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Supporting people – payment by results
The final evaluation of the pilots has been published by DCLG. Here you go: It suggests that the jury is out on the success…
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60 councils to share £3m for 25,000 homes in planning system
The government has announced the 60 councils that will receive a slice of a £3m pot to get work started on 25,000 homes caught…
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Young people forced to live in unsafe housing
Young people leaving care are forced to live in ‘unsafe housing’ where they feel ‘lonely and scared’ and are at increased risk of homelessness,…
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Older people in Poverty unable to claim HB
Up to 390,000 older people in poverty could have claimed housing benefit last year but didn’t, a report by Age UK published today has…
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Cheap lending for older persons housing
Ministers will offer around £170m in cheap equity loans to housing associations and developers to encourage the building of private retirement and supported housing.…
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Only 1 in 5 LAs have a local plan
Fewer than one in five English councils have adopted a local plan that fully complies with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). According to…
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Housing Regulators new forensic approach
The English social housing regulator will subject associations to less frequent but more ‘forensic’ investigations under a radical overhaul of its operations from 1…
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LAs need to make changes to survive
Councils that fail to innovate and adapt to the tough funding climate will face a ‘slow and painful demise’ over the next five years,…
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Sustainable Housing Award Winners
Thanks to Inside Housing for reporting as follows: The winners are: Sustainable new housing project of the year (fewer than 25 homes) Winner: Hanham…
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New Injunction regime now in
Although the new Injunction regime has now been delayed until January 2015 at the earliest, a whole raft of the new provisions set out…
