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30 Nov 20
The argument for shifting resources away from housing benefit subsidies to social housing provision is growing stronger, says councillor Graham Chapman.
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14 Jan 20
The four-year freeze on Local Housing Allowance rates is to be lifted in April bringing the benefit in line with inflation, the government has announced.
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10 Jan 20
Councils failing to administer housing benefit correctly are driving families to become homeless, the local government watchdog has found.
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29 Mar 19
English councils are failing to use statutory powers to penalise rogue landlords in the private rented sector, a trade body has found.
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8 Feb 19
Ministers have laid the foundations for a new era in council housebuilding and say it is up to authorities to deliver. What plans are afoot, and are councils ready to step up? Neil Merrick...
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9 Aug 18
Ministers have abandoned plans to change the way rent for people in supported housing is paid and confirmed it will remain within the welfare system.
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25 Jan 18
Rough sleeping increased sharply in England last year, leading to calls from councils and the Chartered Institute of Housing to change government policies on welfare and home building.
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27 Oct 17
Plans to cap housing benefit at Local Housing Allowance rates in social housing have been scrapped, the prime minister announced this week.
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24 Oct 17
While there has been some progress on improving the private rented sector more needs to be done - including looking into whether local authorities have the capacity to tackle rogue landlords,...
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31 Mar 17
The gap between local housing allowance and private rent means housing is out of reach for young single people, research has revealed.
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27 Sep 16
Housing benefit overpayments are more likely to be identified when residents receive a separate communication written in clear language, a study conducted by five English councils and Capita suggests.
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5 Nov 15
Cuts to social housing rents announced by Chancellor George Osborne will be of little or no benefit to most of the 3.9 million tenants in the sector, but will save the Treasury around £1.7bn, an...
30 Nov 20The argument for shifting resources away from housing benefit subsidies to social housing provision is growing stronger, says councillor Graham Chapman.
14 Jan 20The four-year freeze on Local Housing Allowance rates is to be lifted in April bringing the benefit in line with inflation, the government has announced.
10 Jan 20Councils failing to administer housing benefit correctly are driving families to become homeless, the local government watchdog has found.
29 Mar 19English councils are failing to use statutory powers to penalise rogue landlords in the private rented sector, a trade body has found.
8 Feb 19Ministers have laid the foundations for a new era in council housebuilding and say it is up to authorities to deliver. What plans are afoot, and are councils ready to step up? Neil Merrick...
9 Aug 18Ministers have abandoned plans to change the way rent for people in supported housing is paid and confirmed it will remain within the welfare system.
25 Jan 18Rough sleeping increased sharply in England last year, leading to calls from councils and the Chartered Institute of Housing to change government policies on welfare and home building.
27 Oct 17Plans to cap housing benefit at Local Housing Allowance rates in social housing have been scrapped, the prime minister announced this week.
24 Oct 17While there has been some progress on improving the private rented sector more needs to be done - including looking into whether local authorities have the capacity to tackle rogue landlords,...
31 Mar 17The gap between local housing allowance and private rent means housing is out of reach for young single people, research has revealed.
27 Sep 16Housing benefit overpayments are more likely to be identified when residents receive a separate communication written in clear language, a study conducted by five English councils and Capita suggests.
5 Nov 15Cuts to social housing rents announced by Chancellor George Osborne will be of little or no benefit to most of the 3.9 million tenants in the sector, but will save the Treasury around £1.7bn, an...
