Rent

Coastal 2

Posted on 14 February 2025 by David Cowan

The first post on this blog concerned the blockbuster judgment in Coastal Housing Group v Mitchell.  In short, it will be remembered that contract-holders who were not served with electrical condition reports […]

Local housing allowance

Posted on 14 February 2025 by David Cowan

I suspect that there is not much a lawyer could find that interesting about individual subsidy, but this week the coalescence of housing law and policy is the focus of […]

Thinking about the private rented sector – redux

Posted on 17 January 2025 by David Cowan

The Senedd's Local Government and Housing Committee report on the private rented sector (about which I blogged on 6th December) was debated in plenary session.  It provides an interesting moment […]

Rents

Posted on 20 December 2024 by David Cowan

This is just a short post to draw attention to the Office for National Statistics most recent bulletin on rents and house prices.  The average rent in GB was 9.1% […]

Legislating for adequacy? The WG White Paper Consultation

Posted on 22 November 2024 by David Cowan

I need to say upfront that I'm not a fan of high level thinking about rights and adequacy.  It's often pretty banal stuff and leads you into over-promising.  The controversy […]

When rent is not payable: Coastal Housing Group Ltd v Mitchell

Posted on 13 November 2024 by David Cowan

This is the first substantive post on this blog, and it's a cracker which will have reverberating implications for housing law and policy in Wales: Coastal Housing Group Ltd v […]