The Chamber President of the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) has issued points for the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) to “keep firmly in mind” when deciding whether to raise a point of its own initiative.

Hounslow Council has decided not to accept a recommendation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) to offer a woman and her baby its next available suitable accommodation.

A former PA Housing tenant has been ordered to pay back more than £95,000, including £75,000 under an unlawful profit order (UPO), after an investigation into the unlawful subletting of her Kingston property.

Submissions have been filed this month on behalf of the Essex Planning Officers Association (“EPOA”) at the Court of Appeal in support of a challenge to the previous government’s written ministerial statement (“WMS”) on local energy efficiency standards.

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has launched legal proceedings against a set of companies involved in the refurbishment of the Grenfell Tower.

Law firm Trowers & Hamlins has advised Westminster City Council on the acquisition of a portfolio of 368 homes for temporary accommodation with a loan from Phoenix Life.

The North West’s largest affordable housing provider, Torus, is to undertake preliminary market engagement in advance of a forthcoming tender opportunity for the provision of legal services.

The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has warned that “very few” lease-based landlords are delivering specialised supported housing in a way that consistently delivers the outcomes required by its regulatory standards.

The High Court has confirmed that duties in section 189A of the Housing Act 1996 apply to homelessness applications under its Part 7 even when made before the section came into force in April 2018, lawyers involved in a case brought against the London Borough of Hillingdon have said.

The Housing Ombudsman has highlighted a “significant failing” in Housing for Women’s approach to rent arrears and account management, after the landlord incorrectly told a resident they owed more than £10,000 in missed rent payments.

Law firm Devonshires has promoted three solicitors to partner in its 2025 promotions round.

A man from Barking and Dagenham has been sentenced for housing fraud after being found guilty of “deliberately misleading” council officers in an application to acquire his 3-bed council property under the Right to Buy Scheme.

The Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee has called for a fundamental overhaul of temporary accommodation in England, which it says is in crisis and is leaving record high numbers of children without a permanent home.

A claimant has lost his application for judicial review in which he argued that the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea acted irrationally in refusing him a review of the suitability of a property he was offered.

All fire functions have been transferred from the Home Office to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government from the beginning of this month, the Government has announced.

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council has agreed to provide training or guidance to all of its housing staff on the changes introduced by the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 as well as the requirements of chapter 21 of the Homelessness Code of Guidance on domestic abuse, following an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.

Major social landlord the Guinness Partnership has named nine firms to a legal services framework agreement estimated to be worth £9.3m over four years.

A Senior Circuit Judge has backed a tenant in a dispute with Bristol City Council over whether her housing disrepair claim should be allocated to the fast track.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a resident over what could be raised in a review request to London Borough of Haringey after she had rejected a property offer as unsuitable.

A property firm has lost a costs application against the London Borough of Lambeth after Martin Rodger KC, Deputy Chamber President, said at the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) that, despite finding a combination of legal errors in the costs decision of the First-Tier Tribunal Property Chamber, it was inappropriate for him either to remit the case or remake the decision himself.

A selective licensing scheme due to be implemented in Scunthorpe has been delayed following a legal challenge from local landlords seeking a judicial review of the decision.

Eight years on from Grenfell, the Government still does not know how many buildings have dangerous cladding, how much it will cost to address, or how long it will take, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has said.

The Housing Ombudsman has called on housing providers to make use of safety complaints from residents to catch service failures before they affect a larger number of residents.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has largely backed the Government’s proposed changes in funding arrangements for the Homelessness Prevention Grant, dissenting only over the use of mean rents in the private rented sector as a measure of temporary accommodation costs.

The Court of Appeal this week will hear an appeal by Surrey County Council over a High Court judge’s decision to allow a judicial review claim against the local authority’s refusal to comply with duties said to be owed to the claimant under the Children Act 1989 when he was 17 years old.

Housing associations’ continued focus on development, building safety, energy efficiency and stock decency has resulted in record levels of reinvestment in both new and existing homes, the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has reported in its latest annual Value for Money (VFM) metrics.

Tower Hamlets Council has successfully prosecuted two private landlords who rented out their two-bedroom flat to as many as 23 people, when the property was only licensed for three people from two households.

An applicant has lost an attempt to require the London Borough of Lewisham to rehouse him and his family because of anti-social behaviour by neighbours.

The Court of Appeal has ruled that a woman cannot take the London Borough of Waltham Forest to judicial review in a dispute over whether the council discharged its main housing duty towards her.

A dispute at the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) over the liability of some tenants of housing association Notting Hill Genesis to pay for certain services has been only partly resolved.