Daily Archives: 09/10/2010

European ruling gives hope to disabled tenants

09/10/2010 – 11:15 am

Disabled social housing tenants should now have greater protection from eviction, following a ruling from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
The ECHR found that courts should take the personal circumstances of tenants into account when deciding whether a social landlord has the right to possess a property.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) had [...]

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Government fails to back EU bus and coach laws

09/10/2010 – 11:12 am

The coalition government is refusing to back proposed laws that would provide new rights for disabled bus and coach passengers across Europe.
The government’s failure to back the measures has been fiercely criticised by the National Federation of the Blind of the UK (NFB UK), which described them as a “once in a generation opportunity”.
The European [...]

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