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A Pensionerโ€™s Fight Against Housing Injustice

By June Atkinson Last year I experienced a retaliatory eviction. It happened when the landlord and rental agency asked me to pay for repairs. It was illegal, but I had little protection because the Welsh Assembly kept the 'no fault evictions' provision when they changed other aspects of housing law in 2016. I wouldn't pay… Continue reading A Pensionerโ€™s Fight Against Housing Injustice

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Tribunals Research Finds Overcharging in 70% of Cases as HA Service Charge Income Soars

The Regulator of Social Housing has reported that service charge income for housing associations soared by 15.8% to ยฃ1.9 billion in the year to March 2024. Also in 2024, service charge disputes brought to the First Tier Tribunal concurred that tenants and residents had been overcharged in over 70% of cases. Taken together, these figures… Continue reading Tribunals Research Finds Overcharging in 70% of Cases as HA Service Charge Income Soars