This consultation puts forward three proposals to improve protection for unauthorised tenants in the event of their landlord’s property being repossessed by a mortgage lender, while balancing the needs and rights of lenders, who have a duty to minimise arrears on the mortgage and obtain the best price possible for repossessed properties. The aim of the proposals is to give tenants time to find alternative accommodation. Such improvements may also have beneficial effects for authorised tenants. The proposals do not cover lodgers or arrangements where the landlord shares the property with the tenant. The proposals for consideration are: giving all tenants the right to be heard at the repossession hearing, including the right to seek a recall notice, by designating them as entitled residents; allowing the court to grant a delay of the repossession for a period (usually two months) after a court order has been granted to give tenants a reasonable time to move; and requiring lenders to repossess properties subject to tenancy, so that unauthorised, as well as authorised, tenants could remain in the property until the end of the lease.
This consultation puts forward three proposals to improve protection for unauthorised tenants in the event of their landlord’s property being repossessed by a mortgage lender, while balancing the needs and rights of lenders, who have a duty to minimise arrears on the mortgage and obtain the best price possible for repossessed properties. The aim of the proposals is to give tenants time to find alternative accommodation. Such improvements may also have beneficial effects for authorised tenants. The proposals do not cover lodgers or arrangements where the landlord shares the property with the tenant. The proposals for consideration are: giving all tenants the right to be heard at the repossession hearing, including the right to seek a recall notice, by designating them as entitled residents; allowing the court to grant a delay of the repossession for a period (usually two months) after a court order has been granted to give tenants a reasonable time to move; and requiring lenders to repossess properties subject to tenancy, so that unauthorised, as well as authorised, tenants could remain in the property until the end of the lease.
In November 2004, the first networking day took place for a new type of activity for homeless people that had grown up over recent years, ie starter packs. This is a supplement to the original handbook Start Me Up! produced in 2005, based on a second networking day, held in Glasgow, in November 2006.
In November 2004, the first networking day took place for a new type of activity for homeless people that had grown up over recent years, ie starter packs. This is a supplement to the original handbook Start Me Up! produced in 2005, based on a second networking day, held in Glasgow, in November 2006.
This guidance deals with an additional power available to local authorities attempting to deal with cases of antisocial behaviour. It is available where the antisocial person lives in or is visiting a house which is let from a private landlord.
This guidance deals with an additional power available to local authorities attempting to deal with cases of antisocial behaviour. It is available where the antisocial person lives in or is visiting a house which is let from a private landlord.
Tenant participation is underpinned in legislation through the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, which introduced new rights for tenants and duties for local authorities and Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) in relation to tenant participation. The National Strategy for Tenant Participation 'Partners in Participation' (1999) set out the Executive's commitment to engage with tenants at a national
Tenant participation is underpinned in legislation through the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, which introduced new rights for tenants and duties for local authorities and Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) in relation to tenant participation. The National Strategy for Tenant Participation 'Partners in Participation' (1999) set out the Executive's commitment to engage with tenants at a national level and this commitment still remains. In the absence of any practical and effective mechanisms for doing this, Communities Scotland's Tenant Participation Development team was given a specific remit to facilitate consultation with registered tenant organisations (RTOs) on national engagement.
Disputes over the non return of rental deposits are amongst the most common issues of concern reported by CABs about the private rented sector. CAB evidence shows that in many cases individual landlords are making little or no attempt to justify withholding the deposit. This report argues the case for reform of a situation over which there is currently no statutory regulation.
Disputes over the non return of rental deposits are amongst the most common issues of concern reported by CABs about the private rented sector. CAB evidence shows that in many cases individual landlords are making little or no attempt to justify withholding the deposit. This report argues the case for reform of a situation over which there is currently no statutory regulation.
British Journal of Social Work, 2(3), 1972, pp.369-386.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Describes the action of a group of low-income tenants, inexperienced in dealing with bureaucracies or in understanding the complexities of landlord-tenant law, who attempted to improve their living conditions by using the Government's Rent Tribunal
Describes the action of a group of low-income tenants, inexperienced in dealing with bureaucracies or in understanding the complexities of landlord-tenant law, who attempted to improve their living conditions by using the Government's Rent Tribunal
... the behaviour of welfare service users accordingly. This paper investigates the ability of welfare service users to resist, or amend, the disciplinary intentions of these discourses, to constitute ‘counter-publics’, and to formulate their own visions of public services. Drawing on research with English social housing tenants engaged in participation with their quasi-public landlords, and applying a theoretical framework based on the work of feminist and queer theorist Judith Butler, the paper explores the behavioural effects of participation on tenants and evidences their use of consumerist and communitarian discourses to construct alternative perceptions of a ‘public’, and re-imagine their relationship with public services.
(Publisher abstract)
New relationships between service users and the welfare state have emerged as a result of governmental strategies of public service reform in which participation has appeared as the cure for a putative welfare dependency. A new public has been invoked in technologies of governance which have conflated responsible citizenship with participation in the marketplace and have aimed to change the behaviour of welfare service users accordingly. This paper investigates the ability of welfare service users to resist, or amend, the disciplinary intentions of these discourses, to constitute ‘counter-publics’, and to formulate their own visions of public services. Drawing on research with English social housing tenants engaged in participation with their quasi-public landlords, and applying a theoretical framework based on the work of feminist and queer theorist Judith Butler, the paper explores the behavioural effects of participation on tenants and evidences their use of consumerist and communitarian discourses to construct alternative perceptions of a ‘public’, and re-imagine their relationship with public services.
(Publisher abstract)
Subject terms:
social housing, user participation, tenants, service users;
This report was commissioned to provide a clear picture of the level and make-up of sheltered housing in Northern Ireland and on the current tenant profile. It draws on a number of primary research sources including surveys of sheltered housing providers and their tenants, a survey of people who turned down sheltered housing, focus groups of older people not living in sheltered housing and of younger people who may consider it as a housing option. The findings highlight that occupancy is not, in itself, of major concern within sheltered housing provision in Northern Ireland, that current tenants are largely satisfied with their accommodation and services, and that the physical condition of schemes is also considered to be of high quality. Of more concern is the shifting profile of tenants
This report was commissioned to provide a clear picture of the level and make-up of sheltered housing in Northern Ireland and on the current tenant profile. It draws on a number of primary research sources including surveys of sheltered housing providers and their tenants, a survey of people who turned down sheltered housing, focus groups of older people not living in sheltered housing and of younger people who may consider it as a housing option. The findings highlight that occupancy is not, in itself, of major concern within sheltered housing provision in Northern Ireland, that current tenants are largely satisfied with their accommodation and services, and that the physical condition of schemes is also considered to be of high quality. Of more concern is the shifting profile of tenants and their associated needs and support requirements, with increasing numbers of younger people with learning difficulties, people with mental health and addiction problems and older people who have aged in place and now have considerable support and care needs. This broadening tenant mix is important, both for those living in sheltered schemes and those managing them. A number of key issues are provided for sheltered housing providers and strategic stakeholders.
... for assessment by the Welsh Government, worked with a Quality Assurance Officer to gain meaningful feedback from its tenants to improve the services delivered to them. First Choice had previously used traditional satisfaction questionnaires and surveys. In order to gain honest feedback and to reach tenants who may traditionally not be involved in tenant participation work, the services were engaged of an independent Quality Assurance Officer. The Quality Assurance Officer visited a total of 28 (20%) of tenants homes. Issues raised in these interviews included parking, maintenance issues, and antisocial behaviour. The responses increased the association’s understanding of the barriers that tenants face and enabled them to address individual concerns.
In December 2011, a new regulatory framework for housing associations was introduced by the Welsh Government. The principle aim of the framework is to ‘ensure that housing associations provide good quality services to tenants’. First Choice Housing Association provides homes for individuals with learning disabilities in Wales and Shropshire. This article describes how First Choice, in readiness for assessment by the Welsh Government, worked with a Quality Assurance Officer to gain meaningful feedback from its tenants to improve the services delivered to them. First Choice had previously used traditional satisfaction questionnaires and surveys. In order to gain honest feedback and to reach tenants who may traditionally not be involved in tenant participation work, the services were engaged of an independent Quality Assurance Officer. The Quality Assurance Officer visited a total of 28 (20%) of tenants homes. Issues raised in these interviews included parking, maintenance issues, and antisocial behaviour. The responses increased the association’s understanding of the barriers that tenants face and enabled them to address individual concerns.
Social housing providers talked about evicting tenants who were involved in the summer riots and disturbances. Currently only two councils, Wandsworth and Greenwich, have started eviction proceedings with neither case has yet to proceed to county court. The author discusses whether there is any real enthusiasm in the social housing sector for such sanctions.
Social housing providers talked about evicting tenants who were involved in the summer riots and disturbances. Currently only two councils, Wandsworth and Greenwich, have started eviction proceedings with neither case has yet to proceed to county court. The author discusses whether there is any real enthusiasm in the social housing sector for such sanctions.
Subject terms:
social housing, tenants, anti-social behaviour, eviction;