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Stock sale risks damaging sector reputation
The social housing regulator has warned that housing associations risk damaging the reputation of the sector if they sell stock inhabited by social tenants.…
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HCA repair costs probe
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) will examine English housing associations’ business plans to check that significant cuts to repairs spending are not a…
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NHF conference round up
This is a useful summary from Inside Housing of the 3 day HA conference: “The housing association sector’s leaders have converged on Birmingham for…
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HCA up and down grades
A Norfolk housing association has placed its chief executive on leave after the organisation breached regulatory standards by failing to appoint board members properly.…
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Vaue of housing reduced since rent cut
The long-term value of social housing properties has slipped significantly across most of the country as a result of the rent cut. Inside Housing…
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Future supported housing funding
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions provided a written statement to the House of Commons setting out some detail about how supported…
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Tory conference – Housing highlights
Sajid Javid has vowed to change ‘nimby’ attitudes, urging local leaders to support housing even where it is unpopular. According to Inside Housing: “The…
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Social rent is better VFM says report
The government would achieve better value for taxpayers’ money if it built 100,000 new social rented homes a year even in a struggling post-Brexit economy, research…
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Ending of Shorthold tenancies is increasing homelessness
Here is a useful article from the Guardian on the rise of homelessness from the ending of provate sector short term tenure: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/sep/28/eviction-by-private-landlord-making-record-numbers-homeless-in-uk?utm_source=Chartered%20Institute%20of%20Housing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=7600064_News%20and%20views%3A%205%20October%202016&utm_content=England%20news%3A%20Record%20numbers%20homeless%20after%20ending%20assured%20shorthold%20tenancy&dm_i=YRX,4IW8W,50VN0X,GQZO0,1…
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Consideration to exemption from pay to stay
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) will consider exempting council tenants from Pay to Stay in areas where social rents and market…
