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Wednesday 27 August 2014
HA launches smartphone app on its services
A Coventry-based housing association has launched a smartphone and tablet app to raise awareness of its work. According to Inside Housing: Whitefriars Housing this…
Tagged: IT Social Media Technology
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Wednesday 27 August 2014
Nat Fed ALMOs calls for improvements in consumer regulation
A sector body is planning to call for more active consumer regulation of arm’s-length management organisation (ALMO) services following the sentencing of an ALMO…
Tagged: Complaints Regulation
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Wednesday 27 August 2014
Landlords asking tenants to pay rent in advance who will be subject to Universal Credit
The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has warned social landlords against putting ‘unfair pressure’ on tenants to pay extra rent under the rollout of…
Tagged: Rents Welfare Reform
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Wednesday 27 August 2014
Private rent – Fine for room entered on all fours
A north London landlord has been prosecuted for renting out a room that could only be entered on all fours as it was deemed…
Tagged: Private Sector Housing
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Saturday 23 August 2014
Campaign for affordable housing
Brighton’s Future, a new campaign for affordable housing, was born out of a desire to find solutions to Brighton’s housing crisis. According to Inside…
Tagged: Housing Strategy
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Saturday 16 August 2014
Smiling communities – a great idea
Do you smile at the people next door, pat their cats and dogs, take out their bins or know their names? If so, you…
Tagged: Community Tenant Involvement
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Saturday 16 August 2014
Unfair dismissal at LMH
A tribunal judge has overturned a ruling which would have left Liverpool Mutual Homes exposed to claims worth hundreds of thousands of pounds for…
Tagged: Work
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Saturday 16 August 2014
Tribunal sets precedent for overnight carers – bedroom tax decision
A tribunal has overturned a decision on the bedroom tax, setting a precedent that could force some councils to rethink how they decide who…
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Saturday 16 August 2014
Landlords to sell energy to tenants
Landlords with 357,000 homes to form company to sell energy at cost price According to CIH: A nationwide consortium of housing associations plans to…
Tagged: Energy
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Saturday 16 August 2014
We are not preparing for old age
Nearly two thirds of people have never thought about their care options for when they reach old age, research commissioned by a housing association…
Tagged: Housing Strategy Older people
