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Wednesday 17 August 2016
Bexit could lose £142.5 billion and 120,000 jobs
A Brexit-triggered stall in house building could wipe £142.5bn off the economy over the next 10 years and cost 120,000 jobs in the construction…
Tagged: BREXIT Europe House Building
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Wednesday 17 August 2016
Law Society concern sof lack of funding for housing challenges
Funding cuts have led to legal aid ‘deserts’ with people struggling to access representation or advice on housing issues, solicitors have warned. According to…
Tagged: Allocations Arrears Homelessness Improvements
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Wednesday 17 August 2016
Proposal by mayoral candidate to buy out private landlords
Andy Burnham hopes to use £300m of housing cash to buy out private landlords and set up a rent-to-own scheme if he becomes mayor…
Tagged: Private Sector Housing
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Tuesday 16 August 2016
Derwent Living – downgrade
Derwent lining has been judged ‘non-compliant’ on both governance and financial viability after a damning report by the social housing regulator. The Homes and Communities…
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Tuesday 16 August 2016
Brexit causes HAs to re-consider risk on loan rates
Housing associations have put up “tens of millions” in additional security to banks as a result of financial turmoil following the EU referendum. After…
Tagged: Finance Risk Management
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Tuesday 16 August 2016
Paradigm breach gas safety regs
A housing association led by the former head of the social housing regulator has been criticised by the Homes and Communities Agency for gas…
Tagged: Goverance
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Tuesday 16 August 2016
Merger talks in Hampshire
Two housing associations are in early merger talks to create a landlord owning more than 28,000 homes. First Wessex, which owns more than 18,240…
Tagged: HA Specific Issues
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Tuesday 16 August 2016
Circle Housing to collapse federated structure
Circle Housing will begin the process of collapsing its mammoth group structure into a single entity in September. The 70,000-home housing association currently has…
Tagged: Goverance
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Tuesday 16 August 2016
Regulatory downgrades
One Housing Group (OHG) – 14,000-home housing association had its governance downgraded by the social housing regulator due to concerns over its “transparency and…
Tagged: Goverance Regulation
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Tuesday 16 August 2016
London builders must build 35% affordbale homes
Sadiq Khan is planning to require London house builders to ensure 35% of homes in all schemes are affordable. According to Inside Housing: “The…
Tagged: House Building Housing Strategy
