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Thursday 26 January 2012
Social housing tenants to have benefit capped
As the Welfare Reform Bill debate rages between the Houses of Parliament, the Department for Work and Pensions has published an Impact Assessment for…
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Thursday 26 January 2012
Local Councils urged to use local planning powers to build homes
A new report from the Local Government Association and the Homes and Communities Agency aims to advise and encourage local councillors to use their…
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Thursday 26 January 2012
Review of health and social care
The House of Commons Select Committee on Health has published its review of public expenditure in health and social care. The cross-party Committee, chaired…
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Thursday 26 January 2012
Commmunity Groups can bid for empty homes cash
Community groups will be allowed to bid for money to refurbish empty homes on government and public land, the communities minister said Andrew Stunell…
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Thursday 26 January 2012
Serious Detriment – No definition
The social housing regulator has said there will be no clear definition of the ‘serious detriment’ that will see it intervene in consumer regulation…
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Thursday 26 January 2012
Homeless Families – private members Bill
Homeless families would only get priority access to social housing if they pass a ‘good citizenship’ test under proposals introduced to parliament this week.…
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Sunday 22 January 2012
House of Lords debates Housing Strategy
The House of Lords debated the government’s Housing Strategy published in November 2011. In a live blog the Guardian followed the lunchtime debate. Lord…
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Sunday 22 January 2012
TSA latest batch of regulatory judgements on landlords
The Tenant Services Authority has recently published its latest batch of regulatory judgements and found no deterioration in the financial viability or governance of…
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Sunday 22 January 2012
Credit Unions – good news for social housing tenants
More tenants will now be able to access affordable finance thanks to the introduction of new credit union powers. The new rules, which came…
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Sunday 22 January 2012
Practical Implications of tenure reform
This briefing covers the practical implications of tenure reform and will be of use to anyone who is likely to work with fixed term…
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