Kalonga, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Croydon (2022) EWCA Civ 670 The Court of Appeal was faced with the question of whether a local authority had the power to extend time for a flexible tenant to request a review of the authority's decision...
Fixed term secure tenancies and forfeiture
Croydon London Borough Council v Kalonga (2022) UKSC 7 In which the Supreme Court considered the position on termination of 'flexible tenancies' - fixed term secure tenancies - during the fixed term. We saw the Court of Appeal judgment dismissing Croydon's...
No power to accept late review request
Kalonga, R (On the Application Of) v The London Borough of Croydon (2021) EWHC 2174 (Admin) While Croydon v Kalonga on terminating flexible tenancies during the fixed term is to be heard by the Supreme Court (our report on the Court of Appeal here), Ms...
Not that flexible.
Croydon London Borough Council v Kalonga (2021) EWCA Civ 77 This is the Court of Appeal judgment of Croydon's appeal from the High Court decision that we noted here. The issue was what was required for determination of a flexible tenancy during the fixed...
Shine on you crazy Dymond*
Croydon London Borough Council v Kalonga (2020) EWHC 1353 (QB) Flexible tenancies. We always said they were a bad idea. This was a determination of a possession claim brought by Croydon LBC against Ms Kalonga, who had a five year term flexible tenancy. This...
Ending flexible tenancies – a reminder
We don't usually (indeed ever) repost previous material on NL. But I'm making an exception for this one, because I think it is timely. Flexible tenancies have been in existence for a while in some boroughs and I would expect that it is round about now that...
Elementary maths for LB Barnet
You will all recall that the Localism Act allowed Councils to grant flexible tenancies, at up to 80% of market rent. Now some councils have dipped their toes in the waters of flexible tenancies (here were my notes on one such policy), and this may well yet...
A game of forfeits
The flexible tenancy, that marvellous and oxymoronic invention of the Localism Act, is now in place and in use by a number of Councils. The last time I considered flexible tenancies it was largely about how they were created and how they were terminated at...
‘Homeless Legislation – a thing of the past?’
[Update at the end of the post 15/11/2012] Now that the Guardian has the story, I feel able to quote a briefing paper by Andy Gale of the DCLG that had found its way to me. This is the briefing that Andy Gale has been giving to Council officers (not...
NL on flexible tenancies – free CPD too!
We don't usually do promotional stuff on the blog, but I thought we might make an exception in this case, because it involves free CPD and, well, me (and another from the NL team). I did a podcast for CPDCast on the introduction and operation of Flexible...
Barnet’s brave new dawn
And, like a sudden, startling and slightly embarrassing squeak from a vinyl sofa, flexible tenancies are here! London Borough of Barnet have announced, in a manner which suggests absolutely no political motivation behind the decision at all, the 'end of the...
Grant Shapps on flexible tenancies and Pinnock
Grant Shapps has given A statement to Inside Housing on his view of the impact of Pinnock v Manchester and Powell v Hounslow on the plans for flexible tenancies. The short answer is not a lot. He points to the 'exceptional case' provision and the presumption...