L4 Certificate in Housing Housing Policy Image result for Local government tenancy How the Tenure Reform has impacted Housing organisations and their tenants. INTRODUCTION This report has been written by members of Ramsey Town Commissioners housing department, to assist and inform new members of housing staff and to provide information on the impact how the Tenure Reform has affected housing organisation and its tenants. This report will inform members of staff about the following:- •Legislation behind the tenure reform •The advantages and disadvantages for the Fixed term tenancies •The impact a fixed term tenancy has on a tenant •What to do if a tenant does not vacate •Equality across the tenure SUMMARISE Legislation …show more content…
The tenure reform was introduced by the Government under the Localism Act 2011 which allowed Local Authorities the freedom and flexibility to introduce a new forms of tenancies. These flexible tenancies allowed social landlords from the 1st April 2012 to offer all new tenants, a tenancy which would be for a fixed term. This was introduce to try and end long term open ended tenancies for public sector tenants and to allow more flexibility for the housing providers to fix tenancies for a period time minimum 2 years, maximum 5 years. Although existing tenants will not be affected by the change in tenancies, and are still secure in their tenancy. By providing flexible tenancies, allows social landlords to be able to manage their social housing more effectively and deliver a better service for local communities. Although not all local housing authorities decided to use …show more content…
These tenancy strategies must indicate what their plans are for the future and must be transparent and set out all the key objectives and policies in which the Local Authority will follow. Tenants who are issued flexible tenancies will still have the same rights as a secure tenancies which is set out in the Housing Act 1985, such as right to repair and right to buy, but this will only come into effect once they have qualify for a certain period. It became mandatory under the Housing and Planning Act 2016, that most new tenancies offered by a local authority are granted a fixed term tenancy between 2 and 10 years. It is also states in Schedule 7 of the Housing & Planning Act 2016 section 81A (3) that:- “if the person granting the tenancy has been notified in writing that a child aged under 9 will live in the dwelling-house, the permitted maximum length is the period- a.beginning with the day on which the tenancy is granted, and b.ending with the day on which the child will reach the age of 19”. Advantages and Disadvantages of Fixed term tenancy ADVANTAGES
Chicago Housing Authority. Plan for Transformation, Year 3, Moving to Work, Annual Plan FY2002. 16 Oct. 2001.
The Railway Labor Act is “a unique bill that was jointly crafted by labor and management” (Budd 117). It was created as a law in 1926, airlines were added to this in 1936, and they are both still regulated by this today. This act was created to help stop strikes at work that could interrupt interstate commerce, such as depriving any part of the country essential transportation services. There were decades of railroad labor unrest, where widespread work stoppages pitted federal soldiers against the workers who were striking. Two years prior to the signing of this act, President Calvin Coolidge wanted Railroads and Unions to recommend legislation for better labor and management relations that would reduce the dangers of railroad shutdowns. They
The benefits to those organizations that choose to embark on the process of developing a long-range plan are numerous as well as invaluable. Organizations that commit to such planning are able to establish objectives and priorities, make clear their future direction, adapting to both internal and external environmental changes, resolve major issues that impact the organization and obstacles and provide a clear and justifiable rationale for decision making (Bryson & Einsweiler, 1988, p. 3). Ultimately, the public is better
Title IX is a federal law that states “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” Summing that up, Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in education. Title IX has banned sex discrimination in schools since 1972. Title IX is best known for parceling obstacles in sports for women and girls, it also ameliorates for girls to pursue math and science, requires fair treatment for pregnant and parenting students, and protects students from bullying and sexual harassment, among other things. Title IX applies to all educational institutions. Both public and private,
The local authority will also ensure that a suitable placement is put in place for the child for the amount of time that they need to be cared for.
which occurs against the discrimination of the private individuals, this is based on the first section which applies to the actions of the general violates even if not always do occurs for the state agents.
UNISON (2013). Scotland - Housing Policy June 2013 [PDF] Available at UNISON Scotland website; www.unison-scotland.org.uk/housing/MakingHomesForAFairerScotland_June2013.pdf
Tenants being charged a higher rate is also seen in Samiya Bashir’s “Home is Where the Harm is: Inadequate Housing as a Public Health Crisis”. The higher monthly rate is forcing families to neglect other needs, “when families are forced not only to meet, but often exceed, standard spending on housing, other important needs suffer, such as food, health care, and insurance as well as family activities that provide exercise and emotional stability” (Bashir 735).
There were many aspects in our amendment that was in common with the actual fourteenth amendment, as well as many differences. Both amendments agreed on full citizenship for the black population. Both had disbanded the three fifths rule regarding representation. Both amendments included the punishment that no Confederate members were allowed to run for any kind of position of power in the United States. However, our amendment were a little more detailed in how exactly the Southerners will be readmitted. Our amendment included that the Southerners must swear an oath and sign a contract to never succeed from the Union to be readmitted back into the nation and get their rights of representation. Our amendment also mentioned that African Americans
In order to have an amendment ratified, you must have a total of 38 states. The ratification process can be very long, each amendment is given seven years to try and get all 38 states to ratify it. If ratification does not happen during this time, then the amendment will die. The child labor amendment only had 28 states ratify it. While the Equal Rights Amendment had 35 states ratify it. The ERA was actually extended to ten years but still did not make the cut. It was ratified by 30 states, just in one year. It slowed down very quickly. People were afraid of the things that could happen. Some women even thought that they were suppose to work at home, so why try to be like men? These things caused the ERA not to get passed.
Hastings County, Social Housing, “Boxed In” April 2005 (pg. 6, 7, 15, 16, 23, 24, 108) Local Sources (pg. 110-114) Retrieved from: http://www.hastingscounty.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=115&Itemid=88
effect, because they know that it is likely that landlords will not be able to
In 1959, the Government passed the Mental Health Act, the Act aimed to reduce the reliance on long stay institutions, sparking the beginning of de-institutionalisation and community care (Blakemore & Warwick-Booth, 2013). Bauduin (2001) defines de-institutionalisation as the “reform process of mental health care, which involves moving patients from larger scale psychiatric institutions towards the community” (p.12). The focus on de-institutionalisation moved away from institutional care and concentrated more on integrating patients or residents into society, in the form of community care schemes. Furthermore, community care was predestined to be financially beneficial to the state, noting that it would be a cheaper method of providing care (Blakemore & Warwick-Booth, 2013). Bauduin (2001) explains that the objective of community care is to give people who are either physically or mentally disabled the opportunity to feel part of society. Alcock, Erskine & May, (1998) also credits the notion that “Care should not take place in institutions, whenever possible care should be encouraged in people’s own homes. Support should be family and community based” (p.310). One of the main issues that burdened institutions was the growing number of elderly patients; therefore, the government implemented the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968. This Act required local authorities to provide services such as home help, residential care, day centres and community hospitals for the elderly and the mentally ill (Blakemore & Warwick-Booth, 2013). Subsequently, the National Health Service Act 1977 prioritised homecare services, making them compulsory for those that wanted to stay in their own home. However, Tinker (1981) highlights the fact that the Government was not forthcoming with funds; consequently, local authorities could not afford to meet all of their objectives
Redmond, D. (2001) Policy Review Social Housing in Ireland: Under New Management, Britain: Oxfordshire’, 1(2)
HEAO: Solution or Not? Due to the increased number of students seeking opportunities to further their education, there has been updates and revisions to the current act with attempts to make equal opportunities for students to allow them to achieve their goals of higher education. Policymakers should be reevaluating this policy to ensure that we are given the opportunities that higher education can offer by making it affordable. This includes funding for higher education, opportunities for students with disabilities, and campus safety.