Housing: Prevention is best cure for homeless
A new report sets out a cross-Government approach to ensuring that anyone at risk of homelessness gets help at the earliest possible stage to prevent them from losing their home.
A new report sets out a cross-Government approach to ensuring that anyone at risk of homelessness gets help at the earliest possible stage to prevent them from losing their home.
A city landlord who was fined for letting an unsafe house has failed in an appeal against the verdict. JL Homes Ltd of Victoria Road South, Southsea was told by magistrates last October to pay almost £12,000, after ignoring council orders to stop letting an unsafe student house.
Hillingdon Council has scored another court victory as it continues its battle against illegal back garden homes and rogue landlords.
Newham council and the Welsh Government should be commended for tackling rogue landlords but ill-conceived policies will hinder, not help.
Families in the UK are among the worst off in Europe when it comes to housing costs. One in six people in the UK (16.5%) are overburdened by housing costs, according to findings published by the European Union.