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£6.3billion cost for councils due to social housing rent decrease
Government policies will cost councils an extra £6.3bn over the next five years, accoridng to the LGA. According to Inside Housing: “The Local Government Association…
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Call for improvements in public transport
England needs a new settlement for buses and other forms of sustainable public transport. This report makes the case for creating ‘total transport areas’…
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50+ Councils looking to set up a housing company
More than 50 councils in England have either set up or are considering setting up their own housing company, according to a survey published…
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LAs need to find £42.7billion to enable them to meet governments reduced rents
According to Inside Housing, the impact on councils fo the Budget to rduce rents by 1% a year over 4 years is not affordable…
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Government to force councils to produce new housing plans
The government will intervene and force plans for new housing on local authorities if they fail to produce their own, as part of a…
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Why are the social housing sector so silent on cuts and changes?
In this interesting article from Hannah Fearn at the Guardian – she considers social housing in that context – are we shouting loud enough?…
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Leaseholder charges at risk in LAs
Local authorities that charged leaseholders for improvement works funded by the Community Energy Savings Programme (CESP) could be open to legalchallenges, following an upper…
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Durham landlords to merge
The government has agreed to fund a stock transfer of 18,500 homes despite it missing a deadline to write off the properties’ historic debt.…
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Councils slash spending on housing and planning
Spending on planning, development and housing by local authorities in England has suffered some of the biggest cuts to expenditure since 2010, says report. According…
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Landlords are pessimistic about the future says report
The majority of social housing providers think that the sector is operating in a recessionary environment and recovery won’t happen for at least two…
