Government to stop human rights challenge
Government to stop human rights challenge
- 2003
- Housing Today (333) 16 May 2003, 10(1) ODPM News Release (2003/0089) 22 May 2003 (3) .
Government plans to prevent landlords using the Human Rights Act to challenge the compulsory leasing of empty property by local authorities. As part of Empty Homes Week (19-23 May 2003) government is launching a consultation on the issue; the proposal is to give councils the power to take over empty private homes, refurbish them and lease them to homeless or key workers before returning them to their owners. The consultation can be viewed on the ODPM website at http://www.housing.odpm.gov.uk/information/consult/emptyhomes/index.htm http://www.odpm.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2003_0089
KEY WORKERS
EMPTY HOMES
HOMELESS PEOPLE
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998
LEGAL ISSUES
COMPULSORY LEASING
PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS
Government plans to prevent landlords using the Human Rights Act to challenge the compulsory leasing of empty property by local authorities. As part of Empty Homes Week (19-23 May 2003) government is launching a consultation on the issue; the proposal is to give councils the power to take over empty private homes, refurbish them and lease them to homeless or key workers before returning them to their owners. The consultation can be viewed on the ODPM website at http://www.housing.odpm.gov.uk/information/consult/emptyhomes/index.htm http://www.odpm.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2003_0089
KEY WORKERS
EMPTY HOMES
HOMELESS PEOPLE
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998
LEGAL ISSUES
COMPULSORY LEASING
PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS