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Fire Safety Guide
Landlords, building owners and building managers (as the ‘responsible person’) have responsibility for fire safety in the communal areas of residential buildings. This means…
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£200k faith projects to bid for
A £200,000 government grant programme has been launched to support faith projects and volunteering groups, according to LG news today Running for two years,…
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Progress update on troubled families project
The government has today published a progress update on the half way stage of its three year troubled families programme. All 152 upper tier authority areas in…
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Victory in shared housing bedroom tax appeal
A disabled man who spends two or three nights a week at his mother’s house occupies the property for bedroom tax purposes, a tribunal…
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Exploring change in allocations process
CIH carried out reserach in October 2013 to explore the impact of changes such as welfare and tenure reform on the allocations process. This…
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No more NEETs – IPPR report
This paper sets out a strategy for radically increasing the proportion of young people who are learning or earning, by fixing the broken school-to-work…
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New ASB amendment impact on Domestic Violence
An amendment to new anti-social behaviour legislation which experts warn could endanger victims of domestic violence was debated in the House of Lords on…
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£4.1 billion funding boost could be owed from outdated formula for adult care
English council chiefs have earmarked a potential £4.1bn funding boost, that could arise from a future overhaul of the ‘out of date’ Barnett Formula,…
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HA surpluses rise to £1 billion
The combined surpluses of Britain’s 30 biggest housing associations by number of homes owned soared to almost £1 billion in 2012/13, according to research…
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Minister’s response to hard to let homes
The housing minister has dismissed claims that larger social homes are becoming more difficult to let due to welfare reform, saying it ‘won’t be…
