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Saturday 22 November 2014
Teeside goes for combined authority
Proposals have been launched to create a combined authority in Tees Valley designed to boost investment in the area and give it a ‘stronger…
Tagged: LA Specific Issues
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Friday 21 November 2014
Care providers must take care to enable equality for same sex carers
Care providers have been urged to ensure vulnerable clients have access to same sex carers following a case in Warwickshire where a council failed…
Tagged: Care and Support Equality
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Friday 21 November 2014
Trident joins the HCAs watch list
A 3,500-home Birmingham landlord has been placed on the regulator’s ‘watch list’ of landlords at risk of not complying with its standards. According to…
Tagged: Regulation
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Friday 21 November 2014
Co-operative gets Board Members appointed by the HCA
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has appointed four board members to a tenants’ co-operative after ‘repeated disagreements and conflict’ saw it fail regulatory…
Tagged: Regulation
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Friday 21 November 2014
Public support more housing
Most British people would back more council and housing association homes being built in their local area, according to new research. From LG news:…
Tagged: Housing Strategy
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Sunday 16 November 2014
HDN diversity calender now available
The HDN Diversity Calendar for 2015 is now available. This is available free to download if your organisation is a member of HDN. If…
Tagged: Equality
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Tuesday 11 November 2014
RBS Voting is open for inspiring women in enterprise grant funding
Public voting is now open for RBS Inspiring Women in Enterprise Grant Funding. Your vote can make a difference. Back in October, RBS called…
Tagged: Big Society Social Enterprise
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Tuesday 11 November 2014
Digital technologies and homeless people
Here is an award you may be interested in from Lemos and Crane: Many homelessness agencies are expanding their use of technology to deliver…
Tagged: Allocations Homelessness IT Social Media
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Thursday 6 November 2014
Housing Day on 12th Nov
What are you doing? There’s lots going on in our housing world and CIH are promoting#Housing Day on 12 November. This will be a…
Tagged: Social Media Technology
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Thursday 6 November 2014
Landlords need not consult on leaseholder charges under £250
Landlords will not need to consult leaseholders if separately accumulated service charges exceed £250 during the year, the Court of Appeal has ruled. According…
Tagged: Rents