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International Tenant’s Day theme 2013: Tenure neutrality

Published in Monday October 7th, 2013 In Social movement news

In 2013, the International Tenant´s Day, together with the UN Habitat Day, falls on October 7 – always the first Monday in October. Tenure neutrality is the situation in which the consumer is financially indifferent between owning and renting a dwelling.

Thematic report presented at the General Assembly

Published in Thursday October 3rd, 2013 In Thematic reports

On October 25, Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik presented her annual report to the UN General Assembly in New York. Know more!

Security of Tenure: send your contributions to the report until November 17th

Published in Thursday October 3rd, 2013

The first version of the final report on tenure security, containing recommendations on this subject, is already available for public consultation.

Security of Tenure of the Urban Poor: First Version, Open to Public Consultation – Newsletter #39

Published in Wednesday October 2nd, 2013

The first version of the final report on tenure security, containing recommendations on this subject, is already available for public coonsultation.

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Half the families hit by bedroom tax ‘now in debt’

Published in Thursday September 19th, 2013 In In the media

The Guardian: More than half of families hit by the bedroom tax have been pushed into debt during the first three months of the policy, leading to calls from the country’s biggest housing groups for a retreat from the scheme.

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Bedroom Tax Pushes A Quarter Of Affected Households Into Rent Arrears

Published in Thursday September 19th, 2013 In In the media

Huffington Post: A quarter of households hit by the ‘bedroom tax’ have been pushed into rent arrears for the first time, just five-and-a-half months after it was introduced. National Housing Federation chief executive David Orr said the figures underlined demands for the housing benefit cut to be scrapped to prevent families entering a “spiralling cycle of debt”.

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Special Rapporteur visits Northern Ireland

Published in Thursday September 19th, 2013

UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Ms. Raquel Rolnik visited Northern Ireland on Friday 6th September during her mission to the UK. Check some of the photos posted by the PPR – Participation and the Practice of Rights – that arranged some meetings and field visits.

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UN Special Rapporteur assesses the UK housing condition

Published in Thursday September 12th, 2013

A United Nations investigator looked at Britain’s benefit system, specifically the “Bedroom Tax” she pronounced herself shocked by it. The law requires anyone in social using to pay a fee – from their welfare payments – if they have a spare room.

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Fife rulings could have national implications for future of ‘bedroom tax’

Published in Thursday September 12th, 2013

In a statement that could have nationwide implications, Simon Collins has ruled dimensions do matter when it comes to defining a bedroom. The ruling could open the floodgates for appeals by thousands of tenants affected by the new legislation.

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Brothers’ win blows a hole in bedroom tax benefit cuts

Published in Thursday September 12th, 2013

In a ruling that could open the floodgates for thousands to challenge the under-occupancy legislation, a tribunal found that David Nelson’s spare room was too small to be a bedroom.

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