A London council’s allocations scheme which is accused of
“removing a very significant proportion of homeless people” from its social
housing register is to be challenged in the High Court. Lambeth Council is
being challenged over the lawfulness of its ‘Temp to Settled’ policy, which
offers to assign a higher level of priority to homeless households on the
social housing register if they withdraw their homeless application and move
into private rented accommodation. However, those who have accepted this offer
and moved outside the borough have then found themselves removed from the list
due to the loss of a local connection. Read more on Inside Housing.
Country diary: The challenge of making a thatched roof pine-marten proof |
Tom Allan
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*Glenisla, Angus:* Damage by squirrels is common; the mustelid less so.
Still, as a local told me, ‘you cannae blame them wanting somewhere to live’
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