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Rented housing

  • Research Briefing

    Extending home ownership: Government initiatives

    Tuesday, 30 March, 2021

    This House of Commons Library Briefing Paper describes the specific Government initiatives which have been developed in order to assist first-time buyers into home ownership and, in some cases, to help existing owners who are seeking to move. The paper includes some comment on these schemes.

    • Research Briefing
    • Home ownership
    • Housing and planning
    • Rented housing
    • Housing supply
  • Research Briefing

    Stimulating housing supply – Government initiatives (England)

    Thursday, 11 February, 2021

    This briefing paper summarises the main Government initiatives since 2015 aimed at increasing housing supply in England, aside from planning measures. The 2019 Government is continuing, and building on many of these initiatives.

    • Research Briefing
    • Home ownership
    • Housing and planning
    • Rented housing
    • Housing supply
  • Insight

    Coronavirus: The return of evictions

    Monday, 21 September, 2020

    This Insight explores the response from tenant and landlord bodies as the ban on hearing housing possession cases in courts in England and Wales ends.

    • Insight
    • Diseases
    • Rented housing
    • Covid-19
  • Insight

    Coronavirus: Ban on evictions extended to 20 September

    Monday, 24 August, 2020

    A ban on hearing housing possession cases in courts in England and Wales which was due to be lifted has been extended until 20 September 2020.

    • Insight
    • Diseases
    • Housing and planning
    • Rented housing
    • Covid-19
  • Research Briefing

    Applying as homeless from an assured shorthold tenancy (England)

    Thursday, 09 July, 2020

    This paper considers how English local authorities deal with private tenants who have been served with a section 21 notice and are about to become homeless.

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

    Implementation of the Housing and Planning Act 2016

    Tuesday, 17 December, 2019

    The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (HPA 2016) received Royal Assent on 12 May 2016. This briefing paper outlines progress in implementing the Act's provisions. Several key measures in the Act will not be taken forward, such as 'pay to stay' and mandatory fixed-term tenancies for local authority landlords in England.

    • Research Briefing
    • Home ownership
    • Housing and planning
    • Planning
    • Rented housing
  • Research Briefing

    Under-occupying social housing: Housing Benefit entitlement

    Friday, 01 November, 2019

    This Briefing Paper provides information on which claimants are affected by the reduction in Housing Benefit/housing element of Universal Credit when under-occupying a social rented home. The policy is often referred to as 'the removal of the Spare Room Subsidy' or the 'bedroom tax'. The benefit reduction has been in place since 1 April 2013. The paper has been updated to include some of the more recent legal challenges to the under-occupation deduction.

    • Research Briefing
    • Housing and planning
    • Housing benefits
    • Rented housing
    • Working age benefits
    • Social security
  • Research Briefing

    Houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) England and Wales

    Monday, 30 September, 2019

    This briefing paper sets out the legal framework in England and Wales for controlling standards in HMOs. It considers the powers available to local authorities to carry out enforcement work.

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

    Right to Rent: private landlords’ duty to carry out immigration status checks

    Tuesday, 27 August, 2019

    This briefing paper provides an overview of Right to Rent checks which must be carried out by private landlords/agents in England. The checks were introduced by the Immigration Act 2014. Breaches may, in some circumstances, amount to a criminal offence after changes introduced by the Immigration Act 2016 on 1 December 2016. The checks are controversial and have been subject to legal challenge.

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

    Anti-social neighbours living in private housing (England)

    Tuesday, 27 August, 2019

    This briefing paper outlines the legal position and potential remedies available where people find themselves living next door to tenants of private landlords or owner-occupiers who exhibit anti-social behaviour (ASB). The briefing focuses on the legal position in England.

    • Research Briefing
    • Crime
    • Home ownership
    • Housing and planning
    • Rented housing
  • Research Briefing

    Anti-social behaviour in social housing (England)

    Friday, 23 August, 2019

    This briefing paper provides an overview of the remedies available to social landlords to deal with tenants who exhibit anti-social behaviour. The paper focuses on England but some of the same legislation applies in Wales. Scotland and Northern Ireland operate under different legislative regimes. The Home Office updated guidance for frontline professionals dealing with ASB in August 2019.

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

    The Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS)

    Friday, 12 July, 2019

    The HHSRS is a risk based assessment tool which is used by environmental health officers to assess the risk (the likelihood and severity) of a hazard in residential housing to the health and safety of occupants or visitors. The Government commissioned a review of the HHSRS at the end of 2018. On 11 July 2019, the outcome of this scoping exercise was announced - there is an intention to carry out further work to update the system and make it easier to understand. This paper provides an overview of the HHSRS and considers some reviews and reports on its operation.

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

    Leaseholders in social housing: paying for major works (England)

    Friday, 05 July, 2019

    An explanation of the assistance available to assist long leaseholders of social landlords in paying for major works. In August 2014 the Coalition Government introduced a cap on the amount that can be recovered from these long leaseholders where the work has been carried out with funding from central Government. The cap has been referred to as "Florrie's law." The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has recommended the introduction of a Code of Practice for social landlords.

    • Research Briefing
    • Home ownership
    • Housing and planning
    • Rented housing
  • Debate Pack

    Estimates Day debate: Spending of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    Friday, 28 June, 2019

    There will be an Estimates Day debate in the House of Commons Chamber on 2 July 2019 on the spending of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). The debate will be opened by Layla Moran MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Children's social services
    • Community care
    • Government
    • Home ownership
    • Housing and planning
    • Local government
    • Planning
    • Public spending
    • Rented housing
  • Debate Pack

    General Debate on Social Housing

    Monday, 10 June, 2019

    On 13 June 2019 there will be a general debate on social housing. This debate will take place in the main chamber.

    • Debate Pack
    • Housing and planning
    • Planning
    • Rented housing

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