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A year of complaints and queues
The general public spends an average of one week a year waiting for service or making complaints about the public sector, according to a…
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£1 Homes in Liverpool – first handovers
Liverpool City Council’s first successful Homes for a Pound applicant has visited his new house – and was handed the keys by the Mayor.…
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Major political parties change their housing spokesperson
In the reshuffle on Monday both the housing minister, Mark Prisk, and the shadow housing minister, Jack Dromey, were axed and both have now…
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Consumers must be given better information about their homes says report
Consumers must be given better information about new homes, in order to raise industry standards, the Housing Forum has said. In a new report,…
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High Court Ruling on Benefit Cap expected within a month
The High Court will decide whether the government’s benefit cap regime breaches the human rights of the vulnerable ‘within a month’, after a legal…
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Could you live on £45 a week?
Could I live on just £45 a week? This is the question he asked myself last week as he listened to George Osborne’s announcement…
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Should HAs set their own rent levels – Guardian Pole
The Guardian is conducting a pole on whether HAs should set their own rent levels, in response to a speech by the CEO of…
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The impending fall of a cliff for Housing Supply
The social housing sector is undergoing a period of significant change. According to The housing cliff, a new report from Moat housing association, a combination of welfare…
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Mainstreaming equality
Mainstreaming equality and reflecting diversity means incorporating equal opportunities and an awareness of diverse service provision into all actions, services and policies from the…
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Government plans for family friendly Private Sector
New measures will encourage longer fixed-term, family-friendly tenancies and raise standards in the private rented sector, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles announced today (1 October…
