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HAs to be exempt from public sector pay limits
The government will move to exempt housing associations from a proposed £95,000 cap on public sector employee exit payments. Accordng to inside Housing: “Social…
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HAs cut down on development of new homes
Housing associations reduced plans to invest in new homes by £1bn in the months following George Osborne’s rent cut. According to Inside Housing: “In…
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Court could be brought in as administer for HAs in difficulty
The chair of the Homes and Communities Agency regulation committee said the change was being considered as part of a deregulatory package being drawn…
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Plans for HA’s as public bodies
A parliamentary inquiry will press ministers on whether they are willing to water down proposed reforms to ensure housing associations are taken back off…
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HAs reclassified as public bodies
English housing associations are part of the public sector for the purposes of national accounts, The news came in a review by the Office for…
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Charity Commission concerns over Voluntary RTB
The Charity Commission has raised concerns over the National Housing Federation’s voluntary offer to extend Right to Buy to housing association tenants. In a…
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Government thinks CEOs in HAs should be shared to reuce costs
Housing associations should consider sharing chief executives in order to save cash, Brandon Lewis has said. Speaking to Inside Housing at the Conservative Party…
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HAs as pulic bodies – latest
The Office for National Statistics will complete its review of whether housing associations are public bodies within weeks. Inside Housing revealed this month the…
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S 21 notices
From 1 October 2015 the Deregulation Act 2015, together with related regulations bring in a raft of changes for housing providers. These include significant…
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Govt think tank comments on privatisation of HAs
Privatising housing associations would be “the most obvious” government reaction to £60bn of debt being added to the national balance sheet, an influential thinktank…
