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Thursday 5 January 2017
Housing figures in new years honours list
Housing leaders and several local authority figures are among those recognised in this year’s New Year’s honours list. Bob Green, chief executive officer of Stonewall…
Tagged: Awards
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Thursday 5 January 2017
81% of help to buy are first time buyers
Eighty-one per cent of purchasers buying a home with the government’s Help to Buy scheme are first-time buyers. DCLG reported in Help to Buy…
Tagged: Housing Strategy
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Thursday 5 January 2017
Pilot scheme on infrastructure development
A pilot scheme to unblock infrastructure delays on housing developments has been launched by the government. The Housing & Finance Institute (HFI) will lead the…
Tagged: Economy House Building Housing Strategy
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Thursday 5 January 2017
Prosecution following fire in flats
Southwark Council is facing prosecution for breaching fire safety regulations following the deaths of six people in the Lakanal House fire. London Fire Brigade…
Tagged: Health and Safety
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Wednesday 14 December 2016
London HAs to enter startegic parterships with City Hall
Housing associations in London may enter “strategic partnerships” with City Hall, as Sadiq Khan’s overhaul of affordable housing funding was hailed as a “defining…
Tagged: House Building Housing Strategy
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Wednesday 14 December 2016
New CEO for Manchester Council
Joanne Roney, who is chief executive at Wakefield District Council, has been selected following an interview process and her appointment could be signed off…
Tagged: LA Specific Issues
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Wednesday 14 December 2016
Merger news
Peabody and Family Mosaic housing associations have announced plans to merge to create a giant 55,000-home landlord. The formal merger expected to complete in…
Tagged: HA Specific Issues
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Wednesday 14 December 2016
Broadacres G2 and V2 under further review
Broadacres Housing Association has had its governance and viability gradings placed under review following problems at a development subsidiary. Regulator the Homes and Communities…
Tagged: Finance Viability Goverance Regulation
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Wednesday 14 December 2016
Pledge to end homelessness from the Labour party
The Labour Party has pledged to end rough sleeping through a voluntary deal with housing associations to reserve 4,000 properties for the street homeless.…
Tagged: Homelessness
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Wednesday 14 December 2016
2 HA downgrades pending for governance
Two housing associations could be downgraded after the regulator launched a review of their grading. Habinteg Housing Association and Manningham Housing Association are both…
Tagged: Finance Viability Goverance Regulation
