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Monday 12 October 2015
Manchester HAs in merger talks
Merger talks have begun between two Greater Manchester housing associations. The respective boards of Adactus Housing Group and Irwell Valley have given the go-ahead…
Tagged: HA Specific Issues
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Monday 12 October 2015
Housing benefit stopped in error for sanctioned tenants
The Department for Work and Pensions has issued an urgent notice to councils after Job Seeker’s Allowance claimants reportedly had their housing benefit payments…
Tagged: Anti-Poverty Welfare Reform Work
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Monday 12 October 2015
RTB offer accepeted by government, terms now produced
National Housing Federation (NHF) members controlling 93% of housing association rented stock backed a proposal last week to accept the Right to Buy extension voluntarily.…
Tagged: Right to Buy
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Thursday 8 October 2015
Unconference info from 7th Oct at Warrington
Thanks for supporting the unconference today. Here are my slides as promised and the links to documents, or the documents we discussed. Please dont…
Tagged: Scrutiny.net Meetings Unconference
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Monday 5 October 2015
National minimun wage in pictures from JRF
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Tagged: Anti-Poverty
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Monday 5 October 2015
Latest regulatory judgements
The HCA upgraded the governance ratings of five landlords – PlusDane, East Thames Group, Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust, Merlin Housing Society and Soha Housing.…
Tagged: Goverance Value for Money
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Monday 5 October 2015
Vacancy – chair of the HCA
Robert Napier is retiring. Here are the details for the advert for his rol, which is a government apppointment: http://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/appointment/non-executive-director-homes-communities-agency-board-chair/…
Tagged: Regulation
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Monday 5 October 2015
RTB – how the HA vote went
86% of NHF members voted in support of the deal, representing 93% of the sector’s total rented homes. In an email sent to housing…
Tagged: Right to Buy
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Monday 28 September 2015
NHF to slash its fees
The National Housing Federation is to cut membership fees in response to the financial impact of recent government policy on housing associations. The National…
Tagged: HA Specific Issues
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Monday 28 September 2015
Cheshire Peaks and Plains HA to lose 10% of staff
Peaks & Plains is looking to make nearly 10% of its staff redundant as a result of the government’s social rent cut. The HA…
Tagged: Rents
