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Experts discuss how to solve the housing crisis
When members of the public and MPs have been asked about housing by pollsters, there’s been a striking consistency in their response: Britain is…
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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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Can shared ownership help the housing crisis
Shared ownership could play a significant role in meeting our current housing crisis, and people’s aspirations to own their home, if we could increase…
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Starter homes plan
The CIH has been blogging ts response to the governments plan: The cost of housing means that many people are struggling to take their…
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Powers to create garden villages
Whitehall should give new powers to councils to enable them to create new ‘garden villages’, which could help build one million new homes across…
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Thnk tank on Housing Policy
In the run up to the General Election, think tanks, NGOs, social policy bodies and political groups of all political stripes are publishing reports…
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£1.2M for new homes bonus
Councils have been allocated ‘bonus’ funding of £1.17bn for building new homes and bringing empty homes back into use, the government has announced. According…
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Shared ownership first refusals – proposed changes
Housing associations could lose their right to first refusal on shared ownership homes under government plans to make the product more attractive. According to…
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Help to buy make shared ownership un-competitive in the north
Providers are not offering shared ownership properties in low-value areas of the north of England, because it is ‘impossible’ to make it competitive against…
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PRS liciensing introduced in Liverpool
Liverpool City Council has introduced a licensing scheme for private landlords. According to Inside Housing: The Labour-led council is now accepting applications from private…
