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Friday 11 December 2015
Pay to stay – request for exemption for HB claimants
The National Housing Federation has called for benefit claimants to be exempt from Pay to Stay amid widespread concern in the sector about the…
Tagged: Rents
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Friday 11 December 2015
Deputy CEO jailed for fraud
The former deputy chief executive of Accord Group has been jailed for conning the association out of £325,000 to buy sandwich bars. Lakhbir Jaspal…
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Friday 11 December 2015
Orbit downgraded for fire safety
Orbit Group failed to carry out ‘high-risk’ fire safety works on hundreds of homes for more than two years, exposing a large number of…
Tagged: Health and Safety Regulation
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Friday 11 December 2015
TAROE needs your help
England’s largest tenant body made a loss of more than £26,000 in 2014/15, reducing its reserves by more than a third. The Tenants’ and…
Tagged: Tenant Involvement
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Friday 11 December 2015
Newham accuses TMO of failure
Newham Council has accused a tenant management organisation of “significant failure” to manage its finances, in a row over its attempt to dissolve the…
Tagged: Tenant Involvement
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Friday 11 December 2015
Housing Market – how is it doing?
Find out here on a montly basis: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-market-bulletin…
Tagged: House Building Housing Strategy
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Friday 11 December 2015
HA merger – the biggest of them all
The largest ever merger in the social housing sector has moved a step closer after two social landlords’ boards approved a business case for…
Tagged: HA Specific Issues
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Friday 11 December 2015
Congratulations to all in those Toxteth homes
Well done on winning the Turner prize. Here is an interesting article from the Guardian for anyone who missed the fun. http://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2015/dec/08/assemble-turner-prize-housing-crisis-toxteth?CMP=ema-1703&CMP=…
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Friday 11 December 2015
End of lifetime tenancies – applies to new tenants LA only
The Government has tabled new clauses to the Housing and Planning Bill which will prevent local authority landlords from granting new lifetime secure tenancies.…
Tagged: LA Specific Issues Tenancies
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Thursday 12 November 2015
Vote for Housing Awards open to 22nd November
The shortlist have now been publicised on www.housing.org.uk/ciweek and online public voting is open until the 22 November – a further opportunity to cast…
Tagged: Awards
