Guide to Housing Legal Aid after LASPO

Sara Stephens and the legal aid working group have prepared a guide for HLPA members on legal aid for housing matters from 1 April 2013, covering scope, guidance and procedure. The Guide can be found on the new ‘guides’ page in the members...

Members’ area password

The password for HLPA members to access the members area of the website will be changing on 20 April 2013. The new password will be emailed to all 2013 members very shortly. Please ensure that the HLPA administrator has email addresses for all people in your...

Disrepair – Legal Aid Surveyors’ fees

After a long and sustained effort by HLPA, Shelter, ASA and LAPG, the MoJ has now concluded its review into appropriate hourly rates to pay to surveyors in disrepair cases. As you know, the current rate is £50 per hour. A review of available data, including data...

Allocations Guidance

The DCLG has published the new Allocations Code of Guidance for Local Authorities. The Code of Guidance can be found here [pdf]

Member password

The member password for the site has been updated. The new password was circulated to members signed up for 2012 by email on 21 May 2012. If you have not received the email and are registered for 2012, please contact Chandra_Rao@shelter.org.uk...