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Wednesday 2 April 2014
Council Tax bills and family income
Most councils have introduced minimum payments for council tax regardless of family income, according to research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). According to…
Tagged: Anti-Poverty Arrears LA Specific Issues Welfare Reform
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Wednesday 2 April 2014
Local pledge to reduce fuel poverty
Leaders from the housing associations and local authorities of the Liverpool City Region today pledged closer working to address global climate change and fuel…
Tagged: Anti-Poverty Energy Green Agenda
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Wednesday 2 April 2014
Tenants have political “clout”
Eighty-six parliamentary seats may be threatened by the voting intentions of private renters, a poll by a campaign organisation has suggested today. But one…
Tagged: HA Specific Issues LA Specific Issues Private Sector Housing
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Wednesday 2 April 2014
UK fuel poverty monitor
National targets to eradicate fuel poverty will be missed unless politicians take urgent action to tackle the ‘cold homes crisis’, a charity report warns…
Tagged: Anti-Poverty Energy Green Agenda
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Wednesday 2 April 2014
35% increase in arrears due to bedroom tax in 14 Merseyside HAs
Rent arrears among social housing tenants in Merseyside have soared 35 per cent since the introduction of the bedroom tax. Reported in Inside Housing:…
Tagged: Arrears Bedroom Tax
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Wednesday 2 April 2014
Calls for bedroom tax exemptions
MPs have called for disabled people living in homes which have been significantly adapted to be exempt from the bedroom tax. According to Inside…
Tagged: Bedroom Tax
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Wednesday 2 April 2014
Make the planning system more proactive
The planning system needs to be radically overhauled to make it more proactive, according to a government-commissioned review. The Farrell Review, which looks at…
Tagged: House Building Housing Strategy
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Sunday 30 March 2014
40% of private tenants cutting back on heating
Around 40 per cent of private rented sector tenants have said they are having to cut back on heating due to high rents, a…
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Sunday 30 March 2014
Care for older people dropping
Most local authorities are ‘tightly rationing’ their social care for older people, according to new research. According to LG News: The research, from the Nuffield…
Tagged: Care and Support Older people
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Sunday 30 March 2014
24 councils win the low carbon grant
Some 24 councils have been awarded over £2.1m to support development of low carbon heating projects. Accorsing to LG News: Staffordshire County Council, Manchester…
Tagged: Energy Green Agenda
