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Sunday 5 February 2012
Housing Strategy Progress report
In a speech in London, Housing Minister Grant Shapps gave a progress report on the government’s housing strategy, published last November. Three months into…
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Sunday 5 February 2012
Are rents going up or down?
Research the prime minister claims shows rents are falling across the country actually shows they are increasing year on year. Earlier this month, David…
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Sunday 5 February 2012
ALMO teaches tenants DIY
Six Town Housing Arms length management organisation is offering DIY training to tenants to help them improve their homes. Bury ALMO Six Town Housing started…
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Sunday 5 February 2012
Welfare Reforms could make building houses unattractive
The coalition government’s welfare reforms will prevent landlords from building family-sized homes, a report claims. The impact of welfare reform on housing, published by…
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Sunday 5 February 2012
Community Trigger for ASB action
The government is to pilot the use of a ‘community trigger’ to force agencies to take action against anti-social behaviour. Home secretary Theresa May…
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Saturday 4 February 2012
The Riot Report
Following last summer’sriots, CIH in partnership with NHF and Inside Housing have produced a report which emphasises the key role of housing providers in…
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Saturday 28 January 2012
Evictions from Riots at Salford
A council has served five eviction notices for breach of tenancies due to convictions related to last summer’s riots. Salford Council has issued five…
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Thursday 26 January 2012
Helping older people to choose the right home
This report looks at schemes to help older owner-occupiers find ways to ensure their housing is suitable for them as they age. It looks…
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Thursday 26 January 2012
Housing Benefit Direct – the demonstration projects
Local authority and housing association partnerships are named today as the successful volunteers the Government plans to work with on pioneering demonstration projects that…
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Thursday 26 January 2012
Welfare Benefit bill takes 5 no votes in the House of Lords
The government was defeated in the House of Lords on Monday 23rd January on a motion from the Bishop of Ripon and Leeds John Packer to…
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