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Saturday 2 January 2016
Local Housing Allowance to be capped for supported housing
This is a very serious issue for the future viability of supported housing. Placeshapers has warned that the homes of 440,000 vulnerable people could…
Tagged: Care and Support Rents Welfare Reform
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Saturday 2 January 2016
We must continue to maintain homes as well as cutting staff to cope with rent cut
Julian Ashby, in an exclusive column for Inside Housing, said the sector had dealt with the 1% social housing rent cut and other policy changes…
Tagged: House Building Regulation Rents
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Tuesday 22 December 2015
Merry Xmas everyone – see you in 2016 xxx
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Tuesday 22 December 2015
Plans to reduce HB to Local Housing Allowance levels threaten Supported Housing
A housing association has warned it faces losses of £23m a year from its extra care and retirement housing business if the government goes…
Tagged: Care and Support
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Tuesday 22 December 2015
Statistics on homelessness – investigation
A watchdog has stripped government homelessness figures of ‘national statistics’ status, branding them “potentially misleading”. The UK Statistics Authority criticised the Department for Communities…
Tagged: Care and Support Homelessness
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Tuesday 22 December 2015
Government halts plan to end lifetime tenancies for HAs only
The government is delaying a decision on ending lifetime tenancies for housing associations, as it plans deregulation to remove the sector from the public…
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Tuesday 22 December 2015
Supported housing umbrela organistions to merge
Two of the biggest umbrella organisations for supported housing providers will merge next month. According to Inside Housing: “Homeless Link and Sitra will join…
Tagged: Care and Support Homelessness
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Tuesday 22 December 2015
HA credit is downgraded
Aster Group’s outlook has moved from “positive” to “stable” because ofplans to invest cash in building homes rather than paying down debt. Inside Housing…
Tagged: Finance Finance Viability
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Tuesday 22 December 2015
New HCA interim chair appointed
Mr Kevin Parry, who was appointed to the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) board in July 2014, will hold the reins from 1 January…
Tagged: Goverance Regulation
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Friday 11 December 2015
Annual report from Halton Housing
We like this one – its clear and to the point: “We have six key performance indicators that are reported to each Board meeting.…
Tagged: Performance Technology Tenant Involvement
