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Saturday 29 September 2012
Gateshead tenants vote to keep their ALMO
Gateshead Council has voted to keep its arm’s-length management organisation following a ballot of residents. Councillors this decided to retain The Gateshead Housing Company…
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Saturday 29 September 2012
A proposal to offer tenants free internet access
From October 2013, a range of benefits will begin to be merged into one monthly payment, administered by a central IT system. This has…
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Tuesday 25 September 2012
Halton Housing Trust clear message to tenants on welfare reform
Check it out here: Halton Housing – Welfare Reform Changes on youtube.com …
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Monday 24 September 2012
Proposal for parents to underwrite Morgages of children through pension
Speaking on BBC One’s Andrew Marr Show yesterday Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced plans for parents to use their pension pots to guarantee…
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Sunday 23 September 2012
Great DVD summarising Welfare Reform Changes
Yorkshire Coast Homes have produced a welfare reform presentation which can be found on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjuCxKTG9xo A copy sent to tenants in the form of…
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Sunday 23 September 2012
Social Market Foundation calls for an on-line budgeting tool for tenants
Making housing benefit payments direct to tenants as part of universal credit could lead the government’s flagship welfare policy to ‘backfire’, a think tank…
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Sunday 23 September 2012
NHF calls for urgent action on bank accounts
Social housing residents must be given help to get bank accounts otherwise the government’s new benefit payment system could lead to rising rent arrears…
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Saturday 22 September 2012
Landlords must improve risk management says HCA Chair
Housing association boards will need to have an ‘iron grip’ on their finances and improve their governance, the chair of the social housing regulator…
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Saturday 22 September 2012
Universal Credit payment Error
Tenants on a universal credit direct payment demonstration project went overdrawn and incurred bank charges because of a payment error. Oxford Citizens Housing Association…
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Saturday 22 September 2012
Judicial review on Housing Market Renewal
A campaign group has won the right to a judicial review of the government’s decision to allocate £35.5 million to help councils hit by…
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