The Community Trigger - Antidote or Aggravation? Following the publication of Home Office consultation paper “More Effective Responses to Anti-social Behaviour” in February 2011, the proposals were very much left on the sideline whilst the...
The Localism Act 2011 and Affordable Rent Tenancies The Localism Act 2011 (‘the Act”) received Royal Assent on 15 November 2011. It has been publicised by the coalition government as a means to “shift power from central...
Case law update As consultations and legislation have stolen the housing law headlines over the last year, here is a rundown of some of the court decisions which have been handed down over the past 12 months. Birmingham County Council v Harrison [2011] ...
Social Housing Law Update Tenant insolvency and possession proceedings On 15 July 2011 the Court of Appeal handed down its judgement in the combined case of Sharples v Places for People Homes Limited; Godfrey v A2 Dominion Homes Limited [2011]. The case...
Social Housing Law Update Government’s Consultation – More Effective Responses to Anti-Social Behaviour In February 2011 the Home Office issued its consultation paper “More effective responses to anti-social...
PINNOCK AND BEYOND Manchester City Council v Pinnock and Beyond On 23 February 2011, the Supreme Court gave judgment in the linked cases of London Borough of Hounslow v Powell, Leeds City Council v Hall and Birmingham City Council v Frisby....
FASTRACK ASB EVICTIONS - SPIN OR SOLUTION? Last week, Housing Minister Grant Schapps announced Government plans to speed up antisocial behaviour evictions. The proposals, that in cases where tenants had been convicted of "housing...
