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Sunday 8 January 2012
New audit arrangements for councils
The inspection of local authority housing services will be shaken up after the government outlined plans for councils to be able to appoint their…
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Sunday 8 January 2012
Allocations shake up
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has launched a consultation seeking to re-frame councils’ social housing allocation policies in line with local priorities and central government…
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Sunday 8 January 2012
Enabling older people to remian in their home
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has released £51 million to help older people sustain their housing, with a particular focus on those leaving hospital. The…
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Monday 2 January 2012
Increase in right to buy discount is proposed by Government
The government has published its consultation paper on increasing Right to Buy discounts for tenants in April 2012. It is proposing to increase the…
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Thursday 22 December 2011
New National Centre for reburbishing old homes in Stoke
A new national construction centre will provide thousands of young people with the building skills they need to refurbish the nation’s homes so they…
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Thursday 22 December 2011
Community Budgets – 4 Showcase Pilots
The government has revealed the 14 areas that will pilot the new ‘community budgets’ funding strategy. Community budgets will allow councils or neighbourhoods to…
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Sunday 18 December 2011
The Grafta’s
Joan Newport, tenant activist received a GRAFTA award for 11 years of dedicated service at a staff recognition gala. Joan received her award from Peter Walls,…
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Sunday 18 December 2011
Funding available for “troubles families”
Prime minister David Cameron announced on Wednesday that the government was making available £450 million in a cross-government drive to turn around the lives…
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Thursday 15 December 2011
Update on changes in Housing Benefit for those with spare bedrooms
The government has been defeated over controversial plans for a ‘bedroom tax’ for social housing tenants deemed to be underoccupying their homes. Peers on…
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Tuesday 13 December 2011
First ever annual tenant panel conference hailed a great success
On 28th November in York, Scrutiny & Empowerment Partners (SEP) and the Northern Housing Consortium held the first ever Tenant Panel conference, an event…
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