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Living wages in care homes and how to fund this
These are the findings in yet another excellent piece of research from JRF. This research investigated earnings below the Living Wage for staff in…
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JRF excellent graphic on the living wage
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How are landlords addressing poverty?
Here is the latest research from JRF – another excellent piece of work. This research examined written strategies from 128 housing organisations, and conducted…
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Impat of the summer budget on low income families
Joseph Rowntree Foundation do some great work. This time they have been considering the impact of the summer 2015 budget. Accoridng to JRF: “Families…
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Social landords support for health, crime agencies and worklessness
Inside Housing has shown MPs how social landlords provide health services, cut crime and help people into work, as part of its Housing Benefits…
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How will the change in the benefit cap affect us?
Dawn Foster of the guardian on line has taken a really good look at what this means for britain Here is her analysis – ” Analysis…
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Pay more to stay with £30k income in social housing
Social tenants earning just above the new ‘pay to stay’ threshold are unlikely to be hit by a dramatic increase in their rents, with…
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Direct payments of Universal Credit
Around one in three universal credit claimants living in housing association properties are having their benefit for housing costs paid directly to their landlord.…
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Increase in Discretionary payments budget
Documents after the Budget revealed the government has made £800m available in Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) over the next five years. According to CIH: “The…
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JRTreport into improvements for low income workers
This study explores the experiences and perceptions of low-paid, low-income workers in the retail, hospitality and care sectors. How do these workers feel about…
