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Investing in Council House Building
A plan with potential to build more than 500,000 new homes over thirty years has been undermined by successive government policies, a new report…
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Council companies on the rise and competing with HAs
Housing associations are being squeezed out by councils setting up companies to build homes, an association head has claimed. Steve Coffey, chief executive of…
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Councils influence on HAs to be removed
The government has taken further steps to deregulate the sector by limiting the influence of councils over housing associations. The Housing and Planning Bill amendment…
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Special measures considered for LAs who fail to submit local plans
Council planning departments failing to submit Local Plans by March 2017 could be put in ‘special measures’, under proposals being considered by the government.…
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Doubt over £2.3bn to regenerate LA estates
Councils in the North of England and the Midlands have raised doubts over the “financial viability” of regenerating council estates using loans under a…
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Councils may lose planning powers
Planning applications could be processed by a “designated person” rather than a local planning authority, under an amendment put forward by the government in…
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Councils cannot handle more funding cuts
A further 40 per cent real terms reduction in local government grant funding in the Spending Review would deliver the £10.5 billion knock-out blow…
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Governance of devolution powers in the new city regions
Here is an interesting report from CfPS where i have the pleasure of being an Advisory Board Member. Greater responsibility requires greater scrutiny. Devolution is…
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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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Devolution requests from LAs and requests on rents and RTB
A coalition of councils representing England’s eight largest city economies outside London has called for greater devolution of housing policy and funding, but warned…
