Sentences with phrase «vulnerable tenants»

Firstly, there must be an immediate impact assessment on how the bedroom tax affects vulnerable tenants in both social and private rented housing.

London Bishops are calling on the housing minister to protect vulnerable tenants from bad landlords.

Andrew Griffiths, principal policy officer of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) argued: «This survey emphasises the importance for local authorities to have clear enforcement strategies in place to deal with the worst properties and the most vulnerable tenants.»

«It is unconscionable that property owners and landlords throughout New York City have been lining their pockets by employing practices that rely on vulnerable tenants» lack of access to legal representation, and preying on their financial insecurity,» the lawmakers wrote.

A spokesperson for the Department of Work and Pensions said they were «carefully monitoring the policy nationally» and would ensure that «extra funds to support vulnerable tenants are used well as these changes are introduced».

«The fact is, Mark Gjonaj has spent his career in Albany rolling back protections for women, supporting predatory lenders and targeting vulnerable tenants.

API Legal Outreach's Housing Project works on behalf of vulnerable tenants and homeowners to prevent homelessness and preserve affordable housing.

Further, while the new Regulation does address optional stays of orders, it would be better for vulnerable tenants if orders on appeal were automatically stayed, as with the Landlord and Tenant Board in Ontario.

While these changes to the Regulation take some steps toward providing vulnerable tenants and unsophisticated litigants with a fairer hearing process, we had hoped to see more substantive changes.

Faisel is happy to discuss how best landlord and tenants can deal with possession claims against vulnerable tenants that might raise issues of disability discrimination.

Government alleviates homelessness, vulnerable tenant groups have access to affordable housing, investor - landlords drive local economies through increased property, income and corporate taxes, and sustaining more jobs, lenders have new sources of investment opportunities.

After losing power in 2010, Labour began a review of their policies and gradually began to promote greater intervention in private renting to protect vulnerable tenants.

BC's most vulnerable tenants are those hit the hardest by this trend.It is commonly known that BC's social housing providers are not able to keep up with the demand.

«As we have made progress in strengthening our housing laws, they have moved to ever more dangerous arenas of attack on vulnerable tenants and are now using construction as a weapon.»

«Protecting vulnerable tenants has been, and will remain, a top priority of my office.»

The government says an extra # 155 million has been set aside this year to help «vulnerable tenants», with # 30 million specifically earmarked for disabled people and foster carers.

We are giving councils an extra # 155m this year so that they can help their vulnerable tenants including # 30m to support disabled people and foster carers.

She habitually acts on behalf of local authorities, registered providers and vulnerable tenants, and regularly appears before the Upper Tribunal and Court of Appeal.