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Home group campaign for forced entry for gas safety
Home Group and the Association of Gas Safety Managers (AGSM) are launching a campaign calling for housing associations to be allowed to force entry…
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Social Media – get more confident
I wanted to find a way to involve all residents and not to allow barriers, such as mental health, physical disability or location, to…
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Removing the shackles for housebuilding
The effects of the financial crisis of 2008 continue to ripple around the world. For housing associations that has meant a continuing impact on…
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Not enough scrutiny for LAs
Councils are not being adequately held to account over how they spend £36.1bn of yearly Government grants, MPs have warned. I bet we know…
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Consultation on social tenants right to move
The Department for Communities and Local Government has launched a new consultation on proposals that would give social tenants the ‘right to move’. According…
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Big Tenant Survey 2014
Most social housing tenants do not believe their landlords listen to them or care about them, a survey has found. According to CIH: Responses…
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Carot and stick required for private rented sector says report
Extra tax breaks should be offered to landlords who sign up for a national accreditation scheme to raise standards in the private rented sector,…
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Support for housing construction from public
The majority of the public would back a new wave of social housing construction to help tackle the UK’s housing crisis. According to Housemark:…
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Eastlands Homes runs literacy project
Eastlands Homes are supporting other organisations to run literacy projects with the aim of improving the reading and writing skills of people across the…
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DWP toolkit published to calculate bedroom tax exemption
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published an online toolkit, ‘for local authorities, housing providers and support organisations in the social rented sector,…
