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Fuel Poverty on the increase
The number of families living in fuel poverty remains ‘broadly unchanged’ since 2012, despite government promises to tackle the problem. According to Inside Housing:…
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Political inequality and falling political participation
Growing levels of electoral inequality by age and class, falling political participation rates and low levels of belief in the efficacy of democracy all…
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Disability – watershed case in Discretionary payments
Disabled people could be set to receive an increase in financial help with their housing costs Accorsing to inside Housing: Councils are reviewing all…
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Disabled couple win HB emergency payment case
This is an important case win. Councils may have to review their emergency housing payment policies after a High Court ruled that routinely considering…
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Benefit Sanctions – call for independent review
The coalition’s benefit sanctions regime, under which more than 1 million jobseekers had their unemployment benefits stopped last year, has spawned hundreds of documentary…
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Debt for those on welfare reform up – says report
Household debt among a group of 70 households hit by welfare reform has increased by 55% in the last 18 months. According to the…
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Emergency hardship fund cut by £40 by government
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has slashed funded for an emergency hardship fund by £40m. According to Inside Housing: The DWP announced…
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Housing providers role in tackling poverty
The Northern Housing Consortium would like to see some of the great work members are doing in tackling poverty among young people to be…
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Renters pay more than home owners
Someone who has been unable to get on the property ladder for the last five years would have paid nearly £4,000 more to rent…
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Council Tax exception – court rules
Social landlords must show basic evidence to councils to get an exemption from council tax for empty homes, a High Court judge has ruled.…
