Ministers have vowed to press ahead with their «bedroom tax» on under -
occupied council housing, after yet another government defeat in the Lords.
Not exact matches
-- Johnson pitches $ 2 billion senior
housing plan, by POLITICO's Conor Skelding: As many as 15,000 low - income seniors could trade their under -
occupied apartments for new apartments nearby, under a new budget proposal rolled out Monday night by City
Council Speaker Corey Johnson.
In May 2000, he joined the
House of Commons Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Select Committee and in July 2003 he was elected Chairman of the Conservative Middle East
Council, a position he still
occupies.
Total 2001 Population: 94207 Male: 49 % Female: 51 % Under 18: 20.9 % Over 60: 17.7 % Born outside UK: 7.8 % White: 95.9 % Black: 0.5 % Asian: 1.9 % Mixed: 0.5 % Other: 1.2 % Christian: 55.5 % Muslim: 1.6 % Graduates 16 - 74: 28.8 % No Qualifications 16 - 74: 23.6 % Owner -
Occupied: 67.1 % Social
Housing: 18.9 % (
Council: 11.7 %,
Housing Ass.: 7.1 %) Privately Rented: 11.7 % Homes without central heating and / or private bathroom: 14.1 %
Total 2001 Population: 107320 Male: 48.2 % Female: 51.8 % Under 18: 25.4 % Over 60: 16.8 % Born outside UK: 17.7 % White: 77.5 % Black: 10.2 % Asian: 7.1 % Mixed: 3.7 % Other: 1.5 % Christian: 65.8 % Hindu: 3.1 % Muslim: 3.9 % Full time students: 3.4 % Graduates 16 - 74: 21.9 % No Qualifications 16 - 74: 25.3 % Owner -
Occupied: 64.3 % Social
Housing: 21.5 % (
Council: 13.5 %,
Housing Ass.: 7.9 %) Privately Rented: 11.9 % Homes without central heating and / or private bathroom: 8.4 %
Speakers will include: Mike Bonin, running for City
Council District 11 and the Reverend RonWeekley, Sr., The Venice Community
Housing Project and
Occupy Venice.
It's a contrast with a previous Artangel commission that involved
occupying architectural space: Rachel Whiteread's
House was demolished in 1993 by a local
council impervious to acclaim for this unforgettable concrete ghost of a once lived - in place.
Stern's boss, Hillary Clinton, has explicitly confirmed what critics of the CFR have often charged: that the
Council unofficially runs the U.S. State Department, and has virtually taken control of the entire executive branch of the federal government, regardless of which party may
occupy the White
House.
In R (on the application of Aweys) v Birmingham City
Council and other applications [2007] EWHC 52 (Admin), [2007] All ER (D) 230 (Jan) the Court of Appeal dismissed the authority's appeal and held that, upon finding a homeless person to be unintentionally homeless, eligible and in priority need, the «main
housing duty» under HA 1996, s 193 (2) arose immediately and that the discharge of this duty could not be met by leaving the applicants in their existing homes: «the homeless at home», which the authority considered no longer reasonable for them to
occupy, while waiting for an offer of permanent accommodation under the allocation scheme.
For instance on 31 July 2003 the
House of Lords in Tomlinson v Congleton Borough
Council and another [2003] UKHL 47 had refused to find on the facts that local authorities were liable in respect of serious disabilities resulting from unauthorised bathing in a lake
occupied by the authorities.