And there we are, we have two (so far) new housing ministers. But, for once, and as opposed to the 16 (16! Five in the last two years!) between 2010 and 2024, it isn't because their predecessor was useless/promoted/resigned for unlawfully doing...
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Section 188(1) accommodation, suitability and mandatory orders
We are very grateful to Alice Irving of Doughty Street Chambers for the following note of a judgment in the Administrative Court on an application for interim relief. It is a very interesting case not only on section 188(1) accommodation but also...
Job ads – Merseyside, Liverpool, South London, Kent, and Plymouth
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Leasehold miscellaneous
A few quick notes on various leasehold related cases. Howe Properties (NE) Ltd v Accent Housing Ltd (2024) EWCA Civ 297 Accent Housing levied a management fee on leaseholders which was at flat rate and a) differed by tenure (freehold and assured...
Job ad – North Wales
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Different treatment for other boroughs – discriminatory policy
AK, R (On the Application Of) v Westminster City Council (2024) EWHC 769 (Admin) This was a judicial review of Westminster's Allocation policy as it applied to 'reciprocal transfers' between another borough and Westminster. As background: The...
Job Ad – Westminster
Z2K Housing caseworker Z2K exists to end poverty for the more than 1 in 5 people in the UK who experience it. We provide advice and advocacy and representation on housing and welfare benefits, and at the same time we campaign to secure adequate...
Ch-ch-ch-changes
Manifesto series (in order of publication) Conservative Lib Dem Green Labour Labour I'm deputising for J on the last of the manifesto posts, and (because it was the last published) it is Labour's. As before, I'm not going to be commenting on the...
This land is our land
Manifesto series (in order of publication) Conservative Lib Dem Green Labour Greens I want to like the Greens. I really do. But I can’t shake the concern that they are fundamentally opposed to development on the scale needed to address our national...
The Land Song*
Manifesto series (in order of publication) Conservative Lib Dem Green Labour Lib Dems What do the Liberal Democrats offer us? At a purely personal level, I’ve been quite impressed with the Liberal Democrats over the past few years. Daisy Cooper has...
I wanna be elected: Conservative edition
Manifesto series (in order of publication) Conservative Lib Dem Green Labour Conservatives It's fashionable to treat elections with a weary, nay affected, cynicism and a refrain of “they’re all as bad as each other”. That, frankly, is nonsense. And...
Homelessness eligibility and the Withdrawal Agreement – two (contradictory) appeals
C v Oldham Council. (2024) EWCC 1 (Judgment can be found here) Hynek v LB Islington. Central London County Court 24 May 2024 (copy of judgment) These are two s.204 appeals which address the effect of the Withdrawal Agreement (The Agreement of the...