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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…
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Downgraded HA – due to lack of cashflow
A housing association has been downgraded by the social housing regulator after running low on reserve borrowing in breach of its own policies. According…
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Could the right to move become a reality?
Eric Pickles wants to get tenants on the move. In an echo of Norman Tebbit’s misquoted “get on your bike” speech, the communities secretary…
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Experts discuss how to solve the housing crisis
When members of the public and MPs have been asked about housing by pollsters, there’s been a striking consistency in their response: Britain is…
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Government launch consultation on borrowing for stock transfer HAs
A consultation on increasing the borrowing capacity of stock transfer landlords has been published by government. According to Inside Housing: In the Autumn Statement,…
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Rochdale customers allocate monies to neigbourhoods
Local people from six neighbourhoods across the Rochdale gathered at Richmond Hall in Rochdale on Saturday 28th February for the first event of 2015…
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Co-housing for older people
Angela Ratcliffe was talking to her daughter on the phone one day when “apropos of nothing, she said to me: ‘Mum, have you thought…
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Gold standard on Homelessness rejected by all but 2% of LAs
Fewer than 2% of councils have completed a ‘bureaucratic’ £2.3m flagship programme aimed at improving homelessness services, nearly two years after it was launched.…
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DWP attacked for failure to tackle HB fraud
A group of MPs launched a scathing attack on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) this morning branding its spend on preventing housing…
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HAs under fire for lack of financial transparency
Housing associations have come under fire in a think tank report for a lack of financial transparency. According to Inside Housing: Transparency Begins at…
