[Ben Reeve Lewis gathers up his tweets ..] As many of you will know I tweet out housing news stories all week that have caught my eye for one reason or another, hoping they might pique my followers … [Read more...]
Ben Reeve-Lewis' Friday Newsround #2
[News and views from our investigative reporter Ben Reeve-Lewis, with a bit of comment from me - Ed] Searching for information in different ways to what I used to do with TRO Confidential has been a … [Read more...]
Housing benefit / LHA scheme criticised by Shelter
There have always been criticisms of the new Local Housing Allowance (LHA) scheme, for example see this report here I did in October 2007. Shelter have now issued further criticism of the scheme after … [Read more...]
Shelter victory in sale and rent back case
Housing charity Shelter are jubilant after succeeding in saving the home of Paul Amanda Jackson of Shrewsbury, where they had lived for over 20 years. According to the BBC report, Mr and Mrs Jackson … [Read more...]
Landlord registration scheme in Scotland not working, says Shelter
According to a report on the Shelter Scotland web-site, one in four rented properties in Scotland is not covered by the Scottish registration scheme, which came into force three years ago today. It … [Read more...]
Shelter – Charity of the Month (December 2008)
Shelter is a great force for good in this country and thousands of tenants and homeless people will be forever grateful to it for its help. As they say on their web-site "Shelter believes everyone … [Read more...]