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Economic recovery – or not?
Recent good news in the form of stronger-than-expected short-term growth and rising employment does not mean that the structural weaknesses exposed by the ‘Great…
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One in eleven worried about paying household bills
Rising bills and high housing costs are pushing many household budgets “to breaking point”, with one in 11 people worried they will not be able to…
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Stricter rules on EU migrants now in force and expectations on migrant numbers
Inside Housing have reported on Migrants from the European Union will now have to wait for three months before they can claim out-of-work benefits…
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Cross Party support calls for end of eviction for tenants involved in riots
Ministers are being urged by a cross party committee of MPs and peers to abandon plans to give new court orders to evict social…
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Government to end local support for citizens in crisis
Included in the small print of the local government settlement for 2014/15, released the week before Christmas, was the ending of central government support for…
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More Right to Buy discount to be given
The government has announced that maximum discounts on council houses sold under the Right to Buy will increase by 10 percentage points, to 70 per cent.…
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Local people to get priority for homes
On New Year’s eve, the Department of Communities and Local Government published additional guidance on ‘Providing social housing for local people‘, to supplement the…
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Training in Horticulture for residents
Construction and development specialist Southdale has teamed up with Wigan-based training organisation, ProCo, to benefit both the community and learners’ studies with its horticulture…
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News from SITRA on supported housing and Welfare Reform
Sitra met civil servants on Monday last week to hear how the Government was progressing with plans to protect supported housing more widely against…
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Bedroom Tax Loophole?
Housing benefit regulations introduced in March 2006 protect tenants who have claimed continuously since January 1996. Mr Duncan Smith’s Department for Work and Pensions…
