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The very best services for homeless people
The Andy Ludlow Awards celebrate the very best homelessness services in London. Here are this year’s winners Times are tough for everyone. Austerity is…
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Landlords unhappy with DWP speed of response on switchback of HB during pilots
Landlords in the universal credit pathfinder areas are complaining of poor communication from the Department for Work and Pensions. The DWP is trialling its…
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Harringay research by CIH suggests one in four were able to find work
The government will struggle to make the benefit cap encourage people into work, targeted new research has found. The study, released today by Chartered…
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Feedback on regulatory changes – HCA initial report
The regulator of social housing providers, the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), has published its analysis of the sector’s initial response to a discussion…
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JSA claimants drop by 40%
The number of Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants fell by over 40,000 during the last month, with Birmingham seeing the largest annual drop. Figures suggest…
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Moat HA report on “the Housing Cliff”
The report, the Housing Cliff, warns landlords’ capacity to build new affordable homes and continue to serve existing tenants is under threat. One major way…
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Halifax report says owning a home in the country can be 60% more expensive
Owning a home in the countryside can be 60 per cent more expensive than in Britain’s towns and cities, new research has shown to…
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Equality Briefing
Check out the latest information from HDN in their newsletter ebriefing-october-2013…
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Allocations for local people – the Government says
A DCLG press release accompanying the guidance provides some background to this issue: 1 in 6 of all existing social housing tenants in London…
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Row between PM and Local Councils over extent of cuts
Parliamentary committee chair Clive Betts has called on the prime minister to explain his claim that extra council cuts amount to just 2.3%. The…
