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Saturday 20 May 2017
Promises for the election June 2017
Have you registered to vote yet: More than three million private renters in England are at risk of losing their vote at the general…
Tagged: Government Initiatives
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Tuesday 9 May 2017
Homelessness Reduction Bill receives royal accent
The Homelessness Reduction Bill has now become law, placing a new duty on councils to intervene at an earlier stage to prevent homelessness. The…
Tagged: Homelessness
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Sunday 16 April 2017
Better care fund
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) plans to start selling off its land in packages to secure developers for difficult sites. The agency will…
Tagged: House Building
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Sunday 16 April 2017
Supermarkets may move on property development
Inside hosuing hav researched five of the UK’s largest supermarket chains are taking steps to develop thousands of homes,. Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Aldi and…
Tagged: House Building
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Sunday 16 April 2017
GLA partners with L&Q to build 20,000 homes
City Hall has announced a partnership with giant London housing association L&Q which will see 20,000 homes built in the capital. £8bn will be…
Tagged: House Building
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Sunday 16 April 2017
Thirteen to launch Key Step scheme for homelessness prevention
Thirteen has launched a homelessness prevention service for five councils in the Tees Valley, backed by £710,000 of government funding. Aimed at helping people…
Tagged: Homelessness
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Sunday 16 April 2017
Manchester landlords offer to run an alternative LHA pilot
Social landlords in Greater Manchester have offered to run a regional pilot of an alternative to the controversial ‘Local Housing Allowance (LHA) cap’ in…
Tagged: Welfare Reform
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Sunday 16 April 2017
Landlords warned to check insulation on tower blocks
Councils have been warned over the use of insulation panels on high-rise buildings, after tests revealed they are “likely” to have caused a devastating…
Tagged: Health and Safety
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Sunday 16 April 2017
Accord collapses 7 subsidiaries into one
Midlands housing organisation the Accord Group has merged all seven of its subsidiaries to become a single business. Following a review with the group…
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Tuesday 4 April 2017
Homelessness Reduction Bill progress
The Homelessness Reduction Bill was published following a homelessness inquiry conducted by the cross-party Communities and Local Government Select Committee. This passing of the bill…
Tagged: Homelessness
