"Housing legal aid reforms could save NHS £15m a year" Bring disrepair back into scope (the legal aid usually gets repaid by costs on settlement), and actually increase legal aid rates! (No increase at all since 1996, but a 10% reduction.) www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/housing...
Independent analysis commissioned by Chancery Lane highlights wider benefits of civil legal aid investment.
Won’t happen because despite all the evidence showing legal aid saves the state money, they are either stupid or just don’t care !
The article doesn't really cover how this would work. I get the principle of non-grimm house mean people are less sick, but all the 'fit for human habitation' legislation gets pushed back by landlord MPs. Look at the latest offering from Jas Athwal. Does legal aid help, when slum housing is legal?