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Wednesday 19 June 2013
New C4 show to challenge misconceptions about tenants of social housing
Channel 4 announce new TV show to “challenge our preconceptions of the way housing is allocated” Filmed over six months in Tower Hamlets and…
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Sunday 16 June 2013
Statistics fight!
A government department spent more than nine months fighting demands to release emails dealing with allegations that former housing minister Grant Shapps had misused…
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Sunday 16 June 2013
Places for people listed on stock exchange
One of the UK’s largest housing associations is looking to attract new investors by highlighting the social benefits that come from its work on…
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Sunday 16 June 2013
HAs double the capital raised through bonds and investment
The amount of capital market funding in the English social housing sector doubled last year, according to the social housing regulator. The Homes and…
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Sunday 16 June 2013
NHF report exodus on young people from rural areas
Rural areas are witnessing an exodus of people in their thirties, as soaring house prices outstrip incomes. New figures from the National Housing Federation…
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Sunday 16 June 2013
MPs to investigate housing regulator
The group of MPs that monitors the work of the Communities and Local Government department has launched an inquiry into the regulation of social…
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Sunday 16 June 2013
New Local Growth Committee
The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is set to chair a new Cabinet committee – the ‘Local Growth Committee’ – to drive local growth and job…
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Sunday 16 June 2013
Habinteg chosen to test IT in older persons housing
An English housing association will lead on a major European research project to test technology to help disabled and older people live in their…
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Sunday 16 June 2013
Banker joins HCA Board
The social housing regulator has appointed a new member to its regulation committee, turning to the banking world for the first time as the…
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Sunday 16 June 2013
Fees to be charged by HCA for regulation
The Homes and Communities Agency is considering charging housing associations in England a fee for regulation as part of a drive to boost its…
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