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I recently represented a client who had been the tenant of the same landlord since 1994. The client had moved properties during this time but his landlord remained the same. The landlord had served a Section 21 Notice and issued accelerated possession...
In the current climate of bedroom tax, welfare cuts, high unemployment levels and the global recession, more and more social landlords and local authorities are issuing possession proceedings against tenants for relatively low levels of arrears. In...
The Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) introduced sweeping cuts to legal aid from April 2013. As a result, the social welfare law category (consisting of welfare benefits, debt, employment/discrimination, community care and housing)...
In a recent case, a local housing association brought trespass proceedings against a single man occupying a three bed roomed property. Prior to the proceedings, the man lived at the property with a relative, the tenant. The tenant left the property, leaving...
The bedroom tax’s spiralling consequences have plunged over half of those affected by the new charges into arrears. The bedroom tax which was introduced in April 2013 applies a 14% deduction in housing benefit where the claimant lives in social housing...
National Housing Federation figures published this month suggest that a quarter of tenants hit by the bedroom tax are unable to pay their rent for the first time ever. It is estimated that over 50,000 families are in rent arrears and facing eviction as...
On 11th September 2013, a UN special rapporteur released her preliminary findings on social housing policies and procedures in the UK. Rachel Rolnik has told the government it ought to suspend and review its policy on the bedroom tax. It is...
The first-tier tribunal in Scotland has allowed an appeal against the bedroom tax cut for a tenant. Fife Council decided to cut Annie Harrower-Gray’s housing benefit in accordance with the bedroom tax. Annie appealed the decision on the...
In 2012 there were over 150,000 possession orders granted by the courts. This number is expected to increase this year following the introduction of the ‘bedroom tax’ in April 2013. However, is enough being done to help people who find...
Last week, on August 8th 2013, for the first time a rioter from the 2011 London riots was evicted from their Council property. Jonathan Mason, a tenant of Wandsworth Council was evicted from his property. The eviction, coincidentally, took place...
