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Home Truths about affordable housing for families
One third of Britain is effectively off-limits to lower-income working families looking to rent a home privately because they can no longer afford a…
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Fuel poverty target ditched by government
The government is ditching a target to eradicate fuel poverty in favour of a goal to improve the energy efficiency of homes. Ministers have…
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Deputy PM calls for a review to help young people into work
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has called for a cross government review of schemes to help unemployed 18 to 24 year olds. Speaking at…
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Emergency hardship fund – the reality
English councils received more than 13,272 extra applications for an emergency hardship fund in the first month of the bedroom tax. Inside Housing revealed…
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Overpayments of rent might help tenants
Social landlords should help tenants save money by allowing them to overpay their rent and shifting the excess into a separate account, according to…
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Food banks and benefits
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Welfare Reform Lord Freud provoked anger amongst charities for being out of touch with the reality of life…
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Living standards get poorer
The minimum cost of living has increased by a quarter since the start of the economic downturn, according to a report published for the…
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Shelter Calculator on how quickly young people can buy
Careful – this makes depressing reading……. Single people in London face an average of 30 years of saving for a deposit to buy a…
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Universal Credit Toolkit released by DWP – see how it might work
This is a ‘toolkit’ aimed at partner organisations, presumably this means housing. Have a look at how claims are to be processed and how…
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Birmingham Council ask for permision to create a £2 million fund for Discretionary HB
Birmingham Council will write to Eric Pickles to ask for permission to create a £2 million discretionary housing payment fund in its own housing…
