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Children’s health is being harmed by poverty
Children’s health in the private rented sector (PRS) is being harmed with low income families struggling to pay their energy bills, according to a…
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JRF report says unacceptable low incomes are on the rise
The number of people living on ‘unacceptable’ low incomes has risen dramatically since 2008, a major report has shown. According to inside Housing: A…
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Housing and health to work closer together
Housing and health bodies have signed an agreement to work more closely together. According to Inside Housing: The Memorandum of Understanding to support joint…
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Young people trapped in housing with support
Young people are finding themselves trapped in supported housing and unable to move on to independent living, a report by the YMCA has found.…
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Links between homelessness, drug use and convictions
New research has revealed the ‘huge overlap’ between homelessness, criminal convictions and drug use – with 58,000 people per year having contact with institutions…
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New regulations on Governance
The Regulator of Social Housing today released the long-anticipated outcome of its consultation during 2014 about changes to the Regulatory Framework, in the form…
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Breckfast in Wulvern
Residents across Crewe and Nantwich took part in a series of events organised by affordable housing provider Wulvern during Breakfast Week (25-31 January). According…
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Do LAs offer help for tenants to move?
Only three in 10 social landlords have used new flexibilities to help tenants transfer home, research has found. According to Inside Housing: A Chartered…
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Voices of Stoke
Fifty people who have battled homelessness and drug and alcohol dependency have become ‘Expert Citizens’ with Voices of Stoke, a National Lottery-funded project to…
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High Court appeal on Council Tax appeals
On 29 January 2015, the High Court handed down judgment in respect of 3 appeals, that were heard together, which concerned charitable Housing Associations’…
