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Right to Buy sales in England: January to March 2021 On 15 July 2021 the MHCLG published official statistics on the number of sales of dwellings under the Right to Buy scheme in England. Between 1 January and 31 March 2021: The total number of Right to Buy sales was...

landlord is being prosecuted by a council for the alleged unlawful eviction of tenants from her privately-rented properties. Sohila Tamiz, who manages properties in Athelstan Road and Hadlow Drive in Cliftonville, is accused of being in breach of the Protection from...

The Centre for Ageing Better and Habinteg has urged action from government on accessible housing for older people. They referred to figures from the latest English Housing Survey which show that 53 per cent of households (one million) do not have the adaptations they...

Supermarket chains like John Lewis and banks like Lloyds - both entering the private rental sector as large scale landlords - could end up destroying their reputations.That’s the view of tax and advisory firm Blick Rothenberg.Heather Powell, a partner at the firm and...

The UK Association of Letting Agents trade body is warning of “widespread evictions” unless government support is offered to tenants.UKALA chairman Tim Clark says: “The restrictions on evictions during the last year, whilst very appropriate for the time, could result...

Complaints referred to the Property Redress Scheme against its members grew by more than a quarter during 2020.In its annual report for the period December 1 2019 to November 30 2020 - only just released this week - the scheme received 1,829 initial complaints...

The English Housing Survey is an annual national survey commissioned by the MHCLG. It collects information about people’s housing circumstances and the condition and energy efficiency of housing in England. The latest survey covers the period 2019 to 2020. Reports...

ARCH has reported on the publication of a new report – Stigma and Social Housing in England – by Mercy Denedo (Durham University) and Amanze Ejiogu (University of Leicester). The report finds that prior to 1970, “stigma attached to living in social housing was not...

The Department for Work and Pensions has published analysis of local authorities' use of Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP) funds, based on end-of-year monitoring and financial returns received from 327 out of 336 local authorities. The main findings are: Local...