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17 Sep 19
Lib Dem spokesperson for housing Tim Farron has said charity Shelter’s proposals to build 3.1 million homes over the next 20 years were “ambitious, but we should do it”.
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26 Aug 19
Westminster must reform the Right to Buy and allow councils to keep all the receipts from homes sold under the scheme, the Local Government Association has said.
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9 Aug 19
Thousands of new council homes supplied by green energy are at the heart of a vision for Wales put forward by the region’s government.
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18 Jul 19
Government’s response to the Grenfell Tower fire has been “far too slow” and could risk another tragedy, MPs have warned.
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27 Jun 19
The prime minister and the housing secretary have put forward a raft of proposals to tackle the UK’s housing issues.
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17 Jun 19
Thousands of homes are to be built in rapidly expanding communities following a £142m injection of cash in infrastructure improvements.
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7 Jun 19
Social housing renters are still being failed by poor regulation two years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, a charity has warned.
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23 May 19
Questions have been raised over the council’s clean-up effort in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire, which left potentially toxic residue on residents’ homes.
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30 Apr 19
The government does not yet have “all the ingredients” it needs to hit its target of 300,000 new homes by 2025, according to a leading civil servant.
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26 Apr 19
The supply of new homes will not be enough to solve the severe undersupply of housing in this country, says CIPFA’s Tim Reade.
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4 Mar 19
Central government has gone some way towards supporting the building of social rented homes but it needs to do much more, says Chartered Institute of Housing policy advisor John Perry.
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27 Feb 19
Housing associations, councils and the mayor of London have called on the government to hand over £5.2bn to protect housing in the capital against the impact of a no deal Brexit.
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19 Feb 19
Local authorities will be key to facilitating prison reforms by providing housing for ex-offenders, the justice secretary has said.
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7 Feb 19
The number of social rent homes in England has plummeted by 165,697 in just six years, analysis by a trade body has found. ...
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24 Jan 19
A group of seven benefit assessors from councils in London have been convicted of committing housing benefit fraud worth £1m across three councils.
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21 Jan 19
London councils are spending more than £22m each year renting back homes sold under right to buy, research has found.
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15 Jan 19
More than 50 councils will benefit from a £2.4m pot to crack down on rogue landlords, housing minister Heather Wheeler has announced.
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11 Jan 19
Former servicemen and women suffering from mental illnesses, such as post traumatic stress disorder, will be prioritised for social housing, under new proposals announced by the government.
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8 Jan 19
Up to 3.1 million new social homes must be built over the next 20 years to solve the housing crisis in England, an independent commission has found.
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2 Jan 19
London boroughs will receive a £38m boost to provide accommodation for families facing homelessness, the government has announced.
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18 Dec 18
Housing accountants must be careful about how they charge rents next year - a leap year - or they could find they lose out on income or break the rules, says the chair of CIPFA’s housing panel Ken...
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10 Dec 18
Councils will not be able to build the homes needed unless we also address how we train and expands the construction industry workforce, argues think-tank Localis’ Bethanie Roughley.
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28 Nov 18
Social housing sales outstripped the creation of new units in England by a factor of three to one last year, government figures revealed.
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16 Nov 18
A specialist housing court would speed up access to justice for landlords and tenant locked in disputes, the communities secretary has said.
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7 Nov 18
A PF snapshot survey has revealed 93% of councils across England are planning to borrow more against their housing revenue account now the cap has been lifted.
17 Sep 19Lib Dem spokesperson for housing Tim Farron has said charity Shelter’s proposals to build 3.1 million homes over the next 20 years were “ambitious, but we should do it”.
26 Aug 19Westminster must reform the Right to Buy and allow councils to keep all the receipts from homes sold under the scheme, the Local Government Association has said.
9 Aug 19Thousands of new council homes supplied by green energy are at the heart of a vision for Wales put forward by the region’s government.
18 Jul 19Government’s response to the Grenfell Tower fire has been “far too slow” and could risk another tragedy, MPs have warned.
17 Jun 19Thousands of homes are to be built in rapidly expanding communities following a £142m injection of cash in infrastructure improvements.
23 May 19Questions have been raised over the council’s clean-up effort in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire, which left potentially toxic residue on residents’ homes.
30 Apr 19The government does not yet have “all the ingredients” it needs to hit its target of 300,000 new homes by 2025, according to a leading civil servant.
4 Mar 19Central government has gone some way towards supporting the building of social rented homes but it needs to do much more, says Chartered Institute of Housing policy advisor John Perry.
27 Feb 19Housing associations, councils and the mayor of London have called on the government to hand over £5.2bn to protect housing in the capital against the impact of a no deal Brexit.
24 Jan 19A group of seven benefit assessors from councils in London have been convicted of committing housing benefit fraud worth £1m across three councils.
21 Jan 19London councils are spending more than £22m each year renting back homes sold under right to buy, research has found.
15 Jan 19More than 50 councils will benefit from a £2.4m pot to crack down on rogue landlords, housing minister Heather Wheeler has announced.
11 Jan 19Former servicemen and women suffering from mental illnesses, such as post traumatic stress disorder, will be prioritised for social housing, under new proposals announced by the government.
8 Jan 19Up to 3.1 million new social homes must be built over the next 20 years to solve the housing crisis in England, an independent commission has found.
2 Jan 19London boroughs will receive a £38m boost to provide accommodation for families facing homelessness, the government has announced.
18 Dec 18Housing accountants must be careful about how they charge rents next year - a leap year - or they could find they lose out on income or break the rules, says the chair of CIPFA’s housing panel Ken...
28 Nov 18Social housing sales outstripped the creation of new units in England by a factor of three to one last year, government figures revealed.
16 Nov 18A specialist housing court would speed up access to justice for landlords and tenant locked in disputes, the communities secretary has said.
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