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All Housing Rights Service policy papers and consultation responses older than a year can be found on this page
Response to Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission (NILSC) consultation on the proposed criteria for a Northern Ireland funding code
Published: October 2009
This response focuses mainly on funding for a Help at Court scheme, highlighting why Housing Rights Service feels it is so important to...
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Policy paper on Financial inclusion and housing debt in Northern Ireland (NI)
Published: July 2009
This paper explores the problem of financial exclusion and housing debt and proposes possible policy solutions...
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Response to Office of Fair Trading (OFT) consultation on a financial services strategy
Published: June 2009
This strategy is based around two main themes: fairness and responsibility in the relationship between the credit industry and customers...
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Response to Office of Fair Trading guidance on second charge lending
Published: May 2009
This guidance is for brokers and lenders on their business practices and procedures within the second charge lending sector...
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Response to the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) consultation on the management of women offenders
Published: May 2009
This is a response to the Northern Ireland Office proposed strategy aimed at improving the management of women offenders in Northern Ireland...
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Response to Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) consultation on the development of a personality disorder strategy for Northern Ireland
Published: March 2009
This is a response to the Department for Health, Social Services and Public Safety proposed strategy which aims to provide an overarching framework for the development of services for people with a personality disorder...
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Response to Housing Benefit Amendment regulations (a joint response by Housing Rights Service and the Law Centre)
Published: February 2009
This is a response to the Social Security Advisory Committee's request for evidence in relation to the Department for Work and Pensions proposal to cap Housing Benefit (HB) to a maximum level of the five bedroom LHA rates from April 2009...
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Response to Northern Ireland Court Service consultation on pre action protocols for mortgage possession proceedings
Published: January 2009
This response to the Northern Ireland Court Service consultation sets out the steps lenders should take before initiating possession action...
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Response to Department for Social Development policy review of the warm homes scheme
Published: December 2008
This is a response to the Department for Social Development policy review of the Warm Homes Scheme which proposes to make some changes to the current scheme...
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Response to Department for Social Development (DSD) consultation on a mortgage rescue scheme for Northern Ireland
Published: November 2008
This response considers the provisions of the proposed mortgage rescue scheme for Northern Ireland, ...
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Response to Department of Finance and Personnel (DFP) consultation on the rating of empty homes
Published: August 2008
This is a response to the Department of Finance and Personnel's consultation which proposes to introduce a mechanism for bringing empty homes back into use...
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Response to Northern Ireland Housing Executive consultation on a strategy for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in Northern Ireland
Published: June 2008
This is a response to NIHE's proposals on the HMO sector and how problems in this sector could be addressed...
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