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Wednesday 2 March 2016
Largets housebuilding factory in Europe
An institutional investor is set to launch a massive £500m push into offsite construction, with plans to build the largest housebuilding factory in Europe.…
Tagged: House Building
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Wednesday 2 March 2016
HCA downgrade for gas safety
A housing association has received a governance downgrade from the English social housing regulator for failing to carry out gas safety checks on 160…
Tagged: Regulation Repairs
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Wednesday 2 March 2016
London and SE – free training on energy for tenants
UK Power Networks is offering a limited number of free training for social housing tenants in London and the South East before the end…
Tagged: Energy Tenant Involvement
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Wednesday 2 March 2016
Rough sleeper number up 30%
This is wrong – surely this is a very basic human right! The figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) reveal…
Tagged: Homelessness
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Wednesday 2 March 2016
HCA reconsider recharge for regulation
The English social housing regulator plans to publish a consultation on charging fees after the Housing and Planning Bill is passed in parliament. The…
Tagged: Regulation
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Wednesday 2 March 2016
HA to review risk assessment, following fatality
A housing association has been told to improve its record-keeping and staff training about domestic violence, following the murder of a 17-year-old girl by…
Tagged: Care and Support Risk Management
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Wednesday 2 March 2016
Green Finger awards
Lemos and Crane are suppporting these awards for London. A total of £5,000 prize money is being offered to projects based in any London borough that…
Tagged: Awards
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Wednesday 2 March 2016
Local Housing Allowance and supported housing latest
In a written statement to Parliament, the Government has confirmed that people living in supported and sheltered housing will be exempted from the LHA cap…
Tagged: Care and Support Rents Welfare Reform
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Thursday 18 February 2016
40% of council flats sold through RTB rented out expensively
This week in the Guardian on line, the Commons communities and local government select committee found that 40% of ex-council flats sold through right…
Tagged: Private Sector Housing Right to Buy
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Thursday 18 February 2016
Northern Power Women – the shortlist
Shortlist One to Watch The winner of this award will be an individual developing quickly within their role, showing significant promise and who is the…
