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Policy think tank advcates raised rents to build new homes
The largest housing associations should be allowed to raise rents in exchange for agreeing to build more homes, an influential thinktank has said. A…
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Impact of Pay to Stay on Council Tenant rents
Council tenants across England face rent hikes of £1,000 a year on average under the government’s Pay to Stay scheme, according to research. The…
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Pay to stay – LAs and ALMos request delay
Councils and arm’s-length management organisations are calling on ministers to delay the introduction of Pay to Stay to avoid a ‘tight’ timetable, after the…
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New Rent Model to be drawn up
The National Housing Federation (NHF) is drawing up detailed proposals for a new model for rent-setting, which it hopes ministers will back as part…
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Large landlords are considering pay to stay voluntary introduction
A clutch of leading landlords have begun planning for the introduction of Pay to Stay, six months after the government opted to make the…
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Service charge depooling and rent restrcuturing
CIH have produced a helpful guidance note to consider which examines the potential effects of de-pooling service costs from the rent for social landlords in…
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Exemption guidance from 1% rent reduction at LAs
The government has published guidance for councils on how to apply for an exemption from the 1% rent cut. The Department for Communities and…
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Rent Reduction
The CIH have produced this useful document on the complex areas of rent reduction. More detail on exemptions as they are given are on…
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Homes exempt from 1% rent cut
The 1% annual rent cut will not apply to households with household income of £60,000 or more, the government has said. The exemption was…
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Are you collecting water bill payments from tenants?
Dozens of housing associations and councils across London and the South East could have to repay millions of pounds to tenants in water charges…
