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Benefit cap roll out across the country – 40,000 affected
The government’s benefits cap begins its roll-out into the country’s final council areas today. Claims in the final 40 local authority regions will be…
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Residents in control of council tax budget
Residents in Windsor and Maidenhead RBC are being asked to vote on £225,000 of council tax spending by the town hall, according to LG news Members…
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Eviction from Riots 2 years ago
A tenant has been evicted from his south west London council flat exactly two years to the day since looting a bank when riots…
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Flaw in Government pay to stay policy
The government’s pay-to-stay policy will not work in parts of 16 local authority areas across London because tenants will have to earn more than…
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CLG refuses review of the problems at Cosmopolitan HA
The Communities and Local Government department has blocked the commissioning of a review into the near collapse of Cosmopolitan Housing Group, as reported by…
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Earnings equality
An enormous cultural shift has taken place; gender roles at home and at work have started to break down, with the outdated model of…
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How to tackle ASB – the broken windows theory
For housing associations in particular, antisocial behaviour is an important issue to address and makes up a significant portion of our neighbourhood team’s workload. Back in…
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How to successfully tackle housing fraud
The Audit Commission and National Fraud Authority consider social housing fraud to be the single largest fraud risk to local government. At a time when demand for social…
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Traveller advice for LAs
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles is pressing councils to use their full range of powers against unpopular Travellers’ encampments and un-authorised sites. In a press release that…
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Getting tough on gardens
An arm’s-length management organisation in the east Midlands has taken a tough stance against tenants who do not keep their gardens tidy – and…
