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Housing bodies express concern over Government decision to “scale back” funding aimed at bringing together social care and supported housing
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Housing company set up by North West council looks to appoint legal services provider to £110k, one-year contract
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Housing condition claims against councils rise nearly 400% in five years: report
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Housing consortium names 11 law firms to £50m legal services framework
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Housing group names Essex Legal Services and 22 firms to £12m panel
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Housing groups express concern at revived proposal to extend Right to Buy to all housing association tenants
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Housing groups send joint letter to minister calling for protection of homelessness services from decommissioning by county councils
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Housing Law Practitioners Association criticises MoJ consultation on dispute resolution
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Housing Law Practitioners’ Association allowed to intervene in urgent appeal relating to stay of possession proceedings during COVID-19
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Housing lawyers group to intervene in case concerning whether low value damages claims should exhaust internal complaints process before litigation
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Housing lawyers group writes open letter to Gove amid concern over directions to use Ombudsman
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Housing lawyers warn of “potentially catastrophic” impact of fixed recoverable costs on legal aid providers
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Housing management companies fined £45k after Merseyside council brings prosecutions over lack of selective licence
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Housing mediation pilot “must not replace the usual routes to access justice”: Law Society
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Housing Ombudsman “remains concerned” about practices of some social landlords in handling of complaints and legal claims
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Housing Ombudsman accuses G15 housing association of “repeated failings” on repairs, complaints and service charge enquiries
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