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Eviction threat to those who ask for repairs in private sector
Over 200,000 people have faced eviction in the last year for asking their landlord to fix a problem, according to research. According to LG…
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Encouragement for social enterprise hotspots
Towns and cities across the UK are being encouraged to declare themselves social enterprise hotspots. National body Social Enterprise UK has extended a programme…
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Lettings Agents expected to join redress scheme
Around 3,000 letting agents will be expected to join redress schemes in a move designed to give tenants and leaseholders greater protection. According to…
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PIP redesign called for in new report
The next government should redesign the personal independence payment to reflect the costs disabled people encounter related to their disability, a report has said…
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Councils can raid housing rents if tenants agree
Housemark has suggested that councils should ‘raid’ their housing budgets to save statutory services like social care and child protection as budget cuts push…
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HCA to set up an invesment portfolio
The Homes and Communities Agency is setting up a new arm headed up by bankers to manage a £25 billion ‘recoverable’ investment portfolio. According…
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Council intervention in private markets – consultation
The way councils can intervene in areas such as childcare, housing, payday lending and energy will be examined in a new think-tank study. According…
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Mentoring for staff through HDN and equality update
Hi Here is the latest diversity mentoring scheme information from HDN, which also includes their latest equality brief housing-diversity-network-ebriefing-april-2014 …
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23 of 191 Councils offer discounts to business tax in these difficult times
Local government minister Brandon Lewis has urged more councils to grant business rate relief. According to LG News: Mr Lewis spoke in the House…
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Coming Soon – a new single county court
From 22 April 2014 individual County Courts will no longer exist – all will be replaced by the Single County Court. According to Anthony…
