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Big Society Update
Office for Civil Society, Local Intelligence Team (LIT) North West Update March 2015 More information below on: OCS Newsletter Commercialisation Masterclasses – dates still available…
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Welfare Reform fails to help people into work says LSE
The coalition’s welfare reforms have failed to help social housing tenants into work, an academic study commissioned by social landlords. According to reports in…
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Plans by HAs in Manchester to have a key role in health
Greater Manchester housing associations are in talks with senior NHS figures about taking a prominent role in healthcare after devolution. According to inside Housing:…
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55% higher families in B&B waiting for 6 weeks or longer at YE
The number of families in bed and breakfast for longer than six weeks as at 31 December 2014 was 55% higher than the year…
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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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7 days wait prior to claim for UC shelved until post election
New benefit regulations previously slammed as ‘worse than the poor law’ have been suspended until after the general election due to a key report.…
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Rent increases and universal credit
Government officials have set up a temporary solution for social landlords facing delays and confusion over how to handle rent increases under universal credit.…
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Sadeh Lok merges with incomunities
Two associations in Yorkshire have agreed to a merger that will see 1,100-home Sadeh Lok join 21,000-home Incommunities. According to inside Housing: Geraldine Howley:…
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Prof. Anne Power reviews welfare reform 2 years in
Welfare reform was designed to persuade unemployed people receiving benefit to find jobs and earn a living. Anne Says to Inside Housing: This would…
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Call for stock to go to BME HAs to sustain the sector
Councils and housing associations should pledge to support black and minority ethnic (BME) housing providers when they sell off stock, according to a draft…
