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27 Jul 20
Additional grant funding of around £10bn will be required if the government is to meeting social housing demand, according to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee.
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29 May 20
What are the potential lessons for policymakers on housing finance following the coronavirus outbreak?
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5 May 20
Rehousing individuals and families currently on the waiting list for council housing could take up to 17 years, given the current backlog and the slow pace of development, research from CIPFA has...
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30 Mar 20
The economic fall-out from the Covid-19 pandemic will require higher levels of investment in social housing, according to the Chartered Institute of Housing.
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4 Mar 20
Tenants have received discounts of almost £5bn to help purchase council house properties since the raising of right to buy discounts in 2012, according to the Local Government Association.
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26 Feb 20
Natalie Elphicke has been appointed parliamentary private secretary at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
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29 Jan 20
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has apologised for a host of failures in the lead-up to the Grenfell Tower Fire at an official inquiry but the apology has been deemed an “insult” by...
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28 Jan 20
Nearly 70% of councils in England spent more than planned on homelessness support last year due to shortages of affordable housing and insufficient housing benefits, according to analysis.
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21 Jan 20
Local authorities have until March to publish data on building owners that fail to act on unsafe properties, the housing secretary has announced.
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17 Jan 20
There are still 91 social housing buildings covered in Grenfell-style ACM cladding over two years after the tragedy, official figures have shown.
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10 Jan 20
More than 13,500 affordable homes have been lost in the last four years due to planning rules which allow offices to be converted into housing without planning permission, council leaders have...
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8 Jan 20
Restrictions on council right to buy receipts, lack of grant funding and land shortages are stifling council housebuilding efforts, a survey has found.
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19 Dec 19
Councils must be given greater flexibilities to allow them produce more houses and end the housing crisis, writes Gavin Smart, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing.
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4 Dec 19
Campaigners have warned that a Grenfell-like tragedy will happen again as government efforts to remove dangerous cladding have failed.
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29 Nov 19
The government must remove the hurdles it has set down if it is serious about tackling the escalating housing crisis London is facing, writes Lewisham mayor Damien Egan.
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8 Nov 19
A government initiative to build 200,000 homes for first time buyers has failed to produce a single home since it was announced in 2015, the National Audit Office has found.
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6 Nov 19
The Grenfell Tower inquiry report was released last week - more than two years after the Kensington and Chelsea block went up in flames. But progress on improving safety remains too slow, says the...
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30 Oct 19
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry has exposed a “serious failure” in communication between the council and various other public bodies.
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11 Oct 19
Council spend on temporary accommodation has exploded over an eight-year period due to a shortage of social housing, an umbrella group has found.
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7 Oct 19
Constraints on council housebuilding remain despite policies aimed at boosting housing supply, the Chartered Institute of Housing has said.
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26 Sep 19
Housing should be considered infrastructure along with roads and rail to help solve the shortfall in UK homes, a housing association director has told the Labour conference.
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26 Sep 19
Political consensus to tackle the housing crisis is needed but is at an early stage, a conference has heard.
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23 Sep 19
The UK must invest £128bn over the next decade to fix the housing crisis, according to research.
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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.
27 Jul 20Additional grant funding of around £10bn will be required if the government is to meeting social housing demand, according to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee.
29 May 20What are the potential lessons for policymakers on housing finance following the coronavirus outbreak?
30 Mar 20The economic fall-out from the Covid-19 pandemic will require higher levels of investment in social housing, according to the Chartered Institute of Housing.
4 Mar 20Tenants have received discounts of almost £5bn to help purchase council house properties since the raising of right to buy discounts in 2012, according to the Local Government Association.
26 Feb 20Natalie Elphicke has been appointed parliamentary private secretary at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
29 Jan 20The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has apologised for a host of failures in the lead-up to the Grenfell Tower Fire at an official inquiry but the apology has been deemed an “insult” by...
28 Jan 20Nearly 70% of councils in England spent more than planned on homelessness support last year due to shortages of affordable housing and insufficient housing benefits, according to analysis.
21 Jan 20Local authorities have until March to publish data on building owners that fail to act on unsafe properties, the housing secretary has announced.
10 Jan 20More than 13,500 affordable homes have been lost in the last four years due to planning rules which allow offices to be converted into housing without planning permission, council leaders have...
19 Dec 19Councils must be given greater flexibilities to allow them produce more houses and end the housing crisis, writes Gavin Smart, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing.
4 Dec 19Campaigners have warned that a Grenfell-like tragedy will happen again as government efforts to remove dangerous cladding have failed.
29 Nov 19The government must remove the hurdles it has set down if it is serious about tackling the escalating housing crisis London is facing, writes Lewisham mayor Damien Egan.
11 Oct 19Council spend on temporary accommodation has exploded over an eight-year period due to a shortage of social housing, an umbrella group has found.
26 Sep 19Political consensus to tackle the housing crisis is needed but is at an early stage, a conference has heard.
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”.
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