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Monday 4 June 2012
Constructing more homes
The government will launch a plan to kick-start construction, following April’s GDP figures – published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) – which showed…
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Thursday 31 May 2012
Guidance on Selling Social Homes
The Homes and Communities Agency has changed its rules to give permission for a landlord to sell properties of a particular type, size or…
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Thursday 31 May 2012
Housing the Homeless in the Private Sector
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has published details of how councils may place homeless people in private rented accommodation.The government is allowing councils to place housing applicants who…
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Wednesday 30 May 2012
Bidding for money for empty homes – round two
A £50m fund to tackle the worst concentrations of empty homes was announced on 21 November 2011 by the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime…
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Wednesday 30 May 2012
Roght to Build programme for Communities
The Housing Minister has announced £17million funding for a new ‘Right to Build’ programme gives local communities the powers to grant planning permission and provide support…
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Tuesday 29 May 2012
Bids for renewable energy
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has launched the second round of the renewable heat premium payment scheme for social landlords It is…
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Saturday 26 May 2012
Free energy efficiency training
EDF is running 10-one-day events for staff in small housing associations across London and the south of England between June and December. Trainees will…
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Saturday 26 May 2012
LOCALIS call for community budgets to be managed by Local Authorities
Local authorities should be able to lead local regeneration with community budgets, according to a new report. Influential think tank Localis, in partnership with…
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Saturday 26 May 2012
How the regulator will publish judgements
The Homes and Communities Agency published its Regulating the standards document today, which provides detail on how it will operate. The regulator says it…
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Saturday 26 May 2012
More discretion to evict tenants who are anti social?
Inside Housing has reported on proposals to make it easier to evict tenants if they have been involved in criminal behaviour away from their…
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