Social Housing

Rent and Service Charge Standard Consultation

Posted on 18 July 2025 by David Cowan

This is the first of two new posts inspired by the Housing View Team (the very brilliant Justin Bates and Andrew Dymond) which produce a weekly newsletter about housing law and […]

An assortment: Coastal; sharp practice; breathing space moratoria

Posted on 4 July 2025 by David Cowan

This is going to be very much an assortment of different things which have been happening in the background (partly because I have just completed the Legal Action owner-occupier update […]

Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation Bill – Deep Dive 3

Posted on 20 June 2025 by David Cowan

So far in these posts, I have focused mostly on the homelessness stuff in the Bill.  Today's post straddles both parts and deals with clauses 10 and 36.  Or, more […]

Asylum-seekers and housing rights

Posted on 13 June 2025 by David Cowan

In this post, I have decided not to publicise or hyperlink to news or media stories but I have become aware of certain aspirational politicians within certain parties who are […]

Shared ownership – new code launched

Posted on 6 June 2025 by David Cowan

I'm afraid that I am, and have been for the last 30 years (since I came across it), a shared ownership sceptic.  With my colleagues, I have written fairly extensively […]

Research into the Implications of the Renting Homes Act 2016 for Refuge Accommodation

Posted on 6 June 2025 by David Cowan

This research report, authored by Helen Carr, Miranda Keast and myself, has now been published.  This blog, in fact, came about in part because a lot of people told us […]

Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation Bill

Posted on 20 May 2025 by David Cowan

This Bill was published yesterday (I'm writing this on Tuesday as off to a conference later), and this is a holding note just to explain what looks like the outstanding […]

Legislation klaxon

Posted on 9 May 2025 by David Cowan

Three new housing Bills were announced for this final year of the current administration by Julie James, Counsel General, on 29th April: homelessness; social housing allocation; and building safety.  The […]

Coastal 2 – Hearing dates

Posted on 9 May 2025 by David Cowan

Forgive the extra break in the blog from last week (on vacation).  The big news is that the hearing dates in what this blog has called Coastal 2 (the fallout […]

Hoarders

Posted on 25 April 2025 by David Cowan

Experience suggests that there can be few harder, more serious issues raised than those raised by hoarders.  Hoarding is a recognised psychological condition, commonly found alongside other psychological conditions.  For […]