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Pay to stay – what does it mean for the regions?
Tens of thousands of social tenants across southern England affected by Pay to Stay would struggle to afford to carry on living in their…
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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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Rents up
Average rents in the UK reached £937 per month in July as the pace of increases took a significant step up amid a shortage…
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MPs investigate viability of HAs due to rent changes – call for evidence
A high-profile committee of MPs investigating the financial viability of housing associations will be flexible over its deadline for evidence, after complaints over timing…
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Scrutiny.Net meeting on 22nd July 15 at East Durham Homes
Hi everyone. Thanks for supporting the meeting. In a more packed than ever programme for which we thank EDH for hosting…. Here are the…
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CIH consider rent reduction and RTB impacts
The social housing rent reduction will make it impossible for some councils to fund planned Right to Buy replacement properties, the Chartered Institute of…
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Regulator to launch deep dive assessments into HAs at risk by rent cut
The housing regulator will launch deep dive assessments into the housing associations most at risk from George Osborne’s ‘devastating’ rent cut – as landlords…
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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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Pay to stay will be based on information provided by tenants
Social tenants will be forced to disclose their income to their landlords under the government’s new ‘pay to stay’ measures. Since the busget, we…
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Some landlords might escape the rent cut
Social landlords could be exempted from new rules forcing them to lower rents by 1% a year if such a move would threaten their…
