Legal
News of key cases and judgements, plus in depth briefings on the implications of the latest verdicts and regulations.
NEWS
Fed warns bedroom tax vote will increase poverty
The government’s rejection of proposals to protect vulnerable people from the bedroom tax risks pushing thousands of families in social housing into poverty, it has been warned.
NHF targets Lib Dem MPs in bedroom tax battle
The National Housing Federation is urging people to tweet Liberal Democrat MPs to persuade them to support an amendment aimed at watering down the government’s controversial ‘bedroom tax’.
Legal fear over new ASB power
Landlords in Wales could face lengthy legal challenges when evicting anti-social tenants if judges are not briefed adequately, according to housing sector representatives.
OPINION
The great divide
Making the sub-letting of social homes a criminal offence unfairly singles out the sector, says Andrew Heywood
The fight against fraud
Grant Shapps is not the first housing minister to take aim at unlawful sub-letters in social housing.
New approach
Recognising the importance of people having a stake in their communities is good, but the real trick is delivering this, says Stuart Macdonald
