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Friday 19 December 2014
Wakefield social media campaign to name a street
WDH will become the first housing association in the UK to use a public vote on Facebook to decide the name of a new…
Tagged: Social Media
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Friday 19 December 2014
Northumberland might stock transfer from the ALMO
Northumberland County Council has agreed to the principle of ending the arm’s-length management of its housing stock and establish an internal management structure. According…
Tagged: LA Specific Issues
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Friday 19 December 2014
JRF downgraded for governance
Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust (JRHT) has room for improvement if it is to maintain compliance, the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) revealed. According to…
Tagged: Goverance Regulation
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Sunday 14 December 2014
Tribunal overturns exemption on bedroom size
The Department for Work and Pensions has overturned a tribunal’s decision to exempt two brothers from the bedroom tax due to room size. According…
Tagged: Bedroom Tax Welfare Reform
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Monday 24 November 2014
Should 16 years old’s get the vote?
Compulsory voting in elections, handing 16 year olds the vote and greater devolution have been proposed by MPs as ways to deal with the…
Tagged: Government Initiatives
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Saturday 22 November 2014
Private landlords increase expected to 1 trillion homes
Private landlords in Britain are set to own £1tn worth of homes by late spring 2015, it was predicted on Thursday, as rising house…
Tagged: Allocations Private Sector Housing
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Saturday 22 November 2014
It is all a bit depressing
Social Housing new build lower than during the 2nd world war The number of new homes for social rent fell to its lowest level…
Tagged: Allocations Anti-Poverty
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Saturday 22 November 2014
HA sells 1200 Homes
One of England’s largest housing associations will sell 1,200 of its homes as it exits more than a quarter of the council areas it…
Tagged: Allocations Value for Money Voids
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Saturday 22 November 2014
Study to debunk stereotypes on social housing
‘Lazy stereotypes’ depicting social housing tenants as shirkers are detached from reality and two-thirds of those who can work are in employment, according to a…
Tagged: Care and Support Customer Care HA Specific Issues LA Specific Issues
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Saturday 22 November 2014
Finding agreed for Tees Valley growth
A £190m funding package to regenerate the Tees Valley economy has been signed off by the Government. According to L G News; The Government…
Tagged: Economy
