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This weeks parliamentary updates
You can read ministerial statements from Eric Pickles and Mark Prisk on re-use of buildings and empty homes respectively, a wide range of written…
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Housing the Queens Speech
The Queen’s Speech was presented to Parliament on Wednesday 8 May 2013. It gives an overview of legislation and policies that the government intends…
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Parliamentary briefing
The briefing on 16th April from the Guardian includes written answers on empty properties, housing benefit and homelessness – and an update from housing…
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Report raises concern about help to by scheme
Set against the backdrop of yet another UK ratings downgrade and the IMF’s recent criticism of George Osborne’s austerity programme, the Chancellor faced a fresh attack this week…
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2 different mortgage tax reliefs explained
It has been a while since UK taxpayers could obtain tax relief for mortgage interest payments. The MIRAS arrangement, where tax relief at the basic rate…
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The Budget 2013 – the detail on housing
This CIH detailed briefing gives members a useful message on housing specific issues and was produced by the CIH: What you need to know…
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Housing Market Package from the budget
The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced in his 2013 Budget Statementyesterday a raft of measures to stimulate the housing market. Help to…
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parliamentary round up on the bedroom tax
After much debate and lobbying from housing organisations, this week work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith accepted two exemptions from the forthcoming bedroom tax. The…
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“What works” centres
Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, and Minister for Government Policy, Oliver Letwin have launched a network of ‘What works’ centres to gather…
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Social Housing Choice guidance launched
Newly-published guidance on social housing choices from CLG outlines the available choices for tenants, obtaining further information, and how to complain if these are…
