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Access injunctions: legal pathways to forced access and decants

Access injunctions: legal pathways to forced access and decants

Tim Pearl, Samantha Rutter and Sarah Christy examine the different views the courts have taken in relation to forced access to tenants’ homes.

December 03, 2025

Access injunctions: legal pathways to forced access and decants

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News

Government launches call for evidence on claims management companies and housing disrepair cases

December 04, 2025

Upper Tribunal judge finds for council in dispute over HMO licensing and provision of microwave ovens

December 03, 2025

London borough refers tenant management organisation to Financial Conduct Authority

December 01, 2025

Council ordered to reconsider homelessness status of convicted offender over failure to recognise intervening event

Dec 01, 2025

Upper Tribunal allows appeal by council and orders fresh hearing over imposition of HMO licence condition

Nov 28, 2025

Regulator of Social Housing hands council “serious failings” grading amid concerns over its operation of PFI agreements

Nov 28, 2025

Public Services Ombudsman for Wales consults on whether to undertake investigation into responses of social landlords to reports of disrepair

Nov 24, 2025

Tenant obtains £115,000 settlement from council over unlawful eviction

Nov 21, 2025

LGA backs mandatory licensing regime for all supported-housing schemes

Nov 20, 2025

Ombudsman urges social landlords to learn lessons from wider orders on poorly handled temporary moves

Nov 18, 2025

Two-thirds of councils have not prosecuted a single landlord in past three years: report

Nov 18, 2025

Councils projected to face “£3bn funding black hole” for temporary accommodation by 2029/30, LGA warns

Nov 17, 2025

Renters to see the end of Section 21 ‘No-fault Evictions’ by May 2026

Nov 14, 2025

Regulator of Social Housing and Charity Commission unveils cooperation plan of action

Nov 14, 2025

Flat leaseholders win potentially pyrrhic victory against council

Nov 13, 2025

Criminal investigation launched into “serious internal housing fraud” at London borough

Nov 11, 2025

Council network’s analysis finds £268m drained from local authorities annually

Nov 11, 2025

Welsh Ombudsman uncovers systemic failures and years of disrepair at housing association

Nov 10, 2025

Borough council resolves to take legal action over asylum hotel

Nov 10, 2025

Housing condition claims against councils rise nearly 400% in five years: report

Nov 10, 2025

City council refuses to implement Ombudsman recommendation on financial remedy in second homelessness case

Nov 06, 2025

Governance and risk management key to addressing challenges in social housing sector, says Regulator

Nov 06, 2025

Court of Appeal rejects claim judge was wrong to exclude evidence in dispute over impact of housing allocations scheme on people with disabilities

Nov 05, 2025

London borough wins appeal over out-of-borough placement

Nov 05, 2025

Court of Appeal rejects claim council had duty to tell tenant that he was entitled to another review when informing him main housing duty had been discharged

Nov 05, 2025

London borough defeats High Court challenge to designation under housing allocation scheme

Nov 05, 2025

District judge refuses to give social landlord permission to force entry into home of tenant to do gas safety check

Nov 05, 2025

Housing Ombudsman unveils revised special investigations process aimed at facilitating early resolutions

Oct 31, 2025

Government and district council at loggerheads over performance of services following adoption of four-day working week

Oct 30, 2025

Government issues guidance for councils on new powers of investigation under Renters’ Rights Act

Oct 30, 2025

City council at fault for how it removed resident from housing register: Ombudsman

Oct 29, 2025

Renters’ Rights Act receives Royal Assent heralding new protections for private tenants

Oct 28, 2025

Child left with water running down bedroom wall among latest round of damp and mould cases highlighted by Ombudsman

Oct 28, 2025

RSH chief executive to step down in April 2026

Oct 28, 2025

First phase of Awaab’s Law comes into force for social landlords

Oct 27, 2025

Mayor of London to get new call-in and Green Belt powers

Oct 23, 2025

Welsh social landlord to procure £360k legal services framework

Oct 23, 2025

Government issues updated guidance to help social landlords prepare for Awaab’s Law coming into force later this month

Oct 20, 2025

Winckworth Sherwood hires social housing finance specialist Whitty

Oct 16, 2025

London Councils estimates £740m temporary accommodation shortfall across capital

Oct 15, 2025

Defendant ordered to pay £90,000 in compensation over unlawful subletting of housing association property

Oct 15, 2025

Homes England to hold preliminary market engagement over £60m legal services framework

Oct 13, 2025

Divisional Court rejects counterclaims from contract holders for rent repayments over failure of Welsh social landlords to provide electrical condition reports

Oct 09, 2025

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Fix it fast: How “Awaab’s Law” is forcing action in social housing

Eleanor Jones sets out what "Awaab's Law" will mean in practice for social landlords.

Fix it fast: How “Awaab’s Law” is forcing action in social housing

Housing management in practice: six challenges shaping the sector

Rebecca Rees provides key takeaways on six key challenges in housing management, including how to tackle anti-social behaviour.

Housing management in practice: six challenges shaping the sector

Why AI must power the next wave of Social Housing delivery

For years, national housing policy has wrestled with the tension between aspiration and delivery. Targets have been set and missed; waiting lists have grown longer, and the most vulnerable people in our society have been left with fewer safe, affordable places to call home.…

Why AI must power the next wave of Social Housing delivery

Features

Preparing for heat network regulation: timelines, obligations, and next steps

Preparing for heat network regulation: timelines, obligations, and next steps

December 03, 2025

Kris Kelliher and Jonathan Jarvis examine the UK’s new heat network regulations, phased from 2025 to 2028, and what they mean for operators, landlords, and developers.

The lost enforcement of section 21

The lost enforcement of section 21

December 03, 2025

One of the less obvious benefits of the section 21 regime has been its substantial effect as an enforcement tool to drive good landlord behaviours. Much of this is to be lost under the Renters’ Rights Act and is only partly being replaced, writes David Smith.

Housing case alert - November 2025

Housing case alert - November 2025

December 03, 2025

Paul Lloyd, Gavinder Ryait and Sarah Christy round up the latest housing law rulings of interest to local authorities and housing associations.

Section 21 - It’s not over yet

Section 21 - It’s not over yet

December 03, 2025

Toby Vanhegan and Ayesha Omar report on a successful appeal over the validity of a section 21 notice served by a registered provider of social housing and the date requiring the tenant to leave.

Expert evidence in housing conditions claims

Expert evidence in housing conditions claims

Dec 02, 2025

Inquests and Housing

Inquests and Housing

Dec 02, 2025

The future of housing: What procurement and contracts teams need to know

The future of housing: What procurement and contracts teams need to know

Nov 26, 2025

Causation and being “homeless intentionally”

Causation and being “homeless intentionally”

Nov 21, 2025

Awaab’s Law and Fitness for Human Habitation – the same, but different?

Awaab’s Law and Fitness for Human Habitation – the same, but different?

Nov 10, 2025

Not all fun and games

Nov 10, 2025

The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 and rent paid during periods of unfitness

Nov 06, 2025

From the front line of HMO licensing

Nov 06, 2025

Housing case alert: September/October 2025

Nov 06, 2025

Social housing, ASB and persons unknown injunctions

Oct 30, 2025

ASB Case Reviews: updated statutory guidance

Oct 17, 2025

Tackling youth ASB in social housing

Oct 02, 2025

Understanding part-heard hearings in civil litigation

Oct 02, 2025

Social and affordable housing as a driver of economic growth

Sep 30, 2025

Suitability of accommodation offered in performance of the prevention duty

Sep 30, 2025

A gem of a case on section 106 mortgagee exclusion clauses?

Sep 26, 2025

Housing law case alert: August 2025

Sep 04, 2025

Court awards pre-allocation costs in housing disrepair claim despite omission of CPR 46.11

Sep 04, 2025

Social housing fraud litigation in the context of Airbnb-style lettings

Sep 04, 2025

Statements of case in housing disrepair claims

Sep 03, 2025

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Awaab’s Law and Fitness for Human Habitation – the same, but different?

Max Gordon and Matthew Timm discuss the impact of the newly implemented Awaab's Law, examining the obligations of Social Landlords.

Homelessness and Social Housing Allocations (Wales) Bill: all change?

The Empty Homes Crisis

Empty Homes: Data, Policy and the Housing Crisis

Home Truths - Dissecting Section 16J: Criminal Confusion in the Renters’ Rights Bill - 42 Bedford Row

Home Truths: Grounds for Possession under the Renters' Rights Bill - 42 Bedford Row

Home Truths - The Abolition of ASTs and s.21 No Fault Evictions

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Walker Morris supports Tower Hamlets Council in first known Remediation Contribution Order application issued by local authority

Walker Morris has supported Tower Hamlets London Borough Council (LBTH) in issuing what is believed to be one of the first Remediation…

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