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Monday 10 March 2014
Right to part buy
Eric Pickles has welcomed Hammersmith & Fulham Council’s ‘right to part buy’ scheme, which will allow tenants to purchase 15 per cent of their…
Tagged: Right to Buy
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Monday 10 March 2014
Raising the flag
Over 500 councils, community groups and charities raised the Commonwealth Flag today to mark the Commonwealth Day. The event, which will be the largest,…
Tagged: LA Specific Issues Social Capital
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Monday 10 March 2014
Housing staff fill the support gap
Housing professionals are increasingly expected to fill the gap left by the withdrawal of other services as tenants require increasing levels of support, a…
Tagged: Care and Support
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Monday 10 March 2014
Number of empty homes has fallen
The number of empty homes in England fell by the biggest ever annual drop in 2013 to 635,127, research has found. According to today’s…
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Thursday 6 March 2014
Fair trading in service charges and other matters
An Office of Fair Trading (OFT) investigation into residential property management services has been widened to include local authority freeholders according to a report…
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Tuesday 4 March 2014
Supported Housing- comments and concerns from SITRA
Sitra has concerns about the requirement in the DWP proposals for the new, wider category of supported housing that the claimant has been “placed” in…
Tagged: Care and Support Welfare Reform
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Tuesday 4 March 2014
Private sector social housing provider gets first tenants
The social arm of the UK’s largest listed residential landlord has housed its first tenants in a new community. Inside Housing has reported: The…
Tagged: Regulation
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Tuesday 4 March 2014
Rough sleeping is up by 1/3rd
Rough sleeping in England has risen by more than a third since 2010, official statistics reveal. According to a report in Inside Housing: Figures…
Tagged: Care and Support Homelessness
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Tuesday 4 March 2014
Vice president election at CIH
Three senior housing executives will contest this year’s Chartered Institute of Housing vice-presidential election. Inside Housing has revealed the contenders: Elaine Gibson, director of…
Tagged: Awards
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Tuesday 4 March 2014
NHF need your support
NHF have launched the Yes to Homes petition which is a brand new action to help inspire thousands more people to come forward and…
Tagged: House Building Housing Strategy
