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2 Feb 18
Forget Labour infighting and public-private debates, what’s at stake in Haringey is how we think, talk and make decisions about places, says Jonathan Carr-West.
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2 Feb 18
The rate at which right to buy discounts have been handed out in the past six years has sparked a social housing ‘firesale’, the Local Government Association has warned.
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1 Feb 18
Local people have expertise and entrepreneurial flair. Councils should make the most of it, says Vidhya Alakeson of Power to Change.
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31 Jan 18
The government’s response to school teachers quitting the profession in England has been “sluggish and incoherent”, according to the Public Accounts Committee.
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31 Jan 18
The government should take an “urgent look” at increasing funding to affordable housing as more than 150,000 homes for social rent have been lost in five years, the Chartered Institute of Housing has...
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30 Jan 18
The Ministry of Defence has lost out on up to £4.2bn after it sold 55,000 homes to a private company, the National Audit Office has found.
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26 Jan 18
Council housing is undergoing a “renaissance”, according to a leading official at the Ministry of Housing Communities & Local Government.
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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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24 Jan 18
Housing charity Shelter has launched a commission to lobby the government over the future of social housing, following concerns highlighted by the Grenfell Tower fire.
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23 Jan 18
None of the 36 local authorities that have asked for central government support to install tower block fire safety measures such as sprinklers have received any funding so far, housing secretary...
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22 Jan 18
The government cannot meet its housebuilding targets unless it scraps the borrowing cap on local authority housing revenue accounts to “unleash” council housebuilding, MPs have said.
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19 Jan 18
English councils will receive an extra £29m to support unaccompanied asylum seeking children and care leavers, communities secretary Sajid Javid has said.
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18 Jan 18
The revamped version of the private finance initiative – dubbed PF2 – has been little used and has few major differences from its predecessor, the National Audit Office has found.
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17 Jan 18
The Chartered Institute of Housing has called on housing professionals, tenants and the general public to take part in a debate in order to “make a case” for social housing.
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11 Jan 18
The Wales Audit Office has urged local authorities to take stock of their of homelessness services as real terms spending drops 26.3% over seven years - despite a cash boost from the Welsh Government.
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10 Jan 18
Local authorities must have robust financial plans to withstand the myriad of challenges in the forseeable future, says Rob Whiteman.
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10 Jan 18
Just one in ten new homes built on land sold by the NHS are being sold at a “genuinely affordable” price, according to the New Economics Foundation.
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4 Jan 18
Residents of the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea’s homes have been told the council has taken back direct control of their homes from the ill-fated tenant management organisation.
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4 Jan 18
Councils are to gain tougher powers to use against private sector landlords who let out substandard properties.
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20 Dec 17
The government has been “unacceptably complacent” in its response to a growing homelessness crisis in England, according to the Public Accounts Committee.
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18 Dec 17
The chair of the government's independent review set up in the wake of the Grenfell tower-block blaze has called for an end to cutting corners on fire safety to save costs.
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13 Dec 17
Housing associations increased their investment in housing by 15% in the past year, regulator the Homes and Communities Agency has said.
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13 Dec 17
Liverpool City Council plans to set up a new housing company to build new homes, create jobs and manage demand for public services, says mayor Joe Anderson
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11 Dec 17
Police have mounted an investigation in the Grenfell Tower fire disaster on a scale matched only by counter-terrorism operations.
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6 Dec 17
The government is inviting bids for the first £11m of the £25m Planning Delivery Fund.
2 Feb 18Forget Labour infighting and public-private debates, what’s at stake in Haringey is how we think, talk and make decisions about places, says Jonathan Carr-West.
2 Feb 18The rate at which right to buy discounts have been handed out in the past six years has sparked a social housing ‘firesale’, the Local Government Association has warned.
1 Feb 18Local people have expertise and entrepreneurial flair. Councils should make the most of it, says Vidhya Alakeson of Power to Change.
31 Jan 18The government’s response to school teachers quitting the profession in England has been “sluggish and incoherent”, according to the Public Accounts Committee.
31 Jan 18The government should take an “urgent look” at increasing funding to affordable housing as more than 150,000 homes for social rent have been lost in five years, the Chartered Institute of Housing has...
30 Jan 18The Ministry of Defence has lost out on up to £4.2bn after it sold 55,000 homes to a private company, the National Audit Office has found.
26 Jan 18Council housing is undergoing a “renaissance”, according to a leading official at the Ministry of Housing Communities & Local Government.
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.
23 Jan 18None of the 36 local authorities that have asked for central government support to install tower block fire safety measures such as sprinklers have received any funding so far, housing secretary...
22 Jan 18The government cannot meet its housebuilding targets unless it scraps the borrowing cap on local authority housing revenue accounts to “unleash” council housebuilding, MPs have said.
19 Jan 18English councils will receive an extra £29m to support unaccompanied asylum seeking children and care leavers, communities secretary Sajid Javid has said.
18 Jan 18The revamped version of the private finance initiative – dubbed PF2 – has been little used and has few major differences from its predecessor, the National Audit Office has found.
10 Jan 18Local authorities must have robust financial plans to withstand the myriad of challenges in the forseeable future, says Rob Whiteman.
10 Jan 18Just one in ten new homes built on land sold by the NHS are being sold at a “genuinely affordable” price, according to the New Economics Foundation.
4 Jan 18Residents of the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea’s homes have been told the council has taken back direct control of their homes from the ill-fated tenant management organisation.
4 Jan 18Councils are to gain tougher powers to use against private sector landlords who let out substandard properties.
18 Dec 17The chair of the government's independent review set up in the wake of the Grenfell tower-block blaze has called for an end to cutting corners on fire safety to save costs.
13 Dec 17Liverpool City Council plans to set up a new housing company to build new homes, create jobs and manage demand for public services, says mayor Joe Anderson
6 Dec 17The government is inviting bids for the first £11m of the £25m Planning Delivery Fund.
