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RTB roll out may be staggered
The Right to Buy may not be rolled out to all housing association tenants at the same time due to funding constraints. According to…
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Housing and Planning Bill – selling our homes
The Housing and Planning Bill, published last Tuesday (13 October) includes new legislation on the sale of vacant high-value council homes – ministers have…
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Charity Commission concerns over Voluntary RTB
The Charity Commission has raised concerns over the National Housing Federation’s voluntary offer to extend Right to Buy to housing association tenants. In a…
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RTB – a view from ACS
At the NHF conference here in Birmingham last week, Greg Clark put forward a challenging decision for Housing Associations (HAs): sign up to give…
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RTB advice from the CIH
This is a useful summary of the recent activity and decisions to be made from the CIH. What you need to know about the…
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Full Greg Clark speech at NHF conference on RTB
Here is the full speech from the NHf conference in Biringham last week which gives HAs up to Friday to sign up to RTB…
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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…
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145,000 more homes predicted to go under RTB
The Chartered Institute of Housing has estimated 145,000 housing association tenants will exercise the Right to Buy over the next five years, wiht most…
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Can we replace homes sold under the RTB – CIH says no
The Conservative government’s social housing rent reduction will make it impossible for some councils to fund planned Right to Buy replacement properties. The CIH…
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40% of RTBs are now private rented homes
Nearly 40% of all council flats sold under the Right to Buy in England are now being rented out privately, according to exclusive research…
