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Housing and planning

  • Research Briefing

    Paying the housing element of Universal Credit direct to tenants in social rented housing

    Monday, 10 February, 2014

    This note explains the Government’s intention that social housing tenants in receipt of assistance with their housing costs should take responsibility for passing this assistance to their landlords when Universal Credit is phased in from April 2013.

    • Research Briefing
    • Housing and planning
    • Housing benefits
    • Rented housing
  • Insight

    New Garden Cities for the 21st century?

    Friday, 07 February, 2014

    • Insight
    • Housing and planning
  • Research Briefing

    Deregulation Bill

    Thursday, 30 January, 2014

    The Bill proposes a range of measures in line with the Government’s aim to reduce burdens on businesses and public authorities.

    • Research Briefing
    • Business
    • Crime
    • Energy
    • Housing and planning
    • Prisons
    • Rail
    • Roads
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    Immigration Bill: Committee Stage Report

    Monday, 27 January, 2014

    The Immigration Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 10 October 2013 and had its Second Reading on 22 October. It is due to have Report stage and Third Reading on 30 January 2014. This Note discusses the main issues debated in Public Bill Committee.

    • Research Briefing
    • Asylum
    • Civil law
    • Family law
    • Finance
    • Health services
    • Housing and planning
    • Immigration
    • Roads
  • Research Briefing

    The Fair Rents Regime

    Monday, 13 January, 2014

    This note explains who is entitled to a ‘fair rent’ and how these rents are set.

    • Research Briefing
    • Housing and planning
    • Rented housing
  • Research Briefing

    Leasehold Reform (Amendment) Bill 2013-14

    Monday, 23 December, 2013

    The aim of this Private Member’s Bill is to assist long leaseholders of flats who are unable to sign the legal notices necessary to trigger an individual lease renewal or the collective enfranchisement process. This note provides background to the Bill and its purpose.

    • Research Briefing
    • Home ownership
    • Housing and planning
  • Research Briefing

    Housing Market Renewal Pathfinders

    Wednesday, 30 October, 2013

    This Library paper provides information on the Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder programme which was initiated under the Labour Government in 2002 and which operated until 2011.

    • Research Briefing
    • Housing and planning
    • Planning
  • Research Briefing

    Immigration Bill

    Thursday, 17 October, 2013

    The Immigration Bill would significantly reduce migrants’ rights of appeal; restrict access to services including private rented accommodation, bank accounts and NHS services by reference to immigration status; establish new arrangements for investigating sham marriages and examining persons departing the UK; and make various other changes related to immigration controls.

    • Research Briefing
    • Asylum
    • Civil law
    • Family law
    • Finance
    • Health services
    • Housing and planning
    • Immigration
    • Rented housing
    • Roads
  • Research Briefing

    Comparison of the planning systems in the four UK countries

    Wednesday, 19 June, 2013

    This paper has been prepared as an initiative of the Inter-Parliamentary Research and Information Network (IPRIN) with contributions from research staff working for each of the four UK legislatures.

    • Research Briefing
    • Planning
  • Research Briefing

    Paying Local Housing Allowance direct to tenants in private rented housing

    Wednesday, 29 May, 2013

    This note explains the requirement to pay Local Housing Allowance direct to most tenants in the deregulated private rented sector since 7 April 2008.

    • Research Briefing
    • Housing benefits
    • Rented housing
  • Research Briefing

    Housing complaints – the role of designated persons

    Wednesday, 22 May, 2013

    This note provides information on the role introduced by the Localism Act 2011 for "designated persons" in relation to complaints against social landlords by their tenants.

    • Research Briefing
    • Housing and planning
    • Rented housing
  • Research Briefing

    Co-ownership of real property

    Monday, 04 March, 2013

    People who join together to buy real property (a house, flat, land) are known as co-owners. Typically, this may mean a couple in a relationship, whether married, in a civil partnership or cohabiting, or friends, who jointly buy a property to live in. There are two ways in which two or more people may hold (own) the underlying benefit in a property – as “beneficial joint tenants” or as “tenants in common”.

    • Research Briefing
    • Civil law
    • Home ownership
    • Housing and planning
  • Research Briefing

    Growth and Infrastructure Bill: Committee Stage Report

    Thursday, 13 December, 2012

    This is a report on the House of Commons Committee Stage of the Growth and Infrastructure Bill. It complements Research Paper 12/61 prepared for Commons Second Reading

    • Research Briefing
    • Economic situation
    • Energy
    • Environment
    • Housing and planning
    • Local government
    • Planning
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    Growth and Infrastructure Bill

    Thursday, 01 November, 2012

    The Growth and Infrastructure Bill seeks to reduce delays in the planning system and to facilitate new development, through various means. It would allow planning obligations (section 106 agreements) relating to affordable housing to be renegotiated. To promote economic growth, it makes provision for a planned revaluation of business rates in England to be postponed and to create a new employment status of employee owner. Its second reading date has been moved from 30 October to 5 November 2012.

    • Research Briefing
    • Economic situation
    • Energy
    • Environment
    • Housing and planning
    • Local government
    • Planning
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill: Committee Stage Report

    Wednesday, 03 October, 2012

    This is a report on the Public Bill Committee Stage of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill. It is designed to complement the Research Paper Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill (RP 12/33), which covers in more detail the background to the Bill

    • Research Briefing
    • Business
    • Finance
    • Local government
    • Parliament
    • Planning
    • Work and incomes

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