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HCA warns landlords to appraise Board Members
The social housing regulator has warned associations to ensure their board members are skilled enough to deal with increased risks – following recent cases…
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51% of tenants unable to pay their rent – April to June 2013
A survey of 51 English housing associations by the National Housing Federation reveals 51 per cent of tenants affected were not able to pay…
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£65 million fund for self builders
The Department for Communities and Local Government has announced changes to allow more people to build their own homes, including the option to apply…
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Are cities really complying with affordable housing targets?
Housebuilders and councils in Britain’s biggest cities are failing to comply with affordable housing targets, and even ripping up legal commitments to build cheaper homes. A…
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Complaints – how to use them
Complaints are a valuable source of information about your services, which can help you to identify recurring or underlying problems and to identify potential…
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Ending rent convergence might damage viability of small HAs
Lord Matthew Taylor, speaking at the NHF annual conference in Birmingham, warned of the effect of the government’s plan to cut short its policy…
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More than 50,00 council tenants at risk of eviction over bedroom tax
False Economy submitted freedom of information requests to local authorities across the UK and 114 provided figures of arrears since April which show the…
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NHF probe into HA Board Pay
The National Housing Federation has commissioned a review of housing association board pay in an effort to strengthen governance. Law firm Trowers & Hamlins…
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What could change about social security?
Exploring the historical trends behind – and current public attitudes towards – social security spending in the UK, this report argues that a welfare…
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What should social democrats believe?
Nick Pearce argues for social democrats to revisit their fundamental values, drawing on the intellectual resources of relational egalitarian, realist and republican thinking to…
