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Housing | Wednesday 30 November 2016
Housing and immigration: legislative updates (1)
Eligibility: the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 On 3 November 2016, the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016, SI 2016/1052 were laid before Parliament. The majority of the regulations come into force on 1 Februar
Housing | Monday 28 November 2016
Effect of public sector equality duty on the duty to make inquiries in homelessness cases
Birmingham City Council v Wilson [2016] EWCA Civ 1137, 17 November 2016
Housing | Monday 28 November 2016
Article 8 and possession proceedings
Holley v Hillingdon London Borough Council [2016] EWCA Civ 1052, 1 November 2016
Housing | Friday 18 November 2016
Possession proceedings: approach to proportionality under the Equality Act 2010
Birmingham City Council v Stephenson [2016] EWCA Civ 1029, 27 September 2016 The appellant, S, was an introductory tenant of Birmingham City Council. Following a number of complaints about S’s behaviour toward the end of 2014, primarily consisting of n
Housing | Tuesday 1 November 2016
Duty to accept repeat homeless application
R (Abdulrahman) v London Borough of Hillingdon [2016] EWHC 2647 (Admin), 28 October 2016 From June 2012 the claimant, A, lived in a property in Hayes, Middlesex together with her husband and their nine children. They occupied the property under an ass
Housing | Tuesday 1 November 2016
Permission needed to seek warrant for breach of SPO
Cardiff County Council v Lee [2016] EWCA Civ 1034, 19 October 2016 The appellant, Mr Lee, was the secure tenant of Cardiff County Council. On 3 September 2013, the court made a two year SPO on the basis of nuisance behaviour, on terms that Mr Lee shoul
Housing | Monday 3 October 2016
Amendment to rules on eligibility for homelessness assistance
Today the Government has laid the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 before Parliament. These regulations will amend the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) Regulations
Housing | Friday 23 September 2016
Scope of variation clause in possession order
Chatsworth Court v Sartipy (Ch D), unreported, 26 July 2016. The defendant, Ms Sartipy, had been ordered to pay service charge arrears. The claimant, Chatsworth Court, obtained a charging order to try and enforce that judgment.
