Calls have been made for the government to write off
Swindon Borough Council's £100m housing debt. The authority took on the debt
when it was imposed on the authority by the government in 2012 under new rules.
But now a tenants' group says it should be written off. The housing debt has
meant the authority has been unable to build more council homes. Read more on
the Swindon Advertiser website.
‘Sham tribunal’: one family’s battle with Louisiana’s ‘feudal’ eviction
courts
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In rural Louisiana, eviction hearings are held at kitchen tables and other
unorthodox venues – and many justices have little legal training
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