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1 Feb 19
Record levels of overcrowding in the social housing sector mean that about 300,000 households are living in homes with insufficient space.
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30 Nov 18
Councils are failing to use their power to crack down on ‘rogue landlords’, a membership organisation has found.
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4 May 18
Housing associations’ ability to build more homes to help solve the housing crisis is being hampered by centrally-imposed funding cuts, a real estate advisor has warned.
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13 Mar 18
Housing associations have the potential to deliver vastly more affordable homes. But first we must get back to the land issue, says David Orr.
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28 Apr 17
The government’s ambition to build one million homes does not go far enough to meet the country’s true housing need, a Public Accounts Committee report has stated.
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23 Nov 16
It’s safe to say housing is back on the agenda and today’s Autumn Statement is a welcome step in the right direction, but there is more to be done
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4 Oct 16
Housing minister Gavin Barwell has indicated that the government will look to provide greater flexibility in how funding to support affordable homes can be used.
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12 Sep 16
The first housing association tenants have exercised the right to buy their homes under the government’s extension of the scheme across the social housing sector.
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2 Aug 16
Home ownership in England has fallen to a level last seen in 1986 thanks to rising housing costs and static wages, an analysis by the Resolution Foundation has found.
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22 Jun 16
Cuts in public expenditure following a withdrawal by the UK from the European Union could result in 18,000 fewer affordable homes by 2020, Labour’s shadow housing secretary John Healey has claimed.
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18 Dec 15
Housing association mergers can bring big benefits but are not always the right way to go. Here are some questions to think about before you start off down the merger path.
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2 Nov 15
Communities secretary Greg Clark has insisted that the classification of housing associations as public bodies will not lead to the imposition of financial constraints on the sector. He said he had...
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30 Oct 15
The Office for National Statistics has today classified housing associations as part of the public sector, leading to an estimated £60bn increase in public sector net debt.
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9 Oct 15
Housing is a political priority for the government, but it is vital that ministers do not just focus on homes to buy. Boosting supply across all tenures can help people choose the right option for...
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9 Jun 15
A forthcoming hike in the bankruptcy threshold is likely to hit councils and housing associations hard, a leading accountancy firm has warned.
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26 May 15
The government is to press ahead with plans to extend the Right-to-Buy scheme to housing associations tenants, despite warnings that this would hurt the public finances.
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24 Apr 15
Conservative plans to extend the Right-to-Buy scheme to tenants in housing association properties would damage to the long-term health of the UK's public finances, the Institute for Fiscal...
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5 Jan 12
One million housing association tenants currently excluded from the right to buy scheme should be given the opportunity to purchase their own home, according to a report published by the Institute...
1 Feb 19Record levels of overcrowding in the social housing sector mean that about 300,000 households are living in homes with insufficient space.
30 Nov 18Councils are failing to use their power to crack down on ‘rogue landlords’, a membership organisation has found.
4 May 18Housing associations’ ability to build more homes to help solve the housing crisis is being hampered by centrally-imposed funding cuts, a real estate advisor has warned.
13 Mar 18Housing associations have the potential to deliver vastly more affordable homes. But first we must get back to the land issue, says David Orr.
28 Apr 17The government’s ambition to build one million homes does not go far enough to meet the country’s true housing need, a Public Accounts Committee report has stated.
23 Nov 16It’s safe to say housing is back on the agenda and today’s Autumn Statement is a welcome step in the right direction, but there is more to be done
12 Sep 16The first housing association tenants have exercised the right to buy their homes under the government’s extension of the scheme across the social housing sector.
2 Aug 16Home ownership in England has fallen to a level last seen in 1986 thanks to rising housing costs and static wages, an analysis by the Resolution Foundation has found.
2 Nov 15Communities secretary Greg Clark has insisted that the classification of housing associations as public bodies will not lead to the imposition of financial constraints on the sector. He said he had...
9 Oct 15Housing is a political priority for the government, but it is vital that ministers do not just focus on homes to buy. Boosting supply across all tenures can help people choose the right option for...
9 Jun 15A forthcoming hike in the bankruptcy threshold is likely to hit councils and housing associations hard, a leading accountancy firm has warned.
24 Apr 15Conservative plans to extend the Right-to-Buy scheme to tenants in housing association properties would damage to the long-term health of the UK's public finances, the Institute for Fiscal...
5 Jan 12One million housing association tenants currently excluded from the right to buy scheme should be given the opportunity to purchase their own home, according to a report published by the Institute...
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