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Friday 22 June 2018
Transparency, Accountability and Information – Resident Wish List
Thanks to the 98 participants who threw themselves into the short workshop on their wish list from their landlords. Here is the wish list…
Tagged: Tenant Involvement
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Monday 4 June 2018
Housing Adviser programme open for bids
The Housing Advisers Programme is designed to help local authorities overcome housing challenges in their areas by covering the cost of bringing in independent…
Tagged: LA Specific Issues
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Monday 4 June 2018
Regulatory lessons to be learnt
Newlon Housing Trust, which manages more than 8,000 homes, was downgraded to V2 by the Regulator over financial viability concerns, based on Newlon’s business plan,…
Tagged: Goverance Regulation
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Monday 4 June 2018
Criticism of previous review of fire safety and Building Regulations
Liberal Democrat Lord Andrew Stunell has been in the hot seat with Inside Housing who have been busy reviewing information provided to them under…
Tagged: Health and Safety
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Monday 21 May 2018
Grenfell -Police step up their enquiries
As the hearings begin today into the victims of the fire, the Metropolitan Police have now expanded their investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire…
Tagged: Health and Safety
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Wednesday 2 May 2018
Young poeple 18-21 will now be able to claim Universal credit
The Government has announced it will amend The Universal Credit (Housing Costs Element for claimants aged 18 to 21) (Amendment) Regulations 2017, which came…
Tagged: Welfare Reform
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Wednesday 2 May 2018
Rough sleeping reduction plans revealed.
The Ministry of Housing. Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has a new leader: James Brokenshire has taken over as Secretary of State for Housing,…
Tagged: Homelessness
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Wednesday 2 May 2018
Rent guidance due to change
New rent guidance will be issued this year by the regulator, according to the RSH at the Acuity conference. Current guidance focuses on rent…
Tagged: Rents
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Wednesday 2 May 2018
Consumer regulation and involvement
Here is the list of obligations of the regulator of Social Housing in their most recent ” regulating the standards” publication”, April 2018. The…
Tagged: Goverance Tenant Involvement
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Saturday 21 April 2018
The Green Paper on Housing from the Labour party
The Green paper on Housing announced this week in the Guardian, supporting more homes, including social housing and a challenge to housing affordability. www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/19/britain-housing-market-broken-labour-council-houses…
Tagged: Government Initiatives
