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Get advice if you're worried about your mortgage

27 July 2020
Image of Coronavirus Closeup, by Daniel Foster

With almost 2,500 redundancies proposed for Northern Ireland in June and economists predicting that Northern Ireland will continue to feel the effects of Coronavirus well into 2025, it stands to reason that many homeowners are likely to face difficulties with mortgage payments in the

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Coronavirus, Repossession, Affordability

JRF research recommends redesign of Universal Credit with claimants at the centre

16 July 2020

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has researched claimants’ experience of Universal Credit in Northern Ireland and recommends a redesign of the social security system with the underpinning vision that everyone is treated with dignity and respect as valued members of society.

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Benefits, Research, Welfare Reform

"No DSS" - Court says policy is unlawful

15 July 2020

Shelter successfully assisted a client to challenge a letting agent’s refusal to allow her to view a property because the agent did not accept tenants in receipt of housing benefit. So-called “No DSS” policies have never been successfully challenged in court before as the defendants generally settle, with a number of such settlements receiving media attention earlier this year.

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Private Tenancies, Case law, Legal

New Housing Mediation Service in demand during Covid-19 crisis

9 July 2020
Communities Minister Carál Ní Chuilín is pictured with Housing Mediator Faith Westwood and Mediation Manager Laura Coulter

The Housing Mediation Service operated by local charity Housing Rights and funded by the Department for Communities, offers tenants and landlords in the private rented sector a new way of finding agreements that are sustainable and satisfactory for both parties.

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Coronavirus, Private Tenancies

COVID-19: Department researches impacts on private rented sector

9 July 2020

The Department for Communities is conducting some research into how the Covid-19 pandemic is impacting on both landlords and tenants who live and work in the private rented sector in Northern Ireland. To assist with this the Department is seeking as much feedback as possible. 

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