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About the Housing and Planning bill
The government has published the Housing and Planning Bill 2015 setting out its proposals to increase home ownership and boost levels of house building.…
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1/3rd of HAs might stop building social rent homes
Nearly one in three English housing associations are likely to stop entering new deals to build homes for sub-market rent as a response to…
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Shared ownership – older and richer
Shared ownership homes are increasingly being sold to older and richer tenants. According to Inside Housing: Viridian_SharedOwnership_FINAL “A major research project has revealed the…
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Housing and Planning Bill – selling our homes
The Housing and Planning Bill, published last Tuesday (13 October) includes new legislation on the sale of vacant high-value council homes – ministers have…
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Paying for green and social policies – our fuel bills
This report from IPPR report looks at who is paying the most to fund the green and social policies that are wrapped up in…
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Responding to the increase in maternal breadwinners
The latest IPPR report – As the number of maternal breadwinners continues to rise across Europe, this report compares the demographics of this phenomenon…
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Governance of devolution powers in the new city regions
Here is an interesting report from CfPS where i have the pleasure of being an Advisory Board Member. Greater responsibility requires greater scrutiny. Devolution is…
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Board diversity v skills
This is an interesting artcicle from wales on the challenges of a diverse and free thinking board v a skilled board Why cant we…
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New social homes – the challenges and benefits for ALMOs
Capital Economics was commissioned by SHOUT and the National Federation of ALMOs to evaluate the fiscal and economic impacts of additional social housing development funded in part through…
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Consumer Regulatory Review 2015
Here is the consumer regulatory review 2015: over 800 compliants almost 300 hundred investigated This report is about the 6 downgrades and those cases…
