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Only 6% move due to bedroom tax
Only 6% of housing benefit recipients affected by the ‘bedroom tax’ have moved residence since reforms were introduced last year, figures suggest. According to…
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Half of homeless applications are turned down
A charity is calling on councils to do more to prevent homelessness, after figures show that more than half of all applications for help are…
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One on 20 might live in social housing in 20 years
The social housing sector in England could house one in every five people within 20 years, the National Housing Federation has said. Inside Housing…
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LGA push for council powers on empty homes
Giving councils the right to seize properties using short-term leases is among a series of proposals put forward by the Local Government Association (LGA)…
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Supporting Mutual Exchanges
Are you supporting tenants to mutually exchange? This might help Thanks to the CIH for this publication How to support tenants to find a…
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Exploring change in allocations process
CIH carried out reserach in October 2013 to explore the impact of changes such as welfare and tenure reform on the allocations process. This…
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Minister’s response to hard to let homes
The housing minister has dismissed claims that larger social homes are becoming more difficult to let due to welfare reform, saying it ‘won’t be…
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New reasons for hard to let homes under welfare reform
Inside Housing has surveyed organisations on recent DTL homes. this is what they reported today from the CIH: Pressure on social landlords is building…
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Regulator is monitoring landlords with high Voids
The regulator is monitoring landlords which are losing rental income as a result of bedroom-taxed properties becoming hard to let. The Homes and Communities…
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How to help tenants to move to a new Home
Both the social sector size criteria (or ‘bedroom tax’) and the overall benefit cap are driving many tenants to look for alternative accommodation, either…
