Equality watchdog issues cuts threat

Report questions legality of household benefit cap

The government may have broken equality laws when introducing the total household benefits cap, according to watchdog the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

ECO subsidy threat to low-income tenants

Money raised from energy bills to subsidise the government’s national retrofit programme could exacerbate fuel poverty for thousands of low-income households, an independent report has warned.

Sustainable spin?

A welcome delay

Peers want universal credit IT reassurance

Peers have asked for reassurances that a new IT system which will underpin the implementation of the new universal credit will be monitored to prevent it failing.

Get your Act together

With a host of legal acts coming into effect this year and next, Caroline Thorpe helps you to learn your lines so you can take to the housing stage with confidence

Another law bites the dust

EU rules are forcing a rethink on asbestos regulations, says Claire Gregory, associate at Brabners Chaffe Street

Avoid a brush with the law

Should social landlords be responsible for keeping disabled tenants’ homes in good decorative order?

Stuck in the mud

Despite the Localism Act being passed, the role LEPs can play in housing remains uncertain, says Liz Jenkins, partner, and Laura Coates, trainee, at Clyde & Co

Decisive response

Two cases show that courts will act robustly if tenants abuse the litigation process, says Jane Plant