(A). … A Step in the Right Direction? In this legislation, there is recognition by the Government that a social housing tenancy should not be ‘for life’ and that tenants’ circumstances change, both financially and in family make-up. Some would say that such ‘recognition’ is long overdue, as often social housing is allocated in times [...]
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June 15th, 2012
Sub letting of social housing to become a criminal offence.
The Housing Minister, Grant Shapps, MP announced earlier this year plans to make sub-letting of social housing a criminal offence. As we are all too aware, social housing tenants who sub let can earn thousands of pounds a year renting their homes out to private tenants and if discovered, face no greater a penalty than [...]
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Tags: Government Proposals, Social Housing, Sub Letting 
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