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Housing Benefit – Recent cases
Many social landlords are seeing the effects of percentage deductions for spare rooms (commonly referred to as the ‘bedroom tax’) and (less so) the…
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Report says New Homes Bonus cannot demonstrate oucomes
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has published its report into the New Homes Bonus – the coalition policy that offers a financial incentive for local…
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How many volunteers?
Here are some interesting statistics from the NCVO…. http://data.ncvo-vol.org.uk/a/almanac12/almanac/civil-society/how-many-people-work-in-civil-society/ s…
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Respect for each other in community engagement
Here are some interesting thoughts from Mo Douglas, shared on linked in. Ask yourself – are you respecting eachother in community engagement? Solutions-oriented Are…
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S106 payment – deadline to be moved back
The government has moved back its deadline to restrict councils’ ability to pool section 106 payments in response to industry concerns. The reform, which…
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Options and opportunities for letting homes at Market Rent
This briefing looks at the options and potential opportunities and challenges involved in letting homes at a market rent. New approaches to market rented…
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Research into Council tenants in arrears due to welfare reform
The findings are the result of a joint research project from the National Federation of ALMOs (NFA), the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH)…
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Housing growth – what, where how?
Here is another useful guide produced by the CIH, to update you on the development of new homes and how to increase the supply…
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Supporting those affected by the benefit cap and getting the rent in
Here are 2 more useful guides for you from the CIH How to support households affected by the overall benefit cap How do I…
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Report on supporting tenants to save
Encouraging greater savings to reduce risks of financial shocks and to prepare for retirement has long been a policy priority. Social housing tenants have…
