales by sally

‘Planning law in England should be updated to avoid a situation where the original planning permission granted to a site is invalidated by departures from the original approved plans because subsequent planning permissions granted for development within that site have made compliance with the original scheme physically impossible, an expert has said.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 3rd November 2022

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Developer loses Supreme Court battle over implementation of successive planning permissions – Local Government Lawyer

Posted November 4th, 2022 in appeals, housing, local government, news, planning, Supreme Court by sally

‘The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal by a developer in a dispute with a national park authority over the implementation of successive planning permissions.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 3rd November 2022

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Once more unto the breach – Nearly Legal

Posted October 31st, 2022 in appeals, covenants, housing, landlord & tenant, leases, news, notification by sally

‘Dorrington Residential Ltd v 56 Clifton Gardens Ltd (LANDLORD AND TENANT – BREACH OF COVENANT – tenant’s covenant to permit landlord to enter and inspect a residential flat) (2022) UKUT 266 (LC). An appeal to the Upper Tribunal of an FTT decision that the leaseholders were in breach of lease by failing to provide access to the freeholder’s agents.’

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Nearly Legal, 30th October 2022

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On credibility and penalties – Nearly Legal

Posted October 31st, 2022 in county courts, deposits, housing, landlord & tenant, limitations, news, time limits by sally

‘Lowe v Charterhouse (2022) EW Misc 8 (CC). A county court deposit penalty claim judgment, but well worth noting because a) a Circuit Judge decision by HHJ Luba KC, b) there are some broader points in application , and c) well it is quite the case.’

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Nearly Legal, 30th October 2022

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HMOs, overcrowding standards and reasonableness of accommodation – Nearly Legal

Posted October 26th, 2022 in appeals, homelessness, houses in multiple occupation, housing, local government, news by sally

‘A Court of Appeal decision which has broader significance for considering overcrowding and whether it is reasonable for a homeless applicant to remain in accommodation in an HMO with shared facilities. It also flags some arguments for the future by failing to decide what overcrowding standards should be applied to HMOs.’

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Nearly Legal, 24th October 2022

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Research Briefing: The end of ‘no fault’ section 21 evictions – House of Commons Library

Posted October 25th, 2022 in bills, consultations, housing, landlord & tenant, news, repossession by sally

‘The Queen’s Speech 2022 committed to a Bill in the 2022-23 session to abolish “no-fault” section 21 evictions in the private rented sector. This paper covers developments to date.’

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House of Commons Library, 24th October 2022

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Requirements for private sector offers in discharge of duty – Nearly Legal

Posted October 24th, 2022 in appeals, homelessness, housing, local government, news, statutory duty by sally

‘A second appeal from a section 204 appeal of Haringey’s decision to discharge homeless duty following a private rented sector offer (PRSO).’

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Nearly Legal, 23rd October 2022

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The risks in the written representations procedure – Local Government Lawyer

Posted October 21st, 2022 in appeals, enforcement notices, housing, local government, news, planning by sally

‘The High Court has overturned an inspector’s decision to uphold an enforcement notice in respect of a property in south-west London. Sam Fowles explains why.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 21st October 2022

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High Court to hear judicial review of Local Plan brought by parish council in attempt to block construction of 27 dwellings – Local Government Lawyer

Posted October 18th, 2022 in housing, judicial review, local government, news, planning by sally

‘The High Court will this week hear a judicial review brought by Norton St Philip Parish Council which argues that Mendip District Council’s decision to follow the recommendations of a planning inspector and approve a Local Plan was unlawful.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 17th October 2022

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

No cause of action at common law for wrongful eviction – Nearly Legal

Posted October 17th, 2022 in company law, housing, insolvency, landlord & tenant, liquidators, news, repossession by sally

“The Brake v Axnoller litigation reaches the Court of Appeal again, this time on the unlawful eviction claim concerning the cottage, which the Brakes had lost at first instance. In what is the stamp of this sprawling array of litigation, there are some deeply recherché issues of law. In a development that is less common, the Brakes partly won – though what the significance of this is remains deeply unclear.”

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Nearly Legal, 16th October 2022

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Council makes its first Interim Management Order to take over running of HMO following failings of landlord – Local Government Lawyer

Posted October 12th, 2022 in fines, houses in multiple occupation, housing, landlord & tenant, licensing, local government, news by sally

‘Coventry City Council has made its first Interim Management order following what it described as a landlord’s “persistent failure” to licence a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) in the area.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 11th October 2022

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk