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Saturday 4 August 2018
Catch up on news from Grenfell Tower
The Guardian has reported survivors group Grenfell United is angry about a decision to hand control of the site of Grenfell Tower back to the council after…
Tagged: Health and Safety
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Monday 9 July 2018
HAs chosen to partner with Homes England for affordable homes deal “wave one”.
Homes England will provide just under £590m from the affordable homes programme to the associations through to March 2022, in what it called the…
Tagged: House Building
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Monday 9 July 2018
New administration powers for the regulator to protect social housing tenants
A new special administration regime which allows the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) to deal with insolvent housing associations came me into force on…
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Monday 9 July 2018
New Housing Minister – AGAIN
Kit Malthouse has been appointed as the new housing minister after Dominic Raab left the post to take up the role of Brexit secretary.…
Tagged: Government Initiatives
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Tuesday 3 July 2018
Regulator to have more teeth and tenants to be empowered in the Housing Green paper
The regulator will be given more power in the government’s upcoming social housing green paper, according to housing minister Dominic Raab when he spoke…
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Tuesday 3 July 2018
Homes lost under RTB not replaced as promised
Councils have only been able to replace 4,944 of the 11,465 homes sold under right to buy in 2017/18 – only 43% of the homes…
Tagged: Government Initiatives Right to Buy
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Friday 22 June 2018
Transparency, Accountability and Information – Resident Wish List
Thanks to the 98 participants who threw themselves into the short workshop on their wish list from their landlords. Here is the wish list…
Tagged: Tenant Involvement
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Monday 4 June 2018
Housing Adviser programme open for bids
The Housing Advisers Programme is designed to help local authorities overcome housing challenges in their areas by covering the cost of bringing in independent…
Tagged: LA Specific Issues
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Monday 4 June 2018
Regulatory lessons to be learnt
Newlon Housing Trust, which manages more than 8,000 homes, was downgraded to V2 by the Regulator over financial viability concerns, based on Newlon’s business plan,…
Tagged: Goverance Regulation
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Monday 4 June 2018
Criticism of previous review of fire safety and Building Regulations
Liberal Democrat Lord Andrew Stunell has been in the hot seat with Inside Housing who have been busy reviewing information provided to them under…
Tagged: Health and Safety
