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Thursday 1 December 2016
HCA chair confirm softening of govt to some social homes being built
The government’s £4.7bn Affordable Homes Programme could equally fund affordable housing, Rent to Buy and homeownership products, the chair of the Homes and Communities…
Tagged: House Building Housing Strategy
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Thursday 1 December 2016
Increase in grant rate for affordable homes in London
Sadiq Khan will fund social rent level homes in London with fixed grant rates of £60,000 per unit, in a major shake-up of affordable…
Tagged: House Building Housing Strategy
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Thursday 1 December 2016
Extension of RTB pilot
The chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond has announced a large-scale regional pilot of the Right to Buy extension but delayed any further roll…
Tagged: Right to Buy
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Thursday 1 December 2016
Money for affordable housing – £4.7billion
The £1.4bn of affordable homes cash is additional to the £4.7bn previously announced, with the restrictions limiting that funding to homeownership products lifted. The…
Tagged: House Building Housing Strategy
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Thursday 1 December 2016
£2.3 Billion Housing Infrastruture fund
A new £2.3bn infrastructure fund to pave the way for up to 100,000 new homes to be built in areas of high demand has…
Tagged: House Building Housing Strategy
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Thursday 1 December 2016
New £3.15billion affordable homes programme in Autumn statement
The government has announced £3.15bn of its Affordable Homes Programme will be given to London to deliver 90,000 homes. During his Autumn Statement speech…
Tagged: House Building Housing Strategy
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Tuesday 8 November 2016
CEO leaves following regulatory downgrade
Saffron Housing Trust announced today that its chief executive and director of housing and finance, have both handed in their resignations. This comes after…
Tagged: Goverance
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Tuesday 8 November 2016
Social Housing families skip meals due to money worries
The survey of 300,000 social housing tenants by Social Publishing Project (SPP) was published in its free advice magazine Quids in! According to 24…
Tagged: Anti-Poverty
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Tuesday 8 November 2016
Rise in house prices and evictions in the PRS
A rise in house prices of just 10% sees a 60% rise in evictions for private renters. According to 24 Housing: “Analysis by Generation…
Tagged: Private Sector Housing
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Tuesday 8 November 2016
Voluntary RTB extension is delayed by BREXIT
The Right to Buy extension to housing assocation tenants is set to be delayed due to the EU referendum result, according to the Department…
Tagged: Right to Buy
