When is a deposit not a deposit?

The Property Ombudsman, Rebecca Marsh, writes in The Negotiator magazine about a recent case, where a Letting Agent had used an alternative deposit scheme, which the landlord did not agree could be used for the tenancy. The whole article can be seen here, and hinges...

Supported housing: new research commissioned

The National Housing Federation has reported that the DLUHC and the DWP have commissioned research led by the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (at Sheffield Hallam University) to assess the size, cost and demand of the supported housing sector. This...

‘Hidden’ homelessness in the UK

The Office for National Statistics has published an article summarising existing data on different types of homelessness in relation to ‘hidden’ homelessness across the UK and highlighting some of the main data gaps. The article states that it is not currently...