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Saturday 25 February 2017
Local authorities are increasing service charges
Councils are boosting their income through service charge rises and other fee increases as pressure from the 1% rent cut on Housing Revenue Accounts and…
Tagged: Rents
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Saturday 25 February 2017
Housebuilding slowing down
Completions of new homes fell by 1% in 2016, according to the government’s measure of new build activity. According to Department for Communities and…
Tagged: House Building
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Saturday 25 February 2017
Government reviewing HA powers to evict
The government is undertaking a review of associations’ powers to evict anti-social tenants. Andrew Percy, a junior minister at the Department for Communities and…
Tagged: Nuisance
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Friday 10 February 2017
HCA consultation on tenant involvement in changes at the landlord
The HCA – have launched a new consultation on proposed changes to the Tenant Involvement and Empowerment Standard. Soon the HCA’s consent when they make…
Tagged: Government Initiatives Regulation Tenant Involvement
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Wednesday 8 February 2017
Housing White Paper – 7th February 2017
Here is the full speech from Sajid Javid to introduce the paper: “Our housing market is broken. Since 1970, house price inflation in Britain…
Tagged: Government Initiatives
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Sunday 5 February 2017
Rough sleeping is on the rise
You wont have missed this in the streets of any city – but here iare some facts from Inside Housing: “The number of people…
Tagged: Homelessness
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Sunday 5 February 2017
Derwent and Places for People complete their merger
Places for People Group has completed its merger of Derwent Housing Association, making Derwent a subsidiary of the larger housing association. Derwent, which has…
Tagged: Finance Viability Goverance Regulation
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Sunday 5 February 2017
Fixed term tenure for LA tenants
The working group members on this, planning for the governments introduction to new LA and ALMO tenants in the Autumn is made up from…
Tagged: Tenure
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Sunday 5 February 2017
Major repair expenditure slashed due to rent reduction
Housing associations in England slashed spend on major repairs work to their estates as the government enforced its policy of cutting social rents. According…
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Sunday 5 February 2017
Cobalt Housing agrees demerger from Symphony Housing Group
Two housing associations in the North West have agreed to a ‘de-merger’ as one of the small members of a group leaves. This project…
Tagged: Regulation
