HOUSING LAW NEWS & POLICY ISSUES

Rough sleeping in England: autumn 2018
On 31 January 2019 the MHCLG published information on the “single night snapshot” of rough sleeping for autumn 2018. The total number of people counted or estimated to be sleeping rough on a single night was 4,677. This was down by 74 people or 2 per cent from the 2017 total of 4,751, and was up 2,909 people or 165 per cent from the 2010 total of 1,768.

The number of people sleeping rough increased by 146 or 13 per cent in London, and decreased by 220 or 6 per cent in the rest of England, since 2017. London accounted for 27per cent of the total number of people sleeping rough in England. This is up from 24 per cent of the England total in 2017.

Sixty-four per cent were UK nationals, compared to 71 per cent in 2017. Twenty-two per cent were EU nationals from outside the UK, compared to 16 per cent in 2017. Three per cent were non-EU nationals, compared to 4 per cent in 2017. Fourteen per cent of the people recorded sleeping rough were women, the same as in 2017; and 6 per cent were aged 25 years or under, compared to 8 per cent in 2017.

For the full report, click here. For a House of Commons Library report on trends in rough sleeping in England since 2010, click here. For the response of the Local Government Association to the latest statistics, click here; for that of CIH, click here; and for that of Crisis, click here.

Statutory homelessness and local homelessness statistics – England
On 31 January 2019 the House of Commons Library published a briefing paper providing statistics on statutory homelessness in England and explaining local authorities' duties to assist homeless households. The paper includes an overview of, and comment on, Government policy in this area. For the briefing, click here. On that day the House of Commons Library also published a tool which allows one to view collected homelessness statistics for individual local authorities in England. To access the tool, click here.

Tenant Fees Bill: impact assessment
On 1 February 2019 the Regulatory Policy Committee published its opinion on the MHCLG’s impact assessment of the Tenants Fees Bill. The RPC rates the impact assessment as “fit for purpose”. The RPC states that the MHCLG’s “assumptions around homelessness and affordability are not clearly evidenced and it would be helpful if the views of landlords and others could be presented alongside those of tenants. [The MHCLG] explains that it has considered a range of options and briefly explains why it has chosen not to proceed with any of the alternatives; this section of the assessment would be considerably improved by a clearer description of the costs and benefits of each option and how they have been accounted for in arriving at a preferred option.”

The IA would also be improved, according to the RPC, by setting a clear date by which policies in this area will be reviewed. For the RPC’s opinion, click here. For further details of the Bill, which is awaiting Royal Assent, see Housing Laws in the Pipeline below.

English Private Landlord Survey
On 31 January 2019 the MHCLG published the English Private Landlord Survey. The main report states that since the last survey in 2010, the private rented sector has undergone substantial growth and change. The number of households in the sector rose by 25 per cent between 2010-11 and 2017-18, from 3.6 million to 4.5 million households.

In 2017-18, 35 per cent of households in the private rented sector included dependent children (1.6 million households, up 37 per cent from 1.1 million in 2010-11). There are high rates of turnover in the private rented sector, with the number of house moves significantly higher than in the owner occupied and social rented sectors, both within the sector and between it and the other sectors.

For the main report, click here. The main findings are set out from page 5.

English Housing Survey 2017 to 2018
On 31 January 2019 the MHCLG published the English Housing Survey 2017 to 2018. The main findings are:

• Owner occupation rates remain unchanged for the fifth year in a row: Of the estimated 23.2 million households in England, 14.8 million or 64 per cent were owner occupiers.
• In 2017-18, 34 per cent of households were outright owners while 30 per cent were buying with a mortgage. In 2016-17, 34 per cent of households were outright owners while 28 per cent were buying with a mortgage.
• In 2017-18, 57 per cent of those aged 35-44 were owner occupiers, up from 52 per cent in 2016-17. This follows a long period of decline in owner occupation among this group; for example, in 2007-08, 71 per cent of those aged 35-44 were owner occupiers. While owner occupation remains the most prevalent tenure for this group, there has been a considerable increase in the proportion of 35-44 year olds in the private rented sector (from 13 per cent in 2007-08 to 28 per cent in 2017-18).
• In 2017-18, the private rented sector accounted for 4.5 million or 19 per cent of households. The social rented sector, at 4.0 million households (17 per cent), remained the smallest tenure.
• In 2017-18, 25 per cent of social renters expected to buy a property at some point, down from 30 per cent in 2016-17. A greater proportion of private renters expect to buy – 58 per cent, unchanged from 2016-17.
• The social rented sector had the highest rate of overcrowding (8 per cent, compared with 6 per cent of households in the private rented sector and 1 per cent of owner occupied households), and the lowest rate of under-occupation (10 per cent, compared with 54 per cent of owner occupied homes and 15 per cent of homes in the private rented sector). Both rates increased between 2016-17 and 2017-18.

For the report, click here. For an article by CIH head of policy and external affairs Melanie Rees, highlighting “eight things revealed by the English Housing and Private Landlord Surveys”, click here. For comment by the Residential Landlords Association, click here.

Electric safety in private rented accommodation
On 29 January 2019 Housing Minister Heather Wheeler announced new rules for electrical inspections in private rented accommodation. The changes are intended to ensure inspections are carried out by competent and qualified testers, keeping people safe in their homes. There will be financial penalties for those who fail to comply. Ministers will publish new guidance which sets out the minimum level of competence and qualifications necessary for those carrying out these inspections. For the announcement, click here.

Councils empowering and engaging tenants: LGA report
On 31 January 2019 the Local Government Association published a report setting out detailed research across 35 councils and 20 ALMOs which found creative engagement helped reinforce council housing and its tenants at the heart of communities. The report highlights positive examples of council engagement which has helped to empower local residents. The LGA is now calling for the Government to allow councils to keep all of their Right to Buy receipts and set discounts locally so that councils can replace any homes sold. For the report, click here.

Abolition of the Right to Buy and Associated Rights (Wales) Act 2018 (Consequential Amendments and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2019
This statutory instrument, which was made on 24 January 2019 and came into force on 26 January 2019, makes amendments to the Housing Act 1985 (1985 Act) and the Land Transaction and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017 (2017 Act) in consequence of the Abolition of the Right to Buy and Associated Rights (Wales) Act 2018 (2018 Act). The Regulations make saving provisions to ensure that relevant provisions within the 1985 Act will continue to apply in respect of applications made to exercise the right to buy or the right to acquire in respect of dwelling-houses in Wales on or before 25 January 2019 and in respect of dwelling-houses which have been purchased under the right to buy or the right to acquire on or before that date (or after that date in pursuance of a notice served before that date). The Regulations also make saving provisions to ensure that relevant reliefs within Schedule 15 to the 2017 Act will also apply in respect of transactions arising from applications made to exercise certain rights to buy and rent to mortgage submitted on or before 25 January 2019.

For the 2019 regulations, click here. For the 2018 Act, click here. For the 2017 Act, click here. For the 1985 Act, click here.

Forces Help to Buy Quarterly Statistics: October to December 2018
On 31 January 2019 the Ministry of Defence published statistics for the Forces Help to Buy (FHTB) scheme for 1 October to 31 December 2018. During that period:

• 1,980 First Stage applications were received.
• 1,050 Second Stage applications were received.
• 852 payments were made to Service personnel.

For the full statistics, click here.

Renting and new homes – London
On 29 January 2019 London First reported the results of a survey which showed that more than a third (38 per cent) of Londoners have considered moving from the capital because of the rising cost of housing, and a quarter of those planned to move in the coming year. The poll was conducted by YouGov for business campaigning group London First and Grosvenor Britain & Ireland. For more details, click here.

On 31 January 2019 London First published a further poll which revealed that that only half of those Londoners polled would welcome more homes being built in their area, down from 57 per cent last year. However, two-thirds (66 per cent) said that the Government is not spending enough time on addressing the housing shortage and three-quarters (74 per cent) agreed that there is a housing shortage in the capital. For details of that poll, click here.

Home adaptations for disabled tenant
On 30 January 2019 the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) reported that Cardiff County Court has ruled that a landlord acted unlawfully by refusing to allow a disabled homeowner to make necessary adaptations to her home. The case was supported by the EHRC.

Mrs Smailes has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which restricts her mobility, and needed to make adaptations to her home to accommodate her needs, such as moving the kitchen and the bedroom. Mrs Smailes and her husband own the leasehold for their flat, but a term in the lease prohibited alterations. When they asked the landlord, Clewer Court Residents Limited, to allow them to do this because of their circumstances, they were refused. Mrs Smailes brought a disability discrimination claim and the court ruled that the landlord should have agreed to let the Smailes carry out the alteration works, which were reasonable in the light of her disability. The court also found that Mrs Smailes was harassed by the landlord at a meeting held to consider the proposed alterations. For a more detailed report of the case, click here.

Housing need and demand – Wales
On 30 January 2019 the Welsh Government published 2018-based estimates of overall additional housing need in Wales from 2018/19 to 2037/38. The range of estimates naturally become wider the further into the future they go, reflecting the uncertainty of these estimates.

It is estimated that on average, between 6,700 and 9,700 additional housing units will be required annually in Wales during 2018/19 to 2022/23 (with a central estimate of 8,300). The estimates of additional housing need gradually decrease over the following fifteen years, reflecting a slowdown in the projected household growth in the 2014-based household projections (which are largely driven by population projections). By the mid-2030s, it is estimated that up to 6,500 additional housing units will be required annually in Wales (with a central estimate of below 4,000).

For the estimate, click here.

HOUSING LAWS IN THE PIPELINE

Local Housing Authority Debt Bill
This Bill, which had its first reading in the House of Lords on 4 July 2017, seeks to replace the current regime of limits on local housing authorities’ debt with limits determined by the existing prudential regime for local authority borrowing for non-housing-related purposes. The second reading is yet to be scheduled. For the Bill as introduced, click here To follow progress of the Bill, click here

Homeless People (Current Accounts) Bill
This is a Private Member’s Bill introduced in the House of Commons by Peter Bone. The Bill is intended to require banks to provide current accounts for homeless people seeking work; and for connected purposes. The Bill is being prepared for publication. The Bill received its first reading on 5 September 2017. The second reading was due to take place on 1 February 2019 but Parliament did not sit on that day and the second reading will now take place on a date to be announced. To follow progress of the Bill, click here

Sublet Property (Offences) Bill
This is a Private Member’s Bill introduced in the House of Commons by Christopher Chope. It is intended to make the breach of certain rules relating to sub-letting rented accommodation a criminal offence; to make provision for criminal sanctions in respect of unauthorised sub-letting; and for connected purposes. The Bill is being prepared for publication. The Bill received its first reading on 5 September 2017 and was due to receive its second reading on 23 November 2018 but was not called. To follow progress of the Bill, click here

Mobile Homes and Park Homes Bill
This is a Private Member’s Bill introduced in the House of Commons, also by Christopher Chope. It is intended to require the use of published criteria to determine whether mobile homes and park homes are liable for council tax or non-domestic rates; to make provision in relation to the residential status of such homes; to amend the Mobile Home Acts; and for connected purposes. The Bill is being prepared for publication. The Bill received its first reading on 5 September 2017 and was due to receive its second reading on 23 November 2018 but was not called. To follow progress of the Bill, click here

Affordable Home Ownership Bill
This Bill was introduced to Parliament on Tuesday 24 October 2017, also by Christopher Chope, under the Ten Minute Rule and is a Private Member’s Bill. It was said by him to make provision for affordable home ownership; to require the inclusion of rent to buy homes in the definition of affordable housing; to make provision for a minimum proportion of new affordable housing to be available on affordable rent to buy terms; to provide relief from stamp duty when an affordable rent to buy home is purchased; and for connected purposes. The Bill was due to receive its second reading on 23 November 2018 but was not called. The Bill itself has not yet been published. To follow progress of the Bill, click here

Creditworthiness Assessment Bill
This Private Member’s Bill was introduced by Lord Buck and had its second reading in the House of Lords on 24 November 2017. The Bill would require certain matters (including rental payment history) to be taken into account when assessing a borrower’s creditworthiness. The Bill has completed all stages in the Lords. It received its first reading in the Commons on 12 September 2018. Second reading has been postponed to a date to be announced. For the Bill as brought from the Lords, click here For progress of the Bill, click here

Private Landlords (Registration) Bill
This Bill was introduced to Parliament on 17 January 2018 under the Ten Minute Rule. The Bill seeks to require all private landlords in England to be registered. Second reading has been postponed to a date to be announced. For the Bill, as introduced, click here To read the debate on introduction of the Bill, click here To follow progress of the Bill, click here

Leasehold Reform Bill
This Bill, introduced to Parliament on 7 November 2017 under the Ten Minute Rule and sponsored by Justin Madders, makes provision about the regulation of the purchase of freehold by leaseholders; to introduce a system for establishing the maximum charge for such freehold; to make provision about the award of legal costs in leasehold property tribunal cases; and to establish a compensation scheme for cases where misleading particulars have led to certain leasehold agreements. Second reading has been postponed to a date to be announced. For the Bill as introduced, click here To follow progress of the Bill, click here

Homelessness (End of Life Care) Bill
This Bill, sponsored by Sir Edward Davey, was introduced to Parliament on 7 February 2018 under the Ten Minute Rule. It makes provision about end of life care and support for homeless people with terminal illnesses, including through the provision of housing for such people. Second reading has been postponed to 22 March 2019. For the Bill as introduced, click here To follow progress of the Bill, click here

Tenant Fees Bill
This government Bill makes provision for prohibiting landlords and letting agents from requiring certain payments to be made or certain other steps to be taken; makes provision about the payment of holding deposits; to make provision about enforcement and about the lead enforcement authority; and amends the provisions of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 about information to be provided by letting agents and the provisions of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 about client money protection schemes. The House of Commons have agreed to the Lords’ Amendments and have accordingly amended the title of the Bill. The Bill will now be prepared for Royal Assent. For the impact assessment, click here For the Regulatory Policy Committee’s opinion on MHCLG’s impact assessment, click here For a research briefing prepared for the report stage in the Commons, click here To follow progress of the Bill, click here

Housing and Planning (Local Decision-Making) Bill
This Private Member’s Bill seeks to remove powers of the Secretary of State in relation to the location of and planning permission for new housing developments; to give local authorities powers to establish requirements on such developments in their area, including requirements on the proportion of affordable and social housing. It received its first reading on 13 March 2018. Second reading has been postponed to a date to be announced. The Bill is being prepared for publication. To follow progress of the Bill, click here

Freehold Properties (Management Charges and Shared Facilities) Bill
This Private Members' Bill, sponsored by Helen Goodman, seeks to make provision for the regulation of fees charged by management companies to freeholders of residential properties; to make provision for self-management of shared facilities by such freeholders; and to require management companies to ensure shared facilities are of an adequate standard. It received its first reading on 14 November 2018. Second reading has been postponed to 8 February 2019. The Bill is being prepared for publication. To follow progress of the Bill, click here

Gypsy and Traveller Communities (Housing, Planning and Education) Bill
This Private Members' Bill, sponsored by Andrew Selous, seeks to make provision about periodical local authority reviews of the housing needs of Gypsy and Traveller communities; to make provision for the conversion of caravan sites into settled accommodation; to require local authorities to provide temporary caravan stopping sites where there is a demonstrated need; to create a criminal offence of unauthorised encampment; to make provision about the education of Gypsy and Traveller children; and to require schools to have regard to Gypsy and Traveller culture and heritage in teaching. The bill received its first reading on 13 November 2018. Its second reading has been further postponed until 15 March 2019. The Bill is being prepared for publication. To follow progress of the Bill, click here

Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Bill
This Welsh Government Bill includes provision for: prohibiting certain payments made in connection with the granting, renewal or continuance of standard occupation contracts; and the treatment of holding deposits. The Bill has completed Stage 2. Stage 2 consideration took place in Committee on 29 November 2018. Stage 3 commenced on 30 November 2018. Amendments may now be tabled to the Bill (as amended at Stage 2). For the Bill, as amended at Stage 2, associated information and to follow its progress, click here

NEW HOUSING CASES

Kannan v London Borough of Newham [2019] EWCA Civ 57
Mr Kannan applied to LB Newham (“the Council”) seeking assistance as a homeless person under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996.

On 3 August 2016 the Council accepted that Mr Kannan was in priority need and not intentionally homeless and that he was therefore owed the full housing duty in section 193. He was therefore provided with accommodation by the Council.

Mr Kannan argued that the accommodation was not suitable for him (as it was required to be by section 206) in light of various medical issues restricting his mobility: the property was on the first floor and accessible only by 14 metal stairs and there was no shower in the bathroom. He produced medical evidence from his GP stating that it would be helpful if Mr Kannan could be provided with suitable accommodation.

The Council took medical advice on the case. The doctor whom they consulted stated that Mr Kannan’s situation attracted a “reasonable preference…on medical grounds”, that he should have accessible bathing facilities and should be on the ground floor unless a lift were available.
Nevertheless, the Council reached a decision that the property was suitable for Mr Kannan. In its review decision, the Council argued that the number of stairs was modest and that the accommodation was suitable when considered in light of the general conditions of housing available to the Council. The Council’s decision accepted that Mr Kannan had a disability for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010 and argued that the Council’s decision complied with the public sector equality duty (“PSED”):

“I can confirm that I have reached this decision with the equality duty well in mind and carried out this exercise in substance, with rigour and with an open mind. I have focused very sharply on (i) whether you have a disability (or other protected characteristic), (ii) the extent of the disability, (iii) the likely effect of the disability, when taken together with any other features.”

Mr Kannan was unsuccessful in his section 204 appeal to the County Court and appealed to the Court of Appeal.

The Court of Appeal’s decision

The Court of Appeal found that the Council’s review decision was inadequate for a number of reasons.

The Court held that the starting point for the Council’s review ought to have been the opinion of the doctor they consulted that Mr Kannan needed a ground floor property (or one with a lift) and accessible bathing facilities.

Although the doctor had stated that the temporary accommodation offered to Mr Kannan was not unacceptable on medical grounds, that opinion had been expressed in February 2017, some 9 months before the Council’s review decision. Although there had been no change in Mr Kannan’s circumstances in that time, the Council had failed to take into account the fact that the accommodation offered, whilst suitable as temporary accommodation when first offered, could become unsuitable by virtue of the passage of time: accommodation which is suitable for a person to occupy for a short period may be unsuitable in the medium or longer term (per Birmingham CC v Ali [2009] UKHL 36).

The Council’s decision appeared to be contradictory in the way that it treated Mr Kannan’s disabilities, accepting at points Mr Kannan’s account of how severe they were, whilst at other points appearing to downplay them as merely “uncomfortable and inconvenient”. The Court held that this contradictory approach was inadequate and that if the reviewing officer had wished to reject Mr Kannan’s account of how severe his disabilities were, then it was required to give reasons for doing so.

The Council’s decision had failed at all to address the fact that the accommodation offered did not have accessible bathing facilities (which the doctor whom the Council had consulted had recommended were needed). Although the Council’s barrister had advanced reasons in Court as to why the Council was entitled to reject Mr Kannan’s argument that the property was unsuitable because it had no accessible bathing facilities, it was incumbent on the review officer to advance such reasons in the Council’s decision, not for the Council’s legal representatives to do so after the event.

Finally, the Court held that the Council had failed adequately to address the PSED; the Council had merely recited the law on how the PSED should be addressed in local authority homelessness decisions, as expressed by Lord Neuberger in Hotak v Southwark LBC [2015] UKSC 30. The Court of Appeal held that “a mere recitation” of the law was not a substitute for the Council actually engaging with the PSED and how it applied in substance to the facts of the case.
In all the circumstances, the Court of Appeal allowed Mr Kannan’s appeal and quashed the Council’s decision.

Summary by Alexander Campbell, barrister, Field Court Chambers. For the full judgment click here.

HOUSING LAW CONSULTATIONS

Law Commission – Reinvigorating commonhold: the alternative to leasehold ownership
The Law Commission has published a consultation paper in which it makes provisional proposals “to make commonhold work for homeowners, developers, mortgage lenders and across the wider property sector”. The Paper includes proposals which would:

• Enable commonhold to be used for larger, mixed-use developments which accommodate not only residential properties but also shops, restaurants and leisure facilities.
• Allow shared ownership leases and other forms of affordable housing to be included within commonhold.
• Make it easier for existing leaseholders to convert to commonhold and gain greater control over their properties.
• Improve mortgage lenders’ confidence in commonhold to increase the choice of financing available for home buyers.
• Provide homeowners with a greater say in how the costs of running their commonhold are met.
• Enable homeowners to end unattractive long-term contracts imposed by developers.

The consultation closes on 10 March 2019. Comments may be sent using the online form. Where possible, it would be helpful if this form was used. For the consultation document and methods of response, click here

Improving access to social housing for members of the Armed Forces
The MHCLG is seeking views on proposals for new statutory guidance for local authorities to improve access to social housing for members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their families. The consultation closes on 8 March 2019. For the consultation document and methods of response, click here

Revising the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice: Call for evidence
The Ministry of Justice has issued a call for evidence in respect of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice. Since the Act came into force in 2007, the Code of Practice has provided practical guidance regarding its implementation. The Code offers examples of best practice to both carers and practitioners, who have a formal duty to adhere to the Code. It also serves as a fundamental piece of guidance to the friends and family of the individual, to enable them to better understand the practical insight the Act offers to those who lack capacity.

The call for evidence will seek to establish the extent to which the current Code of Practice reflects changes in case law and lessons learned through practical use of the Code of Practice over the last eleven years. The MoJ says that it is important to ensure that the Code remains relevant and places individuals at the very heart of the decision-making process. The questions in the call for evidence are designed to inform the Government's decision-making on which aspects of the Code require revision. The consultation closes on 7 March 2019.  To participate in the consultation, click here. To access the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice document, click here.

Making it easier for leaseholders to manage their properties: Law Commission
The Law Commission has released a consultation paper comprising proposals designed to make it quicker and easier for leaseholders to take control of the day-to-day management of their building. The proposals include:

• Extending the qualifying criteria so that leasehold houses, not just flats, qualify for the ‘right to manage’ (RTM) which gives the homeowners, rather than their landlord, responsibility for management functions relating to services, repairs, maintenance and insurance.
• Permitting multi-block RTM on estates, and removing the 25 per cent commercial space restriction.
• Reducing the number of notices that leaseholders must serve as part of the claim process.
• Introducing deadlines for procedures and exchanges of information between the landlord and RTM company, so that the process doesn’t stall.
• Exploring options for a more balanced costs regime.
• Giving the tribunal exclusive jurisdiction over RTM disputes so it can resolve disputes quickly, and waive minor procedural mistakes made in the process of claiming the RTM.

The consultation will be open until 30 April 2019. For the consultation document, click here. For a summary, click here. For a ‘Key Facts’ document, click here.

Draft Domestic Abuse Bill: Select Committee seeks views
The Joint Select Committee on Human Rights is seeking views on the Draft Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill as part of its scrutiny. The deadline for written submissions is 15 February 2019. To send a written submission, click here. For the draft Bill and consultation, click here.

HOUSING LAW ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS

We can, and must end the rough sleeping emergency Hannah Rich,Shelter blog 31 January 2019  – to read the blog entry click here

Overcrowding in social housing in England soars to 24-year high Robert Booth, The Guardian 31 January 2019 – to read the article click here

The Domestic Abuse Bill: a real opportunity or ‘words are wind’? Cris McCurley, Legal Action Group website,  February 2019 – to read the article click here

Rent control: Does it work? Reality Check team, BBC News website 3 February 2019 – to read the article click here

Disabled woman wins court case to make necessary adaptations to her home Equality and Human Rights Commission website, 30 January 2019 – to read the article click here

HOUSING LAW DIARY

8 February 2019                                   
Postponed second reading of Freehold Properties (Management Charges and Shared Facilities) Bill (see Housing Laws in the Pipeline)

15 February 2019                                 
Closing date for submissions to the Joint Select Committee on Human Rights in respect of its scrutiny of the Draft Domestic Abuse Bill (see Housing Law Consultations)

7 March 2019                                       
Closing date for calls for evidence to the Ministry of Justice’s consultation on Revising the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice (see Housing Law Consultations)

8 March 2019                                       
Closing date for submissions to the MHCLG’s consultation on Improving access to social housing for members of the Armed Forces (see Housing Law Consultations)

10 March 2019                                     
Closing date for submissions to the Law Commission’s consultation on Reinvigorating commonhold: the alternative to leasehold ownership (see Housing Law Consultations)

15 March 2019                                     
Postponed second reading of Gypsy and Traveller Communities (Housing, Planning and Education) Bill (see Housing Laws in the Pipeline)

22 March 2019                                     
Postponed second reading of Homelessness (End of Life Care) Bill (see Housing Laws in the Pipeline)

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