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Many of you will be aware of the Caridon Property Ltd v Monty Shooltz case. In short, the landlord, Caridon Property, failed to obtain a possession order based on their Section 21 notice, because His Honour Judge Jan Luba QC ruled that that the requirements of the Deregulation Act 2015 meant their failure to issue a gas safety certificate before the tenancy began invalidated the subsequent Section 21 notice for repossession.

Harrogate is the first area in Britain to trial a major new phase of Universal Credit. Up to 3,000 existing benefit claimants in the Yorkshire spa town are being moved to the six-in-one system starting this month, in the first test of “managed migration”.

Following the Government role out of Universal Credit, which replaced many existing social security benefits (including housing), the challenges that both landlords and tenants have faced during the transition have been numerous.

Rightmove and Zoopla take move to stop housing benefit discrimination

By the end of this month, the two biggest property portals in Britain, Rightmove and Zoopla, will no longer allow ‘No DSS’ lettings listings i.e. those that state tenants who receive housing benefits cannot rent an advertised home.

The decision by the portals is part of a wider stance being taken to stamp out discrimination…

Caridon Landlord Solutions (CLS) is a dedicated consultancy service specialising in Housing Benefit and Universal Credit advice for private landlords and housing associations. On the back of their recognition in SME News Magazine’s 2019 Business Elite programme, we spoke with Sherrelle Collman, Commercial Business Director for the firm, to find out more about their expertise in this important area of the property sector.

Today (15th April 2019), the government has outlined plans to consult on new legislation to abolish Section 21 in a bid to end so called ‘no-fault’ evictions. Sherelle Collman, Managing Director of Caridon Landlord Solutions, which specialises in Universal Credit and Housing Benefit advice for private landlords, letting agencies and housing associations comments: