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Monday 17 March 2014
Bedroom tax and use of the spare room for business
Tenants could escape the bedroom tax by starting a business in their spare room, a Conservative peer has suggested. Inside housing has reported: Starting…
Tagged: Bedroom Tax Economy Social Enterprise Welfare Reform
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Sunday 16 March 2014
Self builders tax break
Self-builders will now be exempt from paying a community infrastructure levy in a bid to get 3,000 stalled homes underway. According to LG News:…
Tagged: Community House Building
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Sunday 16 March 2014
More than 11 million homes in europe empty
More than 11 million homes are empty across Europe, research published today has shown. According to Inside Housing: The research, published by the Guardian newspaper,…
Tagged: Allocations Homelessness Voids
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Sunday 16 March 2014
Central Govt suggests deleting CEO post in Local Govt
Councils should consider scrapping the post of chief executive and use the money saved to fund frontline services, according to the Department for Communities and…
Tagged: Finance Goverance LA Specific Issues
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Sunday 16 March 2014
Councillor votes will be public on council tax increases
Councils will be required to publish details of how each councillor votes on budget decisions such as raising or freezing council tax. Mr Pickles…
Tagged: LA Specific Issues
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Sunday 16 March 2014
Landlord to set up energy company
A local authority is setting out a business model to create its own energy supply company. Inside Housing has reported: If the plans go…
Tagged: Anti-Poverty Energy
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Sunday 16 March 2014
Proposals to avert £4.5m threat
Watchdog considers new draft of accounting rules to avoid impairment hit Inside Housing has reported: Proposals to avert a £4.5 billion threat to housing…
Tagged: Finance Finance Viability Regulation
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Monday 10 March 2014
12,000 homeless families housed outside their borough
The number of homeless families in England that have been housed outside their borough has risen by nearly 20 per cent in a year.…
Tagged: Allocations Homelessness
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Monday 10 March 2014
Anchor fined for care homes
Anchor housing association has been fined £12,000 for failing to properly vet managers in three of its care homes. According to Inside Housing: The…
Tagged: Care and Support Regulation
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Monday 10 March 2014
Inside Housing Campaign for apprenticeships
The three largest political parties in England have all backed Inside Housing’s drive to increase the number of apprenticeships and training opportunities in the housing sector.…
Tagged: Economy
