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16 May 22
A council in south west England will borrow up to £10m to fund “critical” temporary accommodation to house homeless families amid the cost-of-living crisis.
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12 May 22
Levelling up minister Michael Gove has suggested that the government could fail to hit its manifesto pledge to provide 300,000 new homes a year by 2025.
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19 Apr 22
Proposals to abolish section 106 charges in favour of a new infrastructure tax could disincentivise investment in poorer regions, working against 'levelling up', according to experts....
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24 Feb 22
The London Borough of Haringey is set to launch an external investigation into historical land purchases, following a critical ombudsman report.
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8 Feb 22
A London borough is co-operating with a police probe into an allegation of fraud linked to a housing development project.
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21 Jan 22
A housing subsidiary to which Cambridgeshire County Council has loaned £114m is at risk of failing to deliver on its business case, according to an independent report.
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31 Aug 21
Government plans to spend £8.6bn building affordable homes still leave a large unaddressed need for social housing, an expert has warned.
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2 Jul 21
The London Borough of Croydon may need to write-off up to £52m in loans to wholly-owned housing firm Brick by Brick, after rejecting the sale of the company.
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30 Jun 21
Powys County Council has agreed to wind down a housing maintenance joint-venture next year, halfway through the original contract term, and insource the services.
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15 Jun 21
Kensington & Chelsea’s Grenfell tragedy response means opening up to residents over the viability of new homes.
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2 Jun 21
The London Borough of Croydon has delayed plans to scrap a project which would have seen the authority transfer housing assets to its pension fund.
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25 May 21
The London Borough of Croydon is set to drop plans to transfer homes built by subsidiaries into its pension fund to help reduce employer contributions.
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16 Jan 21
Local government secretary Robert Jenrick has announced plans which would allow the public to convert unused buildings into new housing.
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13 Nov 20
Ealing Council has approved plans to borrow more than £390m over 50 years to on-lend to its housing company to build more than 1,300 affordable homes over the next six years.
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30 Oct 20
London Borough of Newham is to loan a further £4m to its own development company, after a leisure centre operator pulled out of a development project due to Covid-19.
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6 Aug 20
Councils could speed up infrastructure and affordable housing delivery by borrowing against its proposed new infrastructure levy according to the government’s consultation on planning reform.
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23 Jul 20
Local government secretary Robert Jenrick has hinted that the government could introduce council tax and business rate reimbursement schemes to help local authorities deal with the financial...
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5 Jun 20
More than half of frontline services have reported an increase in the need to provide support relating to homelessness since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from charity...
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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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28 May 20
Salford City Council has revised a deal with a property management organisation to remove dangerous cladding from nine tower blocks in the city.
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17 Mar 20
The government has promised to ‘level up’ disparities in income growth across the UK, but is regeneration the right way forward?
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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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19 Feb 20
Council leaders have called for greater compulsory purchase powers after analysis showed less than 60% of granted planning permissions have been completed since 2009-10.
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10 Feb 20
The extra Treasury cash raised via the Public Work Loans Board 1% rate rise should be handed back to local government, council leaders have suggested.
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30 Jan 20
Councils will be urged to fast-track planning applications for “beautiful” buildings, under new plans outlined by the communities secretary.