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Back in October 2020, we covered the introduction of new 9.21.1 and 9.22.2 of the Immigration Rules (here). In outline, these created a power for the Secretary of State to refuse an immigration application where the applicant was a rough sleeper or to cancel...
The decision of Master Dagnall in The Master, Wardens and Assistants of the Guild Fraternity of the Brotherhood of the Most Glorious and Undivided Trinity and St Clement in the Parish of Deptford Strond, commonly called the Corporation of the Trinity House...
Fire safety issues in blocks of flats and other multi-occupancy buildings are one of, if not *the* biggest issue in housing law and policy today. The background is pretty well-known and, for present purposes, can be quite easily summarised. Since the...
On 31 December 2020, the government published new guidance on Part 6 and Part 7, Housing Act 1996. The Part 7 guidance relates to eligibility post Brexit (i.e. Chapter 7 of the Code) and can be found here. It looks like it's just a summary of the position...
On 22 October 2020, the government published just over 500 pages of changes to the immigration rules. Thankfully, most of those can be ignored by this blog. But there is one bit that we really, really, need to talk about. With effect from 9am on 1 December...
I am quite late covering this, but on 28 April 2020, the Welsh Government issued new statutory guidance on homelessness (Part 2, Housing (Wales) Act 2014) and coronavirus. It is excellent. Not just because it is statutory guidance (cf the seemingly endless...
We’ve had quite a few new visitors to this blog over the last few hours and quite a lot of questions about A1/P1 and how it works in the context of a general abolition of residential rents. So here is our quick guide. What does it say? Art.1, Protocol No.1,...
I suspect I’m going to regret this, but there is so much flawed analysis and (wilful) misunderstanding around the policies announced by Labour to deal with the housing and Coronvirus crisis, that I think I should write something. In the spirit of full...
The Senior President of Tribunals has published two practice directions (19.3.20). They apply to all Chambers of the FTT and UT ('tho readers of this blog are most likely to be familier with the FTT(PC) and UT(LC)). They are here and here. They have an...
Strezovski and others v North Macedonia (App. Nos. 14460/16 and others) might not seem immediately relevant to readers. After all, housing law in North Macedonia is, I think we can safely say, quite different to England or Wales. But district heating systems...
Inclusion Housing Community Interest Company v Regulator of Social Housing [2020] EWHC 346 (Admin) I think this is the first judicial review of a regulatory decision by the Regulator of Social Housing and whilst, ultimately, the result is a fairly standard...
There are some major problems in the residential leasehold property market. They range from the simply inexcusable (e.g. the doubling ground rents that continue for the whole term of the lease), to the unintended legislative loophole (e.g. the long lease as...