Right to Buy

Wales set to suspend the Right to Buy in areas of housing pressure.

Housing Benefit & Council Tax

DWP updates on progress in implementing the changes to the HB scheme announced in the Budget.

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The SSAC has been asked to seek views on the proposals for the Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2010.

Building & Regeneration

The Government has launched an exercise to identify what changes are needed to ensure that Building Regulations continue to operate effectively.

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RICS survey reports gloom in the construction sector as it began to decline again in the second quarter of the year.

Security of Tenure

A foster child was not a "child" for the purposes of the succession provisions in Housing Act 1985.

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On the death of a joint tenant the other tenant becomes a sole tenant even if he has no interest in the property and no longer occupies it.

Homelessness & Asylum Seekers

Claimants argued that while still children they should have been accommodated under childrens' services functions.

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Court rules on whether a French national dependent daughter of a British national mother counts when determining priority housing need.

Journals & Publications

Defending Possession Proceedings (7th edition) - a comprehensive guide to all aspects of the law relating to possession proceedings .

Antisocial Behaviour & Nuisance

Nuisance had not been abated by the landlord and therefore a claim should be tried on its facts.