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Rented housing

  • Research Briefing

    Housing mobility schemes

    Monday, 17 November, 2014

    Housing mobility schemes enable local authority and housing association tenants to relocate from their current area to other parts of the country. This is an overview of the history of mobility schemes and Government policy. It covers the Housing and Mobility Exchange Service (HOMES), the LAWN and Seaside and Country Homes schemes, Scout Solutions Projects Ltd. and MoveUK, the Hosing Mobility Tasklforce, the Housing Corporation review, HomeSwap Direct, Right to Move, the Localism Act and mutual exchange.

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

    Household Safety (Carbon Monoxide Detectors) Bill [Bill 26 of 2014-15]

    Wednesday, 10 September, 2014

    Carbon monoxide is an invisible, tasteless and odourless gas. This Private Member's Bill aims to introduce a requirement that a functioning carbon monoxide detector must be installed in all newly built and all rented residential properties.

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

    Incentivising the Right to Buy

    Monday, 23 June, 2014

    In October 2011 the Prime Minister said he wanted to “raise Right to Buy discounts to a level which will make the scheme attractive again and rejuvenate the housing stock.” This note summarises various changes to the Right to Buy (RTB) in England and reactions to those changes.

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

    Eligibility to apply for social housing: persons from abroad (non-EEA)

    Tuesday, 17 June, 2014

    This note provides an overview of the rights of persons from abroad (countries outside the EEA) to access social housing in England, including UK nationals returning from living abroad.

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

    Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013

    Thursday, 24 April, 2014

    This Act has strengthened the powers of social landlords to tackle tenants who sublet the whole of their dwellings for a profit.

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

    Housing association tenants: right to buy

    Wednesday, 12 February, 2014

    Most housing association tenants do not have the right to buy their home. This note explains the current position and outlines some alternative options.

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

    The reform of Housing Benefit (Local Housing Allowance) for tenants in private rented housing

    Monday, 30 December, 2013

    This note discusses the implementation of the LHA since 7 April 2008 and the reform of Housing Benefit for private tenants.

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

    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

    Warden support in sheltered housing

    Thursday, 26 April, 2012

    This note considers the issue of the removal of resident wardens from sheltered housing and the move towards a model of "floating support".

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

    Mortgage repossessions: tenants’ rights (England and Wales)

    Monday, 24 October, 2011

    This House of Commons Library briefing paper summarises the options available to tenants when they discover that their landlord has defaulted on the mortgage payments.

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

    The reform of Housing Revenue Account Subsidy

    Thursday, 04 August, 2011

    This note provides background on the old Housing Revenue Account (HRA) subsidy system and considers some of the issues associated with it up to its abolition in April 2012. This note will not be updated – information on the self-financing regime can be found in Library note SN/SP/6776 Local housing authorities - the self-financing regime: progress and issues. A further paper, CB8963, A new era of social rented housing in England? (2020) considers prospects for social rented housing following the lifting of the HRA borrowing caps in 2018.

    • Research Briefing
    • Housing and planning
    • Rented housing

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