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Right to buy for housing association tenants ends in August 2022
Right to buy for housing association tenants ends in August 2022 … When will the right to buy end in Northern Ireland? Housing association tenants' statutory right to buy their home will end on 28 August 2022. Housing association tenants who wish to apply …
Homelessness: priority need and meaning of vulnerability reassessed
Homelessness: priority need and meaning of vulnerability reassessed … The UK Supreme Court has recently handed down judgment in three conjoined appeals, Hotak and others (Appellants) v London Borough of Southwark and another (Respondents) [2015] UKSC 30 …
Concerns about how Universal Credit deals with changes of circumstances
Concerns about how Universal Credit deals with changes of circumstances … Changes of circumstances are backdated to the beginning of the assessment period in which the change happened. In the most extreme cases, we are concerned that this could result in …
Universal Credit decisions on contrived tenancies
Universal Credit decisions on contrived tenancies … Universal Credit may refuse a claim for help to pay a person’s housing costs if they think that a tenancy is not a genuine commercial relationship between a landlord and a tenant or they believe the …
Tenant right to compensation for repairs and improvements in social housing
Tenant right to compensation for repairs and improvements in social housing … Susan, a Housing Executive tenant, contacted us recently to find out what rights she had to compensation for improvements she had made to her property. Susan was transferring to …
Response to consultation on Department for Communities budget 2023-24 allocation
Response to consultation on Department for Communities budget 2023-24 allocation … Housing Rights welcome this opportunity to respond to the Consultation on Department for Communities Budget 2023-24 allocations. Housing Rights has deep concerns that …
Joint Organisational letter re DfC Budget 2023-24 Equality Impact Assessment
Joint Organisational letter re DfC Budget 2023-24 Equality Impact Assessment … As housing sector organisations, Housing Rights, the Chartered Institute of Housing, the Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations and Homeless Connect have today …
New law changes notice to quit periods for private tenants in Northern Ireland
New law changes notice to quit periods for private tenants in Northern Ireland … From May 5 2022 landlords will have to give 4 weeks’ notice to end tenancies lasting less than a year 8 weeks’ notice to end tenancies lasting between 1 and 10 years 12 …
Tenant rights when landlord wants to sell
Tenant rights when landlord wants to sell … We are receiving more calls from tenants being asked to move out of their private tenancy because their landlord wants to sell the property. It’s important that tenants know: their rights if their landlord …