HOUSING LAW NEWS & POLICY ISSUES

Rough sleepers
On 13 October 2020 the Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick announced measures designed to help rough sleepers during the winter months. They include:

• A new £10 million Cold Weather Fund to support councils get rough sleepers off the streets during the winter by helping them to provide more self-contained accommodation.
• An additional £2 million for faith and community groups to help them provide secure accommodation for rough sleepers (as to which also see the news item immediately below).
• Guidance to the sector, produced with Public Health England, Homeless Link and Housing Justice to help shelters open more safely, where not doing so would endanger lives.

For the announcement, click here. For the response of Crisis, click here. For coverage of the announcement in the Guardian, click here.

Covid-19: provision of night shelters
On 13 October 2020 the MHCLG published operating principles for commissioners and providers of night shelters for people experiencing rough sleeping. Rick Henderson, Chief Executive of Homeless Link, commenting on the guidance and the announcement of relief measures (above), said:

“The Government is clear that this guidance for night shelters should be used as a last resort. Managing infection risks in shelters during the pandemic is key to addressing the risks to users and workers. Therefore the guidance for communal shelters should only be implemented where it is not possible to provide self-contained provision, where the balance of risk means lives might otherwise be lost, and where a local decision has been taken that this is the right thing to do. It is important to have this guidance available so those operating shelters can be ready for any such emergencies.

“We are pleased to be administering the £2m funding to ensure it reaches the local services who need it most. But this funding does not take away the need to ensure Local Authorities have the resources they need to provide the wider package of support needed to help those at risk of homelessness this winter. Particularly for areas on high alert, it is vital that Local Authorities and their partners can provide the accommodation and the support needed to keep people safe.”
For the guidance, click here. For the response of Homeless Link, click here.

Homelessness: NFA best practice report
On 16 October 2020 the National Federation of ALMOs published an executive summary outlining the key findings from its best practice homelessness report. For the executive summary, click here. For the full report, published on 24 September 2020, click here and then click on the link in the opened press release.

Draft Building Safety Bill: pre-legislative scrutiny
On 19 October 2020 the Commons Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee held the final session of its pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Building Safety Bill when it took evidence from Minister for Building Safety and Communities, Lord Greenhalgh, and others. To view the session, click here. For details of the Committee’s pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft bill, click here.

Affordable Homes Guarantee Scheme
On 16 October 2020 the MHCLG announced that ARA Venn will manage the Government’s new £3 billion Affordable Homes Guarantee Scheme. The scheme will help to finance affordable homes across England, including for social rent, affordable rent and shared ownership. The funding is intended to provide low-cost, flexible loans that will support registered providers to deliver their development plans and deliver new affordable homes. The scheme will be complementary to the new Affordable Homes Programme. For the announcement, click here. For the scheme’s rules, click here.

Right to rent
On 16 October 2020 the MHCLG published a step-by-step guide for any landlord of private residential property in England to determine whether a prospective tenant has the right to rent that property. For the guide, click here.

Freehold houses: estate charges
It is becoming increasingly common on new-build private estates for freeholders to be required to contribute to the maintenance of the estate’s communal areas and facilities. This practice has been referred to as 'fleecehold'. On 15 October 2020 the House of Commons Library published a short paper providing background on the issue and setting out the Government's proposed reforms. The paper mainly covers England – section 7 covers Wales. For the paper, click here.

Landlords’ ‘No DSS’ policies
On 14 October 2020 the House of Commons Library published a briefing paper considering evidence of private landlords' reluctance to let to prospective tenants in receipt of Housing Benefit/Universal Credit. The paper looks at the reasons behind this reluctance and action being taken to challenge landlords/agents who operate a "no DSS" policy. For the briefing paper, click here.

Ofgem protection relating to energy bills
On 19 October 2020 Ofgem confirmed plans to strengthen protections for customers who may struggle to pay their energy bills this winter. Following a consultation in June, Ofgem is introducing new licence rules for suppliers from 15 December 2020. One will require suppliers to offer emergency credit to customers struggling to top up their prepayment meter, many of whom are likely to be in vulnerable circumstances. Suppliers will also have to offer extra prepayment credit for households in vulnerable circumstances to provide more breathing space while working out alternative arrangements to pay. For the announcement, click here.

Universal Credit
On 19 October 2020 the Commons Work and Pensions Committee published a report – Universal Credit: the wait for a first payment – which finds that the current wait of at least five weeks causes difficulties for some households. While the existing system of advance payments for those in need can provide a valuable financial lifeline, the Committee is concerned that some people are unable to afford the required repayments. Accordingly, the Committee recommends that a starter payment should be made to people claiming Universal Credit for the first time to ensure that everyone has enough money for basics such as food and heating during the wait for their initial monthly payment. For the report, click here. For a summary, click here. For the report’s conclusions and recommendations, click here.

Young adults living with parents
On 19 October 2020 the University of Loughborough published a report which found that 3.5 million single young people, without children, are now living with their parents. The report says that the ‘crisis’ is likely to increase and that this ‘boomerang generation’ trend is reflected across the whole of society in the UK. The report also found that:

• Six-in-10 single 20 to 34-year-olds without children now live with their parents.
• The proportion has risen from 55 to 63 per cent over the last ten years.
• Having adult children living at home will affect some low-income families by reducing their entitlement to housing benefits.
• Parents with good jobs and those with stable housing (not privately renting) are more likely to have their sons and daughters living with them.

For the report, click here. For the university’s press release, click here. For an article in the Guardian, click here.

Housing association announces comprehensive building and fire safety review of residential blocks
On 19 October 2020 Notting Hill Genesis announced that it will undertake a comprehensive safety review across a six-block residential development in London following expert advice that the construction of the buildings may be putting residents at risk. All residents living in Paragon – about 1,000 people in total – have been asked to leave immediately in order to protect their health and safety while further investigative work is undertaken. Paragon is a development of six blocks containing a total of 1,059 homes in Brentford, Hounslow. The estate was owned initially by the former Presentation Housing Association, which became part of Notting Hill Housing – now Notting Hill Genesis – in 2009. For the housing association’s press release concerning the review, click here.

Bristol students to withhold rent over university's 'lack of support'
On 19 October 2020 the Guardian reported that more than 800 mainly first-year students in Bristol “are poised to stage a rent strike in protest at the university’s treatment of people forced to self-isolate in halls and degree courses taught almost entirely online”. Organisers have called on Bristol University to release students who want to go home from their rental contracts and refund deposits, and to offer those who choose to stay a 30 per cent reduction in rent for the rest of the year. For the report, click here.

HOUSING LAWS IN THE PIPELINE

Fire Safety Bill
This Government bill would make provision about the application of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 where a building contains two or more sets of domestic premises; and would confer power to amend that order in future for the purposes of changing the premises to which it applies. The bill completed its final stages in the House of Commons on 7 September 2020. It received its first reading in the House of Lords on 8 September 2020 and its second reading on 1 October 2020. The committee stage will begin on 29 October 2020. For the bill, as introduced in the House of Lords, click here. To read debates on all stages of the bill, click here. For a briefing note prepared by the Local Government Association on second reading in the House of Lords, click here. To follow progress of the bill, click here.

Caravan Sites Bill
This private members’ bill, sponsored by Sir Christopher Chope, would amend the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 to remove planning permission requirements for caravan site licence applicants. It received its first reading in the House of Commons on 10 February 2020. The second reading has been brought forward to 23 October 2020. For the bill, as introduced, click here. To follow progress of the bill, click here.

Houses in Multiple Occupation Bill
This private member’s bill, sponsored by Ian Levy, would amend the law relating to the licensing of houses in multiple occupation and increase penalties for the contravention of such licences. The bill received its first reading on 9 September 2020 and is scheduled to receive its second reading on 5 February 2021. The bill is being prepared for publication. To follow progress of the bill, click here.

Domestic Premises (Energy Performance) Bill
This private member’s bill, sponsored by Lord Foster of Bath, would require the Secretary of State to ensure that domestic properties have a minimum energy performance rating of C on an Energy Performance Certificate; to make provision regarding performance and insulation of new heating systems in existing properties. The first reading was on 8 January 2020 and the second reading on 7 February 2020. The committee stage will commence on a date to be appointed. For the bill, as introduced, click here. To follow progress of the bill, click here.

Domestic Properties (Minimum Energy Performance) Bill
This private member’s bill, sponsored by Sir David Amess, would require the Secretary of State to ensure that domestic properties have a minimum energy performance rating of C on an Energy Performance Certificate; to give the Secretary of State powers to require persons to take action in pursuance of that duty. The first reading was on 14 July 2020 and the second reading will now take place on 23 October 2020. The bill is being prepared for publication. To follow progress of the bill, click here.

Rented Homes Bill
This private member’s bill, sponsored by Baroness Grender, would amend the Housing Act 1988 to abolish assured shorthold tenancies; and to extend the grounds upon which landlords of residential housing may recover possession. First reading took place on 22 January 2020. The second reading will be on a date to be announced. For the bill, as introduced, click here. To follow progress of the bill, click here.

Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill
This Government bill would amend the electronic communications code set out in Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003; by doing so, it would address one stated policy barrier: making it easier for telecoms companies to access multi-dwelling buildings (such as blocks of flats) where a tenant has requested a new connection, but the landlord has not responded to requests for access rights. The bill received its first reading in the House of Commons on 8 January 2020 and its second reading on 22 January 2020. For the second reading debate, click here. The committee stage was completed on 11 February 2020. For the committee debate, click here. The third reading in the House of Commons was on 10 March 2020; for the debate, click here. First reading in the House of Lords was on 11 March 2020. The second reading was on 22 April 2020. The committee stage was completed on 2 June 2020 and the report stage on 29 June 2020. The third reading will be on a date to be announced. For the bill, as introduced in the House of Lords, click here. To follow progress of the bill, click here. For a briefing, prepared by the House of Commons Library after second reading in the House of Commons, click here.

Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Bill
This Welsh Government bill seeks to amend the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 to provide greater security for people who rent their homes in Wales. This will particularly affect those who live in the private rented sector and occupy their homes under a ‘standard occupation contract’, the equivalent to the current assured shorthold tenancy, after the 2016 Act comes into force. This additional security will primarily be achieved by extending the minimum notice period for issuing a section 173 notice under the 2016 Act (the equivalent of the current section 21 notice under the Housing Act 1988) from two months to six months. Landlords will also be prevented from issuing such a notice until at least six months from the date of occupancy. Further provisions will also ensure that landlords are unable to issue rolling ‘speculative’ notices on a ‘just in case’ basis. The bill was introduced in the Senedd on 10 February 2020. Stage 1 (debate in Plenary on general principles) has not yet been reached. The Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee laid its report on the bill on 1 October 2020. The Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee laid its report on the bill on 2 October 2020.The Finance Committee considered the bill on 14 September 2020. For the bill as introduced, all other documents relating to it, and to follow progress on the  bill, click here.

Evictions (Universal Credit Claimants) Bill
This private members’ bill, sponsored by Chris Stephens, seeks to place a duty on the Secretary of State to prevent the evictions of Universal Credit claimants in rent arrears. The bill is being prepared for publication. It received its first reading in the House of Commons on 10 February 2020. The second reading has been further postponed to 29 January 2021. To follow progress of the bill, click here.

Homeless People (Current Accounts) Bill
This private members’ bill, sponsored by Peter Bone, would require banks to provide current accounts for homeless people seeking work. The bill is being prepared for publication. It received its first reading in the House of Commons on 10 February 2020. The second reading has been postponed to 5 March 2021. To follow progress of the bill, click here.

Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment) Bill
This private members’ bill, sponsored by Sir Christopher Chope, seeks to amend the Mobile Homes Act 1983. The bill is being prepared for publication. It received its first reading in the House of Commons on 10 February 2020. The second reading has been further postponed to 23 October 2020. To follow progress of the bill, click here.

Mobile Homes and Park Homes Bill
This private members’ bill, sponsored by Sir Christopher Chope, would require the use of published criteria to determine whether mobile homes and park homes are liable for council tax or non-domestic rates; make provision in relation to the residential status of such homes; and amend the Mobile Home Acts. The bill is being prepared for publication. It received its first reading in the House of Commons on 10 February 2020. The second reading has been further postponed to 15 January 2021. To follow progress of the bill, click here.

Housing Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill
This private members’ bill, sponsored by Sir Christopher Chope, seeks to amend Part 3 of the Housing Act 2004 to provide that any selective licensing scheme for residential accommodation extends to social housing. The bill is being prepared for publication. It received its first reading on 10 February 2020. The second reading has been further postponed to 15 January 2021. To follow progress of the bill, click here.

Sublet Property (Offences) Bill
This private members’ bill, sponsored by Sir Christopher Chope, would make the breach of certain rules relating to sub-letting rented accommodation a criminal offence and would make provision for criminal sanctions in respect of unauthorised sub-letting. The bill is being prepared for publication. It received its first reading on 10 February 2020. The second reading has been further postponed to 13 November 2020. To follow progress of the bill, click here.

Vagrancy (Repeal) Bill
This private members’ bill, sponsored by Layla Moran, would repeal the Vagrancy Act 1824. It received its first reading in the House of Commons on 18 March 2020. The second reading has been further postponed to 23 October 2020. For the bill as introduced, click here. To follow progress of the bill, click here.

NEW HOUSING CASES

R (on the application Z and another) v Hackney London Borough Council and another [2020] UKSC 40

Background to the appeal
This appeal is about the application of anti-discrimination law to charities, where they are established to provide benefits (in this case, social housing) for particular groups which are the subject of their charitable objectives. The relevant anti-discrimination laws are contained in the Equality Act 2010 and Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 (the “Race Directive”).

The charitable objective of Agudas Israel Housing Association Ltd (the “Housing Charity”) is to make social housing available primarily for members of the Orthodox Jewish community in Hackney, in particular the Haredi community. It makes properties available via an online portal operated by Hackney London Borough Council (the “Council”), which is open to applicants for social housing whom the Council has identified as having a priority need. The Council cannot compel the Housing Charity to take tenants who do not fall within scope of its charitable objective and its selection criteria. This, combined with a significant surplus of need for social housing on the part of the Orthodox Jewish community, means that in practice the Council only nominates and the Housing Charity only accepts members of that community for the Housing Charity’s properties. The social housing provided by the Housing Charity makes up less than 1 per cent of the social housing available in Hackney.

The principal appellant (the appellant) is a single mother with four small children, two of whom have autism. The Council identified the appellant as having a priority need for social housing in a larger property, and she has now been housed by the Council in such a property. However, she had to wait longer to be allocated suitable housing as she is not a member of the Orthodox Jewish community and so larger properties owned by the Housing Charity which became vacant were not available to her. She issued proceedings against the Council and the Housing Charity, alleging that she had thereby suffered unlawful direct discrimination on grounds of race or religion contrary to the Equality Act 2010. The Divisional Court dismissed the claim and the Court of Appeal dismissed her appeal.

The appellant now appeals to this Court. She was given permission to add to her claim based on the Equality Act 2010 a new claim that the allocation policy of the Housing Charity contravened the Race Directive by unlawfully discriminating against her on the grounds of race or ethnic origin. The appeal turns on whether the Housing Charity acted unlawfully or not in restricting access to its stock of social housing.

Judgment
The Supreme Court unanimously dismisses the appeal. Lord Sales gives the main judgment (with which Lord Reed, Lord Kerr and Lord Kitchen agree). Lady Arden gives a concurring judgment.
Equality Act 2010

The Equality Act 2010 makes it unlawful to discriminate directly against any person on the basis of certain characteristics, known as protected characteristics. These include ‘race’ and ‘religion or belief’ [17]-[18].

However, the Act sets out exemptions where certain actions will not be considered as unlawful direct discrimination. Section 158 provides one such exemption where positive action addresses in a proportionate manner needs or disadvantages connected to a protected characteristic [19]. Section 193 sets out two further exemptions. Section 193(2)(a) permits charities to restrict benefits to those with a protected characteristic if that restriction is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim and section 193(2)(b) permits charities to restrict benefits to those who share a protected characteristic if the restriction seeks to prevent or compensate for a disadvantage linked to the characteristic [21].

Lord Sales upholds the lower courts’ findings that the Housing Charity’s allocation policy is proportionate and lawful under sections 158 and 193(2)(a) of the Equality Act 2010. A proportionality assessment first requires the identification of a legitimate aim and, secondly, consideration of whether the measures taken to promote that aim are proportionate, having regard to other interests at stake [65]. The dispute in this case centres on what constitutes a legitimate aim [60]-[72]. As found by the Divisional Court and the Court of Appeal, the legitimate aims here include the minimisation of disadvantages which are connected to the Haredi community’s religious identity and counteracting discrimination which they suffer, including in the private housing market, and the fulfilment of relevant needs which are particular to that community [66]. The Housing Charity was entitled to adopt a clear and strict rule about who could and could not apply for its social housing, which meant that it was made available just for members of the Orthodox Jewish community, to ensure that its charitable activities were focused on that community, so that its activities did in fact fulfil its charitable objective to alleviate the problems of that community [76]-[87]. Lord Sales holds that the Divisional Court correctly considered the Housing Charity’s allocation policy in the light of the applicable legal framework and, accordingly, was entitled to find it to be proportionate and lawful under these statutory exemptions. Lord Sales makes his own assessment of proportionality [76]-[87], which is in agreement with that of the Divisional Court [73].

Lord Sales holds that, in any event, the Court of Appeal was right to say that the Divisional Court’s finding of proportionality could only be set aside if it had misdirected itself or reached a decision which was wrong. Applying this approach, he holds that the Divisional Court had been entitled to make this finding, with the result that its decision should be upheld on appeal [74]-[75].
In her concurring judgment, Lady Arden emphasises that an appellate court should generally not make its own assessment of proportionality in such circumstances [120], and with this caveat she agrees with the judgment of Lord Sales [121].

As regards the exemption in section 193(2)(b), the Court dismisses the argument for the appellants that the provision is subject to an implied proportionality requirement. There is no sound basis on which such a requirement could be read into the provision [97]. First, even on the assumption that the case is within the ambit of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the “ECHR”), on the right to respect for private and family life, so that Article 14 of the ECHR (non-discrimination) is applicable, any proportionality requirement inherent in that provision is satisfied by the structure of section 193 itself; Parliament was entitled to create a clear rule applicable to charities in the interests of conserving their resources for use in fulfilling their charitable objectives, having regard, among other things, to the regulation of charities under the Charities Act 2011 to ensure they operate in the public interest and the wide margin of appreciation accorded to Parliament, as the body with democratic authority, in setting social and economic policy, including encouragement for giving to charity [97]-[110]. Secondly, on the same assumption that the case falls within the ambit of Article 8 of the ECHR, even if the structure of section 193 itself did not satisfy any relevant proportionality standard, the drafting of the provision and the policy underlying it are so clear that it would not be possible to read into it an additional proportionality requirement [111]-[115]. In the circumstances, therefore, it is not necessary to resolve the question whether the case falls within the ambit of Article 8 of the ECHR and the Court prefers to leave that issue open [96, 116]. Section 193(2)(b) should be applied according to its express terms. It is common ground that, on this basis, the requirements of section 193(2)(b) are satisfied in this case [50]. Even if a proportionality requirement could be read into the provision, it follows from the decision regarding proportionality in relation to section 158 and section 193(2)(a) that it would have been satisfied [55, 88].

The Race Directive
The Race Directive provides that discrimination on grounds of race or ethnic origin must be unlawful, particularly in relation to housing [89]. The Court finds that the Housing Charity is not in contravention of this directive for the simple reason that its allocation policy differentiates on the basis of religious observance and not race or ethnic origin [89]-[90].

Supreme Court Press Summary

For the judgment, click here.

HOUSING LAW CONSULTATIONS

Ombudsman’s consultation on proposed Own Initiative Investigation on Homelessness Assessment and Review Process – Wales
This consultation seeks views on whether the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales should conduct an investigation into the administration of the homelessness assessment and review process by local authorities in Wales and consider what actions and learning from good administrative practice during the pandemic can be taken forward to drive change or wider learning. The closing date for submissions is 30 October 2020. For the consultation document, click here.

Funding allocation methods: new domestic abuse duty
As part of the Domestic Abuse Bill, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, is introducing a new duty on local authorities in England to provide support for victims and their children in domestic abuse safe accommodation. Subject to the successful passage of the bill, the new duty will commence in April 2021. Under the duty, local authorities will be required to assess the need for and commission support to victims of domestic abuse and their children in safe accommodation services in their areas, and report back to central government that they have met these obligations.

This consultation, which closes on 13 November 2020, seeks views on the government’s proposals for allocation of new burden funding associated with the duty to Tier 1 and Tier 2 local authorities. This consultation will be of particular interest to local authorities across England and is relevant for both upper and lower tiers. For the consultation document, click here.

Raising accessibility standards for new homes
This consultation considers how to raise accessibility standards, recognising the importance of suitable homes for older and disabled people. In particular, it considers how the existing optional accessible and adaptable standard for homes and the wheelchair user standard are used and whether government should mandate a higher standard or reconsider the way the existing optional standards are used. The consultation closes on 1 December 2020. For the consultation document, click here.

Impact of Covid-19 on tenants, landlords, rough sleepers and homelessness
The House of Commons Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has issued a further call for evidence on the impact of Covid-19 on tenants, landlords, rough sleepers and homelessness. The call follows the Committee’s interim report, published in May, which found that successful efforts to tackle rough sleeping during the Covid-19 pandemic risked being squandered if the Government failed to implement and fund a comprehensive exit strategy.
The Committee seeks to understand how effective Government support has been in tackling the negative impact of Covid-19 on tenants, landlords, rough sleepers and the homelessness. It will also consider what additional support may be needed over winter months and following the increase in infection rates. The Committee invites evidence on the following issues:

• How effective has the support provided by the Government been in addressing the impact of Covid-19 on tenants, landlords, rough sleepers and the homeless?
• What might the impact be of a second wave of coronavirus on homelessness and the private rented sector?
• What estimates or data are available on the number of eviction notices served during the ban on evictions?
• What are the best policy options for helping tenants with rent arrears caused by coronavirus?

The deadline for submissions is 27 November 2020. For information about how to submit evidence, click here.

HOUSING LAW ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS

Rebalancing the housing system: Building new communities – does local authority housing hold the key? Ian Doolittle Trowers & Hamlins 14 October 2020 – to read the article, click here

'Call out the lies': UK charities hit back over bids to blame refugees for housing crisis Nicola Kelly Guardian 16 October 2020 – to read the article, click here

Building Safety Charges – five things you need to know Douglas Rhodes Local Government Lawyer 16 October 2020 – to read the article, click here

The coronavirus pandemic has shown we must get better support to people who need it — here’s how Gillian Cooper Citizens Advice 16 October 2020 – to read the article, click here

The New Shared Ownership Scheme Hugo Stephens and Louise Leaver Local Government Lawyer 16 October 2020 – to read the article, click here

UK supreme court backs housing charity's 'Jewish only' rule Robert Booth Guardian 16 October 2020 – to read the article, click here

The Guardian view on Grenfell secrets: regeneration shame Editorial Guardian 18 October 2020 – to read the article, click here

Section 21 notices and notice periods – NL does video Giles Peaker Nearly Legal 18 October 2020 – to read the article, click here

Gypsy and Traveller: update (Nov 20) Tessa Buchanan, Chris Johnson, Dr Angus Murdoch and  Marc Willer QC Legal Action October 2020 ‒ to read the article (subscription required), click here

Housing: recent developments Sam Madge-Wyld and Jan Luba QC Legal Action October 2020 ‒ to read the article (subscription required), click here

HOUSING LAW DIARY

23 October 2020                                   
Second reading in the House of Commons of Caravan Sites Bill (see Housing Laws in the Pipeline)

23 October 2020                                              
Second reading in the House of Commons of Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment) Bill (see Housing Laws in the Pipeline)

23 October 2020                                  
Second reading in the House of Commons of Vagrancy (Repeal) Bill (see Housing Laws in the Pipeline)

23 October 2020                                  
Second reading in the House of Commons of Domestic Properties (Minimum Energy Performance) Bill (see Housing Laws in the Pipeline)

29 October 2020
House of Lords Committee stage begins for the Fire Safety Bill (see Housing Laws in the Pipeline)

30 October 2020                                   
Closing date for submissions to the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales’s consultation on proposed Own Initiative Investigation on Homelessness Assessment and Review Process (see Housing Law Consultations)

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